N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Los Angeles, California, overseen by N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts District, with 417 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is a school of N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leadership & Public Service Virtual Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts.

N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts operates from a downtown location. N.E.W. Academy of Science and Arts 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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