Margaret Hedrick Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 446 students
Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences
1525 West Main St., El Centro, CA 92243
Grades
K–6
Elementary
Students
230
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
19.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District
Imperial County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 5,632 California elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences
Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences is a charter elementary school in El Centro, California, serving grades K–6. It is part of Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District. The school is located in a small city in Imperial County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 230 students were enrolled, with about 19.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 5,632 California elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–6
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–6
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 230 students
- Students per teacher
- 19.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences District
- County
- Imperial County
- NCES school ID
- 060174412184
Schools near Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences
All 27 schools in El Centro →
Lincoln Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 399 students
St. Mary S School
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Imperial Valley Home School Academy
Charter · Grades K–8 · 131 students
Sunflower Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 427 students
Harding Elementary
Public · Grades K–6 · 601 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.