Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts

Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts is a compact four-year high school in Marysville, California, overseen by Marysville Joint Unified. The school enrolls 366 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Marysville Joint Unified runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 10,418 students. Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 34% White, 19% multiracial, 8% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yuba County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 52.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Yuba County reports that median household income runs about $76,373, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yuba County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln (Abraham) (Alternative), roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 22.9%.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 366). The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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