Connect Community Charter

As a minimally staffed elementary campus in Redwood City, California, Connect Community Charter works with 143 students from grades K through 8, part of Connect Community Charter District. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Connect Community Charter District is the operating authority for Connect Community Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Connect Community Charter lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Beyond that, the school records 3% White. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Connect Community Charter shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, San Mateo County reports that median household income runs about $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Connect Community Charter is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Connect Community Charter.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. Connect Community Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Connect Community Charter typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.