Scholarship Prep - South Bay

As a moderately sized elementary school in Wilmington, California, Scholarship Prep - South Bay caters to 421 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Scholarship Prep - South Bay District.

Scholarship Prep - South Bay District is the operating authority for Scholarship Prep - South Bay, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scholarship Prep - South Bay logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest reads as 19% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Scholarship Prep - South Bay is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is Broad Avenue Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, Scholarship Prep - South Bay runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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