Gold Rush Home Study Charter

Gold Rush Home Study Charter, a cozy multi-level school in Sonora, California, overseen by Gold Rush Home Study Charter District, hosts 430 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

Gold Rush Home Study Charter is a school of Gold Rush Home Study Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Gold Rush Home Study Charter shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tuolumne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,404 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tuolumne County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,724 students), Gold Rush Home Study Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Soulsbyville Elementary, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Gold Rush Home Study Charter.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. Gold Rush Home Study Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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