Redwood Collegiate Academy

Redwood Collegiate Academy, a micro-enrollment high school in Ukiah, California, part of Redwood Collegiate Academy District, works with 122 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Redwood Collegiate Academy sits 85% smaller than that benchmark.

Redwood Collegiate Academy District is the operating authority for Redwood Collegiate Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Redwood Collegiate Academy records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 38% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Mendocino County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Redwood Collegiate Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mendocino County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mendocino County put the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Redwood Collegiate Academy is one campus in the mix.

Tree of Life Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Redwood Collegiate Academy.

The school occupies a small-town site. As a public charter, Redwood Collegiate Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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