New Horizons Charter Academy

New Horizons Charter Academy is a minimally staffed primary school in North Hollywood, California, one of the schools within New Horizons Charter Academy District. The school caters to 141 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 70% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

New Horizons Charter Academy sits inside New Horizons Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, New Horizons Charter Academy logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%; the rest reads as 24% White, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting New Horizons Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), New Horizons Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Fair Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

New Horizons Charter Academy operates from an inner-city location. New Horizons Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.