Connecting Waters Charter

As a medium-sized multi-level school in Waterford, California, Connecting Waters Charter works with 776 students from grades K through 12, part of Connecting Waters Charter District. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 602.

Connecting Waters Charter sits inside Connecting Waters Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Connecting Waters Charter logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 35% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. The state averages about 18.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Connecting Waters Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Connecting Waters Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Waterford Junior, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site. As a public charter, Connecting Waters Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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