Rio Valley Charter

As a medium-sized K-12 campus in Lodi, California, Rio Valley Charter teaches 714 students from grades K through 12, operated by Rio Valley Charter District.

Rio Valley Charter District is the operating authority for Rio Valley Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rio Valley Charter lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 4% Black, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Rio Valley Charter higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Joaquin County put median household earnings sit near $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Rio Valley Charter is one.

Leroy Nichols Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rio Valley Charter.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, Rio Valley Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Rio Valley Charter community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.