Vista Charter Middle

Vista Charter Middle is a small middle-grades school in Los Angeles, California, run under Vista Charter Middle District. The school educates 364 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Vista Charter Middle District is the operating authority for Vista Charter Middle, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vista Charter Middle lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vista Charter Middle is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Village Girls Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Vista Charter Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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