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Odyssey Charter
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About Odyssey Charter
Set in Altadena, California, Odyssey Charter is a moderately sized K-5 school, run under Odyssey Charter District. It enrolls 463 students across grades K through 8.
Odyssey Charter sits inside Odyssey Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
In terms of who attends, Odyssey Charter shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Odyssey Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Odyssey Charter is one.
OCS - South is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a high-density site. Odyssey Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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