Wonderful College Prep Academy

Wonderful College Prep Academy is a public combined-grade school in Delano, California. Students in kindergarten through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,845 students. The school's enrollment is 206% larger than the 602 average for combined schools in California.

Wonderful College Prep Academy is part of Wonderful College Prep Academy District.

The large majority of students at Wonderful College Prep Academy, 93%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 4% Asian and 2% White. Kern County's residents are about 57% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Wonderful College Prep Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.

Federal staffing data show 90.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Wonderful College Prep Academy and a ratio of 20.5:1. That ratio is over the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Kern County.

Within Kern County, median household income is about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Kern County number 279 and enroll about 197,431.

The school nearest to Wonderful College Prep Academy is Morningside, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Within five miles of Wonderful College Prep Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area. Wonderful College Prep Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Federal counts put enrollment at 1,973 in 2020-21 and 1,845 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.5:1.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.