Sherwood Montessori

Located at 1010 Cleveland Ave., in Chico, California, Sherwood Montessori is a very small elementary campus that works with 116 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Sherwood Montessori District. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 75% below typical.

Sherwood Montessori District is the operating authority for Sherwood Montessori, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Sherwood Montessori logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sherwood Montessori tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Butte County's rate of about 63%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Butte County put the typical household earns roughly $67,928 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Butte County runs 96 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,730 students), of which Sherwood Montessori is one.

Chapman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sherwood Montessori.

Sherwood Montessori operates from a high-density location. Sherwood Montessori operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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