Coastal Grove Charter

Coastal Grove Charter is a modestly sized K-5 school in Arcata, California, part of Coastal Grove Charter District. The school works with 235 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 49% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Demographically, Coastal Grove Charter lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Coastal Grove Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Coastal Grove Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Humboldt County) records that median household earnings sit near $61,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Coastal Grove Charter is one campus in the mix.

Fuente Nueva Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coastal Grove Charter.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. As a public charter, Coastal Grove Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.