Hickman Charter

As a mid-sized primary school in Hickman, California, Hickman Charter hosts 647 students from grades K through 8, operated by Hickman Community Charter. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 3 schools in Hickman Community Charter (1,096 students total), Hickman Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hickman Charter reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hickman Charter has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Stanislaus County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hickman Charter falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.9%; this one comes in at 35.1%, -19.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Stanislaus County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Hickman Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hickman Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hickman Charter. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hickman Charter at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. Hickman Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hickman Charter has ticked up 16%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 15% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 today.

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