Westbrook Academy

As a modestly sized high school in South Gate, California, Westbrook Academy caters to 409 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Westbrook Academy District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Westbrook Academy sits 51% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Westbrook Academy answers to Westbrook Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westbrook Academy lists that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Westbrook Academy is one.

Willow Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westbrook Academy.

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

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