South Bay Charter

South Bay Charter is one of the micro-enrollment primary schools in Eureka, California, one of the schools within South Bay Union Elementary, with 44 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so South Bay Charter sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in South Bay Union Elementary (374 students total), South Bay Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, South Bay Charter shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Humboldt County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, South Bay Charter sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.0%; this one delivers 36.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Humboldt County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $61,160 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Bay Charter is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Bay Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Bay Charter. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Bay Charter ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 24.7%.

South Bay Charter operates from a small-town location. South Bay Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. South Bay Charter's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 55 (now 44). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 20% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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