Redwood Preparatory Charter

Redwood Preparatory Charter is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Fortuna, California, run under Redwood Preparatory Charter District, with 236 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Redwood Preparatory Charter sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Redwood Preparatory Charter sits inside Redwood Preparatory Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Redwood Preparatory Charter shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, On paper, Redwood Preparatory Charter has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Redwood Preparatory Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Humboldt County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Humboldt County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,160 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Redwood Preparatory Charter is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

Toddy Thomas Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site. Redwood Preparatory Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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