Point Arena High
Point Arena · CA · Point Arena Joint Union High · Public
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South Valley High (Continuation) → Mendocino High → Pathways Charter → Round Valley High → Redwood Collegiate Academy → Northwest Prep Charter → Carle (William C.) High (Continuation) → Sequoia Career Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 56th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 74% (Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Point Arena High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 56th percentile nationally with 4 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: South Valley High (Continuation), Mendocino High, Pathways Charter and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
56th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 131 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Valley High (Continuation) Ukiah |
Public | 30.7 | 120 | -10.4% |
| Mendocino High Mendocino |
Public | 27.7 | 165 | +3.1% |
| Pathways Charter Rohnert Park |
Public · charter | 65.9 | 149 | -3.2% |
| Round Valley High Covelo |
Public | 65.1 | 113 | -6.6% |
| Redwood Collegiate Academy Ukiah |
Public · charter | 31.4 | 68 | -22.7% |
| Northwest Prep Charter Santa Rosa |
Public · charter | 58.8 | 85 | +13.3% |
| Carle (William C.) High (Continuation) Lower Lake |
Public | 58.8 | 85 | +44.1% |
| Sequoia Career Academy Ukiah |
Public · charter | 31.3 | 61 | +10.9% |