Wildflower Open Classroom

Wildflower Open Classroom is a small elementary school serving families in Chico, California. The school counts 183 students across kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.

The local education agency for Wildflower Open Classroom is Wildflower Open Classroom District.

White students make up a majority at Wildflower Open Classroom, at 73%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Butte County is about 70% White. Wildflower Open Classroom's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 42% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 63% average among public schools in Butte County.

Within Butte County, the median household income is $67,928, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Wildflower Open Classroom is one of 96 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to Wildflower Open Classroom is Bidwell Junior High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Wildflower Open Classroom is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size. Wildflower Open Classroom is run as a public charter school.

Enrollment has grown by 21 students since 2020-21, to 183.

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