Santa Rosa Academy

Set in Menifee, California, Santa Rosa Academy is a substantial unified-grade school, run under Santa Rosa Academy District. It instructs 1,736 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 188% larger than the state mean of about 602.

Santa Rosa Academy is a school of Santa Rosa Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Santa Rosa Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 24% 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 somewhat below typical.

Across the wider county, Riverside County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Rosa Academy is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students).

Chester W. Morrison Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Santa Rosa Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.