Big Sur Charter

Big Sur Charter is a combined-grade school of rural-scale scale in Monterey, California, run under Big Sur Charter District, caters to 101 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Big Sur Charter sits 83% below that benchmark.

Big Sur Charter is a school of Big Sur Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Big Sur Charter records that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 36% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Big Sur Charter reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monterey County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monterey County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,230 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Monterey County's 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), Big Sur Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robert Down Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Big Sur Charter operates from a bedroom-community location. Big Sur Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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