Maria Montessori Charter Academy

Maria Montessori Charter Academy is a modestly sized K-5 school in Rocklin, California, overseen by Maria Montessori Charter Academy District. The school hosts 283 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 465.

Maria Montessori Charter Academy is a school of Maria Montessori Charter Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Maria Montessori Charter Academy records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 12% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Placer County (around 33%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Placer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $115,998 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Placer County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), of which Maria Montessori Charter Academy is one.

Sunset Ranch Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Maria Montessori Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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