Palmdale Aerospace Academy

Palmdale Aerospace Academy is one of the big K-12 campuss in Palmdale, California, run under Palmdale Aerospace Academy District, with 2,259 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 275% larger than typical.

Palmdale Aerospace Academy is a school of Palmdale Aerospace Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Palmdale Aerospace Academy lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Palmdale Aerospace Academy is one campus in the mix.

Oak Tree Community Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Palmdale Aerospace Academy operates from a bedroom-community location. As a public charter, Palmdale Aerospace Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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