Suncoast Preparatory Academy

Suncoast Preparatory Academy is a K-12 campus of heavily attended scale in Newport Beach, California, run under Suncoast Preparatory Academy District, educateing 1,459 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 142% larger than the state mean of about 602.

Suncoast Preparatory Academy District is the operating authority for Suncoast Preparatory Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Suncoast Preparatory Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 30.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Suncoast Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 55%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Suncoast Preparatory Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: ACCESS County Community, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Suncoast Preparatory Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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