PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue

PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Santee, California, part of Santee, with 548 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

Across the 11 schools in Santee (6,066 students total), PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.3%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Diego County indicate median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue is one campus in the mix.

Carlton Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 548). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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