Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter

Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter is a low-enrollment K-12 campus in Marysville, California, overseen by Yuba County Office of Education. The school enrolls 250 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Yuba County Office of Education (466 students total), Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 36% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Yuba County's rate of about 68%.

After controlling for student poverty, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 17.3%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Yuba County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,373 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yuba County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students), of which Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas E. Mathews Community, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter. On composite proficiency, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter has fell 13%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 33% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 30.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.