Denair Charter Academy

Set in Denair, California, Denair Charter Academy is a rural-scale unified-grade school, operated by Denair Unified. It enrolls 143 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 76% smaller than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Denair Unified (1,301 students total), Denair Charter Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Denair Charter Academy reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% White, 13% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Denair Charter Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.1%; actual is 13.3%, a gap of -20.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Stanislaus County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Denair Charter Academy is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Denair Elementary Charter Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Denair Charter Academy comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

Denair Charter Academy operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, Denair Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Denair Charter Academy has decreased 36%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 143 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Denair Charter Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.