Options for Youth-Acton

Options for Youth-Acton, a substantial senior high in Fontana, California, run under Options for Youth-Acton District, educates 2,171 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Options for Youth-Acton sits 159% above that benchmark.

Operationally, Options for Youth-Acton answers to Options for Youth-Acton District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Options for Youth-Acton reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Options for Youth-Acton is one.

Sycamore Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Options for Youth-Acton.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Options for Youth-Acton is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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