Hayward Collegiate Charter

Hayward Collegiate Charter operates as a compact elementary school in Hayward, California, part of Hayward Collegiate Charter District. Current enrollment sits at 231 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Hayward Collegiate Charter sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Hayward Collegiate Charter sits inside Hayward Collegiate Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Hayward Collegiate Charter lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hayward Collegiate Charter has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Hayward Collegiate Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Alameda County reports that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Hayward Collegiate Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Glassbrook Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. Hayward Collegiate Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the feed for Hayward Collegiate Charter typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.