West Park Charter Academy

West Park Charter Academy operates as a minimally staffed multi-level school in Fresno, California, overseen by West Park Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 165 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

West Park Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 451 students. West Park Charter Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, West Park Charter Academy shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 29% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, West Park Charter Academy has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages about 18.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% 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 above Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Park Charter Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 19.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which West Park Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is West Park Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Park Charter Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. West Park Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Park Charter Academy has ticked down 38%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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