New Village Girls Academy

New Village Girls Academy is an one-room-style secondary school in Los Angeles, California, overseen by New Village Girls Academy District. The school teaches 86 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 90% leaner than typical.

New Village Girls Academy is a school of New Village Girls Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, New Village Girls Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 2% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, New Village Girls Academy lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting New Village Girls Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which New Village Girls Academy is one.

Vista Charter Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

New Village Girls Academy operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, New Village Girls Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.