La Academia Partnership CS

As a very small senior high in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, La Academia Partnership CS works with 196 students from grades 6 through 12, one of the schools within La Academia Partnership CS. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so La Academia Partnership CS sits 73% leaner than that benchmark.

La Academia Partnership CS is the operating authority for La Academia Partnership CS, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, La Academia Partnership CS reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 102% of students at La Academia Partnership CS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lancaster County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, La Academia Partnership CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.9%; this one comes in at 4.3%, -29.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lancaster County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. La Academia Partnership CS is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

King El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around La Academia Partnership CS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts La Academia Partnership CS at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

La Academia Partnership CS operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, La Academia Partnership CS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at La Academia Partnership CS has remained close to its prior level, going from 200 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for La Academia Partnership CS typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.