Other · Regular · Grades K to 12

Connecting Waters Charter, Waterford, CA

Charter schoolConnecting Waters Charter is a public school in Waterford, part of Connecting Waters Charter District. It enrolled 776 students in 2024-25, with 18.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 776
Teachers (FTE): 41.0
Students per teacher: 18.9
Grades: K to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.9

District18.9

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 12420 Bentley St., Waterford, CA 95386
Phone: (209)874-1119
District: Connecting Waters Charter District
County: Stanislaus County
Level: Other
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 060217010698

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 370
Reduced-price lunch: 54
Free or reduced-price lunch: 42454.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 297Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.