Sycamore Creek Community Charter

Sycamore Creek Community Charter, an one-room-style elementary-level community in Huntington Beach, California, overseen by Sycamore Creek Community Charter District, hosts 158 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Sycamore Creek Community Charter sits inside Sycamore Creek Community Charter District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Sycamore Creek Community Charter lists that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 9% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Sycamore Creek Community Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oak View Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. Sycamore Creek Community Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, members of the Sycamore Creek Community Charter community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.