Kid Street Charter

Located at 709 Davis St., in Santa Rosa, California, Kid Street Charter is a very small elementary campus that hosts 118 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Kid Street Charter District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Kid Street Charter sits 75% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Kid Street Charter answers to Kid Street Charter District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Kid Street Charter shows that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% White, 22% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kid Street Charter has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Kid Street Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

In the area at large, census data for Sonoma County shows median household earnings sit near $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Kid Street Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Luther Burbank Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kid Street Charter.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Kid Street Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.