Nova Academy Early College High

Nova Academy Early College High operates as a tiny 9-12 campus in Santa Ana, California, one of the schools within Nova Academy Early College High District. Current enrollment sits at 288 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Nova Academy Early College High sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.

Nova Academy Early College High is a school of Nova Academy Early College High District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Nova Academy Early College High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%); the rest comes out to 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Nova Academy Early College High is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Martin R. Heninger Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Nova Academy Early College High operates from an urban location. Nova Academy Early College High is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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