La Vida Charter

La Vida Charter operates as a very small all-grades campus in Willits, California, part of La Vida Charter District. Current enrollment sits at 60 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 602.

La Vida Charter sits inside La Vida Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, La Vida Charter shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting La Vida Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mendocino County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,092, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), La Vida Charter is one campus in the mix.

Willits Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

La Vida Charter operates from a rural location. La Vida 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, the feed for La Vida Charter typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.