Stella High Charter Academy

Stella High Charter Academy is a tight-knit secondary school in Los Angeles, California, operated by Stella High Charter Academy District. The school teaches 555 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Stella High Charter Academy District is the operating authority for Stella High Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Stella High Charter Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Stella High Charter Academy has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Stella High Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Stella High Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Middle College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

On allk12, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.