Rocketship Redwood City

Redwood City, California, is home to Rocketship Redwood City, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 275 students. It has 41% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).

For district matters, Rocketship Redwood City falls under Rocketship Redwood City District.

Of every 100 students at Rocketship Redwood City, about 95 are Hispanic. Other students are 2% White. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all San Mateo County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.

A staff of 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 32.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Mateo County is 34%.

The school is in San Mateo County, where the median household earns about $158,855 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 54% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across San Mateo County, 176 public schools serve about 82,403 students.

Orion Alternative sits about 0.5 miles from Rocketship Redwood City. Rocketship Redwood City has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 311 to 275. By 2024-25, the school had 32.4 students per teacher, compared with 31.1 in 2020-21.

The allk12 page for Rocketship Redwood City lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.