Northwest Prep Charter

Northwest Prep Charter is an one-room-style multi-level school in Santa Rosa, California, one of the schools within Northwest Prep Charter District. The school enrolls 138 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 77% below typical.

Northwest Prep Charter is a school of Northwest Prep Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwest Prep Charter records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 42% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate median household income runs about $104,674, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northwest Prep Charter is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Village Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwest Prep Charter.

Northwest Prep Charter operates from an outlying location. As a public charter, Northwest Prep Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On allk12, the feed for Northwest Prep Charter typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.