Public Safety Academy

Public Safety Academy is a cozy senior high in San Bernardino, California, operated by Public Safety Academy District. The school caters to 396 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Public Safety Academy lists that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Public Safety Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Public Safety Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Public Safety Academy.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Public Safety Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Public Safety Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.