Morrice Schaefer Charter

Families in Santa Rosa, California, are served by Morrice Schaefer Charter, a small elementary school. The school enrolls 304 students, from kindergarten through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 35% smaller than that.

The school's district is Morrice Schaefer Charter District.

A majority of students at Morrice Schaefer Charter, 58%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 23% White, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Morrice Schaefer Charter comes in at 59%.

The school reports 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 24.8 students per teacher. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 71%. The 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 20 points lower.

In Sonoma County (population about 485,040), median household income is about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Morrice Schaefer Charter is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County, which together enroll about 63,389 students.

Of nearby public schools, Pivot Charter School - North Bay is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

Morrice Schaefer Charter had 355 students in 2020-21 and 304 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.

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