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REACH Leadership STEAM Academy
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About REACH Leadership STEAM Academy
Set in Riverside, California, REACH Leadership STEAM Academy is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by REACH Leadership STEAM Academy District. It hosts 645 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so REACH Leadership STEAM Academy sits 39% above that benchmark.
REACH Leadership STEAM Academy is a school of REACH Leadership STEAM Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On the student-mix side, REACH Leadership STEAM Academy records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 16% Black, 14% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, REACH Leadership STEAM Academy logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Riverside County put median household income runs about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. REACH Leadership STEAM Academy is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).
Nearest neighbor: University Heights Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around REACH Leadership STEAM Academy.
REACH Leadership STEAM Academy operates from an urban location. REACH Leadership STEAM Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
On the community side, members of the REACH Leadership STEAM Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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