Paseo Grande Charter

As a very small unified-grade school in Sacramento, California, Paseo Grande Charter works with 152 students from grades K through 12, part of Paseo Grande Charter District. That puts it 75% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Paseo Grande Charter sits inside Paseo Grande Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Paseo Grande Charter logs that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% White, 13% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Paseo Grande Charter lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Paseo Grande Charter higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paseo Grande Charter is one of 387 public schools in Sacramento County (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students).

Robla Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paseo Grande Charter.

The school occupies a city-core site. Paseo Grande Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.