California Pacific Charter School of Kern: Full Guide

Location: El Segundo, CA

Are you a student or parent at California Pacific Charter School of Kern? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to CalPac Kern available. Here we'll cover:

Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
How safe CalPac Kern is to attend
SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by CalPac Kern students
Which AP/IB classes you can take at CalPac Kern
Every sports team you can join at CalPac Kern

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Basic Information

California Pacific Charter School of Kern is a public school, supporting grades 0 to 12 . It's located in El Segundo, CA in Los Angeles County.

Based on its location, CalPac Kern is classified as a school in a large suburb. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

California Pacific Charter School of Kern
840 Apollo St., Ste. 222
El Segundo, CA 90245

Phone number: 2099866150

California Pacific Charter School of Kern homepage: http://www.cal-pacs.org/

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Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at California Pacific Charter School of Kern is 330 students, making it a somewhat large high school, in the top half of all California high schools by size.

As a mid-sized high school, CalPac Kern strikes the balance between size and comfort. There will be enough students to provide a diversity of experiences, like clubs and sports, for you to join. But it'll be small enough that you'll likely get to know most people in your class.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is California Pacific Charter School of Kern growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at CalPac Kern has steadily decreased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9^th grade	21	21	42
10^th grade	19	33	52
11^th grade	25	32	57
12^th grade	51	71	122

As you can see in the table above, the senior class is 80 students larger than the freshman class. This suggests that CalPac Kern is shrinking in size and taking on fewer students.

There are a few reasons this can happen. The population of El Segundo could be decreasing, thus sending fewer students into CalPac Kern. Alternatively, other schools (like charter or private schools) might be appearing, drawing students away.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at California Pacific Charter School of Kern?

From our statistics, CalPac Kern has a 43:57 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large female majority at CalPac Kern, and the imbalance is greater than you would expect from the general population in Los Angeles County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about CalPac Kern. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for females (if it has its own admissions criteria), or parents with female kids might prefer to send them to CalPac Kern. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract male students, drawing them away from CalPac Kern.

If this gender imbalance is a concern for you, we suggest contacting CalPac Kern administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a female majority. Their phone number is 2099866150.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at California Pacific Charter School of Kern? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, CalPac Kern has a diverse student body. No single ethnicity composes more than 50% of all students, which means you'll be surrounded by a diverse set of students in class. Only a third of California schools show this much diversity.

The most common ethnicity at CalPac Kern is white. In California, white students make up 26.3% of all California students, and are the second most common ethnicity after Hispanic students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.8%	6
Asian	4.5%	15
Hispanic	36.0%	119
Black	14.5%	48
White	37.5%	124
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	1.2%	4
Two or more races	4.2%	14

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of El Segundo. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of CalPac Kern Families

What are the family incomes of students at California Pacific Charter School of Kern? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At CalPac Kern, 13.3% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 37.8% qualify for free lunches.

This means CalPac Kern has a below average level of poverty. With most students not qualifying for free or reduced price lunches, CalPac Kern is below average among California schools in poverty level. The income level of families in El Segundo is thus likely to be relatively high.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	44	13.3%
Free lunches	125	37.8%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	161	48.7%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in El Segundo and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

CalPac Kern is in the middle 50% of schools by income level. Generally, higher income level schools are better-funded and have a higher quality range of classes and activities. CalPac Kern is likely in the middle of the pack in this regard and will give you a good set of options to try.

If you have any interests that CalPac Kern doesn't cover, look to your local community for activities, or to the Internet for self-study AP classes.

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