Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center is a substantial all-grades campus in San Fernando, California, run under Vaughn Next Century Learning Center District. The school caters to 2,629 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 337% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Operationally, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center answers to Vaughn Next Century Learning Center District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

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%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Vaughn Next Century Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Arts/Theatre/Entertain Mag, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Vaughn Next Century Learning Center is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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