La Vida Charter

La Vida Charter operates as a very small school serving multiple grade levels in Willits, California. The school teaches kindergarten through 12 and enrolls 60 students. That puts enrollment 90% below the 602-student average for combined schools in California.

La Vida Charter is a school in La Vida Charter District.

The share of White students at La Vida Charter is 55%, a majority. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census figures show Mendocino County is about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.

Based on 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, La Vida Charter has a ratio of 11.9:1. Across combined schools in California, the average ratio is 18.6:1. Income data for the school show 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Mendocino County average a similar 75%.

Mendocino County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $68,092 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Mendocino County number 66, with about 12,738 students.

Willits Charter is about 5.8 miles from La Vida Charter, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles.

The federal government classifies La Vida Charter's location as Rural: Distant. As a charter school, La Vida Charter is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

In 2020-21 the school reported 107 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 60. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. By 2024-25, the school had 11.9 students per teacher, compared with 17.8 in 2020-21.

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