Discovery Charter

Discovery Charter, a tight-knit middle-grades school in Tracy, California, part of Discovery Charter District, serves 369 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 3 schools in Discovery Charter District (1,869 students total), Discovery Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Discovery Charter logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% Asian, 18% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Joaquin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Discovery Charter is one campus in the mix.

Millennium Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Discovery Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.