Forest Ranch Charter

Forest Ranch Charter is a K-5 school of tiny scale in Forest Ranch, California, operated by Forest Ranch Charter District, works with 110 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 76% below the state mean of about 465.

Forest Ranch Charter District is the operating authority for Forest Ranch Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Forest Ranch Charter logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. Compared to Butte County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Forest Ranch Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Butte County's rate of about 63%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Butte County) shows that median household earnings sit near $67,928, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Butte County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), of which Forest Ranch Charter is one.

Cedarwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. Forest Ranch 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, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.