Stella Middle Charter Academy

Located at 4301 West Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Los Angeles, California, Stella Middle Charter Academy is an intimate junior high that enrolls 474 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Stella Middle Charter Academy District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Stella Middle Charter Academy sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Stella Middle Charter Academy answers to Stella Middle Charter Academy District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Stella Middle Charter Academy reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Stella Middle Charter Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Stella Middle Charter Academy is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Coliseum Street Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Stella Middle Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Inside the community feed, members of the Stella Middle Charter Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.