CaliforniaSchoolsVirtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment

Virtual Academy of the Arts & Entertainment

PublicAlternative/other
Carson, California · Los Angeles Unified
Teachers50.0FTE
Ratio17.9:1students per teacher
Students894enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students894
Grade Span0–12
Student:Teacher17.9:1
Free/Reduced Lunch81%
Title INo
SectorPublic
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Student : Teacher
20.4:1
14%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
43
14.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
878
1.8%vs prior yr
Years of Data
3
2022–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.0:116.2:117.3:118.5:119.6:120.8:120222023202419.9:117.9:120.4:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

8519291,0071,0851,1631,2414246505458622022202320241,214894878615043EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,214894878
Teacher FTE615043
Pupil : Teacher ratio19.9:117.9:120.4:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20222024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.