Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter

Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter is a junior high of rural-scale scale in Petaluma, California, run under Petaluma Joint Union High, enrolling 31 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Petaluma Joint Union High (4,900 students total), Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sonoma County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Sonoma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter is one campus in the mix.

McDowell Elementary 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.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Dual Language Immersion Academy Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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