WISH Academy High

WISH Academy High, a rural-scale four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, operated by WISH Academy High District, serves 283 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

WISH Academy High is a school of WISH Academy High District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, WISH Academy High lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), WISH Academy High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WESM Health/Sports Medicine, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

WISH Academy High operates from an urban location. As a public charter, WISH Academy High runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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