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New Open World Academy K-12
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CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About New Open World Academy K-12
New Open World Academy K-12 is one of the heavily attended unified-grade schools in Los Angeles, California, overseen by Los Angeles Unified, with 911 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.
Across the 784 schools in Los Angeles Unified (406,887 students total), New Open World Academy K-12 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, New Open World Academy K-12 records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Asian, 4% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, New Open World Academy K-12 lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages about 18.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 98% of students at New Open World Academy K-12 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 above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Open World Academy K-12 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 20.3%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. New Open World Academy K-12 is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).
Nearest neighbor: Ambassador School-Global Education, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Open World Academy K-12. On composite proficiency, New Open World Academy K-12 comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.1%.
New Open World Academy K-12 operates from a metropolitan location.
Trend over the last 7 years. New Open World Academy K-12's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,153 (now 911). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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