Ocean Grove Charter

Ocean Grove Charter is a sprawling all-grades campus in Boulder Creek, California, one of the schools within Ocean Grove Charter District. The school instructs 3,378 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 461% bigger than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Ocean Grove Charter logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ocean Grove Charter has 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Ocean Grove Charter higher than the state norm the norm. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Santa Cruz County's rate of about 52%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Santa Cruz County) records that median household income runs about $111,093, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Santa Cruz County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,316 students), of which Ocean Grove Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Boulder Creek Elementary, around 3.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. Ocean Grove Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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