Children's Community Charter, Paradise CA

Original Research by School Decision on Children's Community Charter

Children's Community Charter serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Paradise, a small foothill town in Butte County that is still actively rebuilding after the Camp Fire. The school operates as a single-school charter district and has recently completed its return to a permanent campus on Pentz Road after years in temporary modular classrooms.

The school's setting and student population reflect Paradise's post-fire transformation. Enrollment is small, with under a quarter of students in the school's upper grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly white, with a smaller share of Hispanic, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native, and multiracial students. Data on English learners and students with disabilities were not available.

Academic performance shows a varied profile across grades and subjects. In English language arts, third grade shows proficiency around the middle range, fourth grade slightly below, fifth grade considerably lower, and seventh grade notably stronger. Math proficiency starts at a moderate level in third grade, drops sharply by fourth grade, falls steeply in fifth grade, and recovers somewhat by seventh grade. Science proficiency in fifth grade is low. Some grade-level results are suppressed, likely due to small class sizes. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Butte County districts, though parents may want to look into the school's specific support structures and instruction in the grades where proficiency dips, particularly grades four and five.

The school sits within a community that is fundamentally reshaped. Paradise has experienced strong recent population and housing growth as rebuilding accelerates, with new housing including affordable rental developments. The town's economy centers on locally-owned businesses and health care services, with civic life anchored by the library, community park, and the new Paradise Memorial Trailway for walking and biking. The main street, Skyway Road, remains auto-oriented, though the town is working to build out a more complete downtown.

For families relocating to the area or choosing a school, Children's Community Charter represents a small, locally-rooted option in a community still consolidating its identity after major disruption. The small upper-grade cohorts and the recent transition to permanent facilities are stable facts; the academic dips in certain grades and the school's position within a population that is younger, lower-income, and partly new to the area are lived realities worth discussing directly with school staff.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 372%

School 72% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · district not reported

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 747%

School 47% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 774%

School 74% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income31%Higher-income75%44 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income58%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income54%Higher-income92%38 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income50%3 pp gap