Rancho Learning Center (Alternative)

Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) is a combined-grade school of minimally staffed scale in Arcadia, California, overseen by Arcadia Unified, hosting 64 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 89% leaner than typical.

Arcadia Unified comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 9,061 students; Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) is among them.

Looking at the student body, Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Asian, 20% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding 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 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), Rancho Learning Center (Alternative) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is First Avenue Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Rancho Learning Center (Alternative)'s enrollment has edged up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 51 (now 64). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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