The Education Corps

The Education Corps is a micro-enrollment secondary school in Long Beach, California, overseen by The Education Corps District. The school teaches 278 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Operationally, The Education Corps answers to The Education Corps District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Education Corps logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 41.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The Education Corps is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is College Bridge Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Education Corps.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. The Education Corps is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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