STRIVE Academy

STRIVE Academy is a senior high of tiny scale in Selma, California, run under Selma Unified, teacheing 9 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so STRIVE Academy sits 99% smaller than that benchmark.

Selma Unified runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,911 students. STRIVE Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, STRIVE Academy reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, STRIVE Academy records 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which STRIVE Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Heartland High (Continuation), roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STRIVE Academy.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.