Sanger Academy Charter

Sanger Academy Charter is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Sanger, California, part of Sanger Unified, caters to 609 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Sanger Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. Sanger Academy Charter is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sanger Academy Charter records that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 4% White, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sanger Academy Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sanger Academy Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +10.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Fresno County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Sanger Academy Charter is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hallmark Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sanger Academy Charter. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sanger Academy Charter ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Sanger Academy Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Sanger Academy Charter's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 609).

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