Tree of Life Charter

Set in Ukiah, California, Tree of Life Charter is a very small primary school, one of the schools within Tree of Life Charter District. It works with 93 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Tree of Life Charter sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Tree of Life Charter District is the operating authority for Tree of Life Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Tree of Life Charter reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Tree of Life Charter logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Tree of Life Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Mendocino County's rate of about 75%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mendocino County) records that median household earnings sit near $68,092, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Tree of Life Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Redwood Collegiate Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tree of Life Charter.

The school occupies a town-center site. Tree of Life Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.