Loma Vista Charter School: Full Guide

Location: Lindsay, CA

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

We've written the best guide to Loma Vista Charter available. Here we'll cover:

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

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Basic Information

Loma Vista Charter School is a public school, supporting grades 0 to 12 . It's located in Lindsay, CA in Tulare County.

Based on its location, Loma Vista Charter is classified as a school in a town fringe area, or more than 10 miles from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Loma Vista Charter School
290 N. Harvard
Lindsay, CA 93247-2166

Phone number: 5595625111

Loma Vista Charter School homepage: http://district.lindsay.k12.ca.us/John%20J%20Cairns/

Principal: Dennis Doane
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Loma Vista Charter School is 48 students, making it a small high school, in the bottom 25% of all California high schools by size.

With at most a few dozen students in your class, you'll get to know most other Loma Vista Charter students well. But the small student body size may mean that you won't get access to the full range of activities and classes that other high schools offer.

If you find that your interests aren't well served by Loma Vista Charter, consider transferring to a larger high school if possible, or find ways to supplement your interests in your community or on the Internet.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Loma Vista Charter School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Loma Vista Charter has 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	2	0	2
10^th grade	3	4	7
11^th grade	3	4	7
12^th grade	16	16	32

As you can see in the table above, the senior class is 30 students larger than the freshman class. This suggests that Loma Vista Charter is shrinking in size and taking on fewer students.

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

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Loma Vista Charter School?

From our statistics, Loma Vista Charter has a 50:50 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

Loma Vista Charter has a balanced male-female ratio that's largely representative of the general population in Tulare County. Since the student body is roughly half and half, it should feel like there are equal numbers of boys and girls in your classes.

This usually means that Loma Vista Charter doesn't strongly select for either males or females, unlike other schools that have a large majority of males or females.

Ethnicity Breakdown

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

From our statistics, Loma Vista Charter has a homogenous student body, with the overwhelming majority of students identifying as one ethnicity. Only a third of California schools show as little diversity as Loma Vista Charter does. When attending class, most students will be of the same ethnicity, with some variation.

The majority of students at Loma Vista Charter are Hispanic. In California, Hispanic students make up the majority of all students at 51.5%, and are thus the most common ethnicity. Predominantly Hispanic schools are the most common type of homogenous school, and Loma Vista Charter fits within this category.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.1%	2
Asian	2.0%	1
Hispanic	77.0%	37
Black	0.0%	0
White	16.6%	8
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	0.0%	0

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Lindsay. 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 Loma Vista Charter Families

What are the family incomes of students at Loma Vista Charter School? 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 Loma Vista Charter, 2.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 39.5% qualify for free lunches.

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

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	1	2.0%
Free lunches	19	39.5%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	28	58.3%

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

Loma Vista Charter 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. Loma Vista Charter 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 Loma Vista Charter doesn't cover, look to your local community for activities, or to the Internet for self-study AP classes.

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School Safety

How safe is Loma Vista Charter School to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Loma Vista Charter: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Loma Vista Charter students at risk.

In the school year of 2011-2012, there were 0 referrals to law enforcement, and 0 school-related arrests. This is out of a total enrollment of 28 students.

To put this into perspective, most California schools (59% of them) reported 0 law enforcement referrals and arrests.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Lindsay Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Enrollment
Lindsay Senior High	6	1004
John J. Cairns Continuation	11	86
Lindsay Community Day	0	13

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