Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills

As an average-sized combined-grade school in Lost Hills, California, Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills enrolls 535 students from grades K through 12, operated by Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District.

Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District is the operating authority for Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is A. M. Thomas Middle, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting. Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills 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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