About Sanger Academy Charter School
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Sanger Academy Charter School is located in Sanger, CA and is one of 19 schools in Sanger Unified. It is a charter school that serves 520 students in grades K-8.
Charter schools are public schools, but differ from traditional public schools in that they are independent and are operated by educators, parents, community leaders, educational entrepreneurs, or others. Funding for charter schools is based on designated local or state educational organizations. Those organizations are responsible for monitoring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of education, but permit the schools to operate outside of the traditional public school education system.
Sanger Academy Charter School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Sanger Academy Charter School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Sanger Academy Charter School had an API growth score of 884 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Sanger Academy Charter School's 2009 base score was 861 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Sanger Academy Charter School had 18 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Sanger Academy Charter School's students and teachers.
Sanger Academy Charter School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
81 %
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White
13 %
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Asian
4 %
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Black
1 %
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Filipino
< 1 %
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
< 1 %
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Pacific Islander
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Female 51%
- Male 49%
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