N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park

N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Canoga Park, California, operated by N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park District, instructing 399 students in grades K through 5.

Operationally, N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park answers to N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 3% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Village Charter Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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