Community Day

Located at 426 East K St., in Benicia, California, Community Day is a rural-scale four-year high school that hosts 2 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Benicia Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Community Day sits 100% below that benchmark.

Benicia Unified runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,343 students. Community Day is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Community Day records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 50% multiracial. By comparison, Solano County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Community Day reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 1.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Solano County put median household earnings sit near $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Community Day is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

The closest other public school is Liberty High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community Day.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Community Day has declined 75%, going from 8 students in 2018 to 2 in 2024. The White share of enrollment grew from 13% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 2.0:1 in 2024.

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