Whale Gulch High
Whitethorn · CA · Leggett Valley Unified · Public
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Osprey Learning Center → Lighthouse Community Day → Orr Creek → Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court → West Hills Juvenile Hall Court → Valley High → Mendocino County Community → Clover Valley High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Whale Gulch High compares for families
What families should know about Whale Gulch High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Osprey Learning Center, Lighthouse Community Day, Orr Creek and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
👩🏫 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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -21.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey Learning Center Redway |
Public | 12.3 | 9 | — |
| Lighthouse Community Day Fort Bragg |
Public | 38.8 | 7 | — |
| Orr Creek Ukiah |
Public | 69.5 | 6 | — |
| Humboldt County Office of Education Juvenile Hall Court Eureka |
Public | 56.3 | 9 | — |
| West Hills Juvenile Hall Court Ukiah |
Public | 69.8 | 9 | — |
| Valley High Hayfork |
Public | 57.3 | 5 | — |
| Mendocino County Community Ukiah |
Public | 69.8 | 12 | — |
| Clover Valley High (Continuation) Upper Lake |
Public | 80.4 | 14 | — |