Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay

Located at 703 C St., in Union City, California, Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay is a reasonably sized K-12 campus that caters to 540 students (grades K through 12), part of Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District.

Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay is a school of Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay records that 45% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 21% White, 20% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay is one.

Nearest neighbor: Decoto School for Independent Study, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. As a public charter, Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On allk12, members of the Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.