San Jose Charter Academy

San Jose Charter Academy is one of the large elementary schools in West Covina, California, operated by San Jose Charter Academy District, with 1,255 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 170% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

San Jose Charter Academy sits inside San Jose Charter Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, San Jose Charter Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 26% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, San Jose Charter Academy has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. San Jose Charter Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Orangewood 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 San Jose Charter Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. San Jose Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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