Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy

Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy is one of the one-room-style elementary-level communitys in Waterford, California, one of the schools within Roberts Ferry Union Elementary, with 169 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy sits 64% below that benchmark.

Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy is one of 2 schools operated by Roberts Ferry Union Elementary, a district that hosts 199 students overall.

On demographics, Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 41% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stanislaus County (around 71%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Stanislaus County put the typical household earns roughly $81,468 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

Roberts Ferry Union Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 238%: 50 students in 2018 compared to 169 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 34% to 41%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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