Pivot Charter School - North Bay

As a small combined-grade school, Pivot Charter School - North Bay serves students in Santa Rosa, California. The school's 437 students are in kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for combined schools in California, which is about 602.

Pivot Charter School - North Bay belongs to Pivot Charter School - North Bay District.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Pivot Charter School - North Bay is White (44%). Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 3% Asian. Sonoma County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school's share is lower. Pivot Charter School - North Bay has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Its 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.9:1. That ratio is under the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. Public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.

Sonoma County has about 485,040 residents, and median household income is about $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Sonoma County number 184 and enroll about 63,389.

The next-closest public school is Steele Lane Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Pivot Charter School - North Bay is run as a public charter school. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 453 to 437. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.9:1.

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