# Sparrow Academy

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060229814132`
- **School name**: Sparrow Academy
- **Location**: La Mesa, CA 91941
- **Address**: 4207 Spring Gardens Rd.
- **District**: Sparrow Academy District (LEAID `0602298`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–8
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 32.75609, -117.01279
- **Phone**: (619)439-6327

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 156
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 7
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.3:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 34.0%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Orange
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 43.1% proficient — 178 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 22.7% (82 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 6.8% (22 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.6%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 40.7%
- **Black/African American**: 5.6%
- **Asian**: 2.2%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 47.5%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.9%
- **Two or more races**: 2.5%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 27.9%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 18.1% — 63 students
- **English Learners**: 14.9% — 52 students

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $10,723,577
- **Federal share**: 5.0%
- **State share**: 63.4%
- **Local share**: 31.7%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,542,005

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $82,240
- **Poverty rate**: 10.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 44.7%
- **Unemployment**: 6.8%
- **Median gross rent**: $2,130
- **Foreign-born residents**: 13.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 17.8%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 42.5 miles (CAMP PENDLETON MARINE CORPS BASE)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 13
- **Nearest brownfield**: 3.46 miles (CHEVRON)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: HELIX WATER DISTRICT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.25112 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 4.6 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **The Learning Choice Academy - East County** — 0.1 mi away, 1% (this school: 22.7%)
- **Lemon Avenue Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 13.9% (this school: 22.7%)
- **La Mesa Arts Academy** — 1.0 mi away, 12.3% (this school: 22.7%)
- **La Mesa Dale Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 16.9% (this school: 22.7%)
- **JCS - Manzanita** — 1.4 mi away, 13.1% (this school: 22.7%)

### ela proficiency
- **The Learning Choice Academy - East County** — 0.1 mi away, 57.15% (this school: 40.55%)
- **Lemon Avenue Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 58.75% (this school: 40.55%)
- **La Mesa Arts Academy** — 1.0 mi away, 69.55% (this school: 40.55%)
- **La Mesa Dale Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 56.75% (this school: 40.55%)
- **JCS - Manzanita** — 1.4 mi away, 57.2% (this school: 40.55%)

### math proficiency
- **The Learning Choice Academy - East County** — 0.1 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Lemon Avenue Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **La Mesa Arts Academy** — 1.0 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **La Mesa Dale Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **JCS - Manzanita** — 1.4 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sparrow-academy-la-mesa/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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