Paradise Charter

Located at 3361 California Ave., in Modesto, California, Paradise Charter is a minimally staffed primary school that works with 118 students (grades K through 8), run under Paradise Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 2 schools in Paradise Elementary (177 students total), Paradise Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Paradise Charter lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Asian, 10% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Stanislaus County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Paradise Charter is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 57.4%, a residual of +14.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate median household income runs about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanislaus County's 190 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students), Paradise Charter is one campus in the mix.

Paradise Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Paradise Charter comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. As a public charter, Paradise Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paradise Charter has increased 16%, going from 102 students in 2018 to 118 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 1% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 26.2:1 in 2025.

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