Calaveras River Academy

Located at 150 Old Oak Rd., in San Andreas, California, Calaveras River Academy is a micro-enrollment secondary school that hosts 17 students (grades 6 through 12), run under Calaveras County Office of Education. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Calaveras County Office of Education comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 463 students; Calaveras River Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Calaveras River Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Calaveras River Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Calaveras County's rate of about 54%.

Zooming out to the county, Calaveras County reports that median household income runs about $78,647, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calaveras County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,261 students), Calaveras River Academy is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Oaks is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Calaveras River Academy.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 26 students in 2018 compared to 17 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 62% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 7.4:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 today.

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