Enrollment
143
Combined
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 602
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENAIR UNIFIED·NCES 061104010438
Denair Charter Academy
3460 Lester Rd., Denair, CA 95316 · (209) 634-0917 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED23-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of California public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 18.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
109 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 3 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 5 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 3% |
| Grade 5 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 5 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 28% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.4pp since 2014
Math
4.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.6% | 28.8% | 32.9% | 28.8% |
| Math | 0.0% | 4.1% | 19.2% | 76.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 4.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 4.2% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 6.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.8% | 6.4% |
| 2020-21 | 20.3% | 6.4% |
| 2018-19 | 23.1% | 4.7% |
| 2017-18 | 18.5% | 4.6% |
| 2016-17 | 32.8% | 5.7% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 4.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 6.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
143
-100 (-41%) vs 2020
-51% since 2010-11, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 143 | 10.7 | 13.4:1 | 76% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 11.5 | 12.8:1 | 61% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 12.4 | 13.5:1 | 53% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 12 | 20.3:1 | 66% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 10 | 22.2:1 | 63% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 11 | 24.9:1 | 51% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denair Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (222 to 143); teachers up 7% (10 to 10.7).
About Denair Charter Academy
Denair Charter Academy is a small combined-grade school in Denair, California, administered by Denair Unified. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 12, with 143 students enrolled. For comparison, combined schools in California average about 602 students.
Denair Unified enrolls 1,301 students in 4 schools, including Denair Charter Academy.
Denair Charter Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 49%. It is also 36% White and 13% multiracial. That is close to the 50% Hispanic share among all Stanislaus County residents. By the diversity index, Denair Charter Academy comes in at 61%.
The count of teachers at Denair Charter Academy is 10.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.4:1. Among combined schools in California, the typical ratio is 18.6:1. The school counts 109 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 76%.
Measured against California public K-12 schools, Denair Charter Academy receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Denair Charter Academy would score about 34.9%. It scores 16.9%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Denair Charter Academy is located in Stanislaus County, where median household income is about $81,468, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Denair Charter Academy is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County, which together enroll about 106,477 students.
The school nearest to Denair Charter Academy is Denair Elementary Charter Academy, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Denair Charter Academy places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small). Denair Charter Academy is run as a public charter school.
The school's enrollment figures are 243 for 2020-21 and 143 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Students per teacher fell from 20.3 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denair Unified
- Denair Elementary Charter AcademyElementary · 554 students
- Denair HighHigh · 306 students
- Denair MiddleMiddle · 298 students
- Denair ElementaryElementary
Other schools in Denair
- Denair Elementary Charter AcademyElementary · 554 students
- Denair HighHigh · 306 students
- Denair MiddleMiddle · 298 students
- Gratton CharterElementary · 111 students
- Gratton ElementaryElementary · 24 students
- Denair ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Denair Elementary Charter Academy0.1 mi · 554
- Denair Middle0.2 mi · 298
- Denair High0.2 mi · 306
- Dennis G. Earl Elementary2.2 mi · 817
- Marvin A. Dutcher Middle2.4 mi · 810
- Julien Elementary2.4 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Denair Charter AcademyHow large is Denair Charter Academy?
Denair Charter Academy enrolls approximately 143 students in grades KG-12.
Is Denair Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Denair Charter Academy is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at Denair Charter Academy?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Denair Charter Academy.
What is the student diversity at Denair Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Denair Charter Academy are roughly 36% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Denair Charter Academy in?
Denair Charter Academy is part of Denair Unified.
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