Pasadena Rosebud Academy

As a minimally staffed elementary campus in Pasadena, California, Pasadena Rosebud Academy instructs 169 students from grades K through 8, run under Pasadena Rosebud Academy District. That puts it 64% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Pasadena Rosebud Academy lists that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 17% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Pasadena Rosebud Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Pasadena Rosebud Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Don Benito Fundamental, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Pasadena Rosebud Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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