Denair Elementary Charter Academy

Denair Elementary Charter Academy operates as a mid-sized primary school in Denair, California, operated by Denair Unified. Current enrollment sits at 554 students spanning grades K through 5.

Denair Unified comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,301 students; Denair Elementary Charter Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Denair Elementary Charter Academy reports that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 34% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Denair Elementary Charter Academy has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Denair Elementary Charter Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Denair Elementary Charter Academy is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.9%; Denair Elementary Charter Academy posts 23.4%, -17.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Stanislaus County shows median household income runs about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Denair Elementary Charter Academy is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Nearest neighbor: Denair Charter Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Denair Elementary Charter Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Denair Elementary Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Denair Elementary Charter Academy has showed little movement, going from 557 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 42% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 29.3:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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