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Casterlin High

Blocksburg · Humboldt County · Southern Humboldt Joint Unified · Public

Public Humboldt County Southern Humboldt Joint Unified → CDS 1263040…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Casterlin High compares for families

What families should know about Casterlin High.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Southern Trinity High, Whale Gulch High, Mattole Triple Junction High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Casterlin High has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 83 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.
83:1
0.06 FTE counselors · 5 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 254 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Two or more 80% +60.0
White 20% -60.0

Program subgroups

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2020-21

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 0% are chronically absent versus about 13% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
0.0%
0 of 11 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Humboldt County median
7.4% · school is better than 100% of 13 HS
Statewide median
13.2%

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2020-21. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
7 (2021)5 (2026)
-28.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
2 (2022)2 (2026)
+0.0%

How does Casterlin High really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Southern Trinity High · Whale Gulch High · Mattole Triple Junction High School · Mt. Lassic High (continuation) · Mendocino Sunrise High · Leggett Valley High · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Humboldt County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Families don't leave: 100% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Critical
Sharp demand downturn hidden by elite retention.

Casterlin High's enrollment is shrinking far faster than Humboldt County (school +0.0% vs. county +21.5%). Stability of 100.0% means every family you keep is one fewer; the leverage is at recruitment, not retention. This is the case the high stability number alone would hide.

+0.0%  senior class, grade 12 (2022–2026)
+21.5%  Humboldt County baseline
-21.5pp  gap vs. county
100.0%  retention (county median 88.7%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2022
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
100.0%
4 of 4 students

0 of 4 students who enrolled at Casterlin High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (0.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Humboldt County median
88.7% · school is in the 100th percentile of 12 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 100th percentile of 1,734 HS

Nearest peer high schools

Southern Trinity High 71.4% Whale Gulch High 57.1% Mattole Triple Junction High School 40.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Southern Humboldt Joint Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$18.9M
+68.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$28,327
666 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 56.7%
Local: 35.0%
Federal: 8.2%
Instruction share
53.4%
of current spending · $8,699/pupil
Long-term debt
$27.8M
+1.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Southern Humboldt Joint Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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