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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Union Street Charter, Arcata, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolUnion Street Charter is a public elementary school in Arcata, part of Union Street Charter District. It enrolled 99 students in 2024-25, with 16.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
99
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Students per teacher
16.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.5. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.5
District16.5
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
470 Union St., Arcata, CA 95521
Phone
(707)822-4845
District
Union Street Charter District
County
Humboldt County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
060205811590
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
39
Reduced-price lunch
5
Free or reduced-price lunch
4444.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
34Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Arcata

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.