Del Norte High School

Crescent City · Del Norte County · Del Norte County Unified · Public

Public Del Norte County Del Norte County Unified → ~219 seniors CDS 0861820…

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At a glance

Programs & features

7 AP courses offered — Elite
Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
Gifted & talented program
2 calculus classes · 6 physics · 11 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 92% in 2019 (60th percentile nationally)

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

California College-Going Rate

61% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

61%

of 187 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 62% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 116 students.

Up 13.4 points from the 2021-22 class (47.6%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 108 students (57.8%)

University of California 3.7% 7

California State University 6.4% 12

California Community College 47.6% 89

California private college 0.0% 0

Out of state — 6 students (3.2%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.7% 5

Out-of-state 2-year 0.5% 1

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Del Norte High School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Arcata High School, Fortuna Union High School, University Preparatory School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

70th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Math ✓

Students taking AP courses

166

≈18 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

2 calculus · 3 advanced

Lab science classes

6 physics · 11 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program
Gifted/talented program

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 · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

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.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

60th percentile nationally

4-year graduation rate

92%

Range: 90–94%

4-year cohort size

184

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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.

Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

58.7%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

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.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About half of students read and write at grade level — about the state norm.

About 1 in 5 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 166

50.6%

incl. 16.9% exceeded

+12.4 pts above Del Norte County median (38.2%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 165

20.0%

incl. 6.1% exceeded

+8.6 pts above Del Norte County median (11.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

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

White 45% -1.0

Hispanic / Latino 27%

American Indian 13%

Two or more 10% +3.3

Asian 4%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 55% -4.4

Students w/ disabilities 15%

English learners 4% -1.7

Homeless 1% -3.1

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 — 2024-25

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.

21% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.

Chronic absent

20.8%

195 of 936 students

Absenteeism is down 5.8 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Del Norte County median

20.8% · school is worse than 0% of 1 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. 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)

915 (2018) → 911 (2026)

-0.4%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

217 (2018) → 196 (2026)

-9.7%

If this trend holds (-0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~909	-2	$0
3 yr (2029)	~906	-5	$0
5 yr (2031)	~902	-9	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Del Norte High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #10 of 10 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

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Your similar-school group includes

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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 Del Norte County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

82% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Action needed

Strong inside, weak at the gate.

Families who enroll at Del Norte High stay (82.2% stability — elite). But enrollment is dropping 1.5× the county rate (school -9.7% vs. county -6.3%). The audit question isn't why students leave — it's why fewer families are choosing to enroll in the first place.

-9.7% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

-6.3% Del Norte County baseline

-3.4pp gap vs. county

82.2% retention (county median 60.5%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate

82.2%

806 of 981 students

175 of 981 students who enrolled at Del Norte High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (17.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Del Norte County median

60.5% · school is in the 100th percentile of 2 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 33rd percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (614) 78.2%

White (441) 85.5%

Hispanic / Latino (263) 82.9%

Students w/ disabilities (154) 76.6%

American Indian / AN (131) 71.0%

Two or more races (98) 74.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Arcata High School 89.3% Fortuna Union High School 83.7% University Preparatory School 96.5% Enterprise High School 85.5%

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 — Del Norte County 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

$64.0M

+31.5% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$17,952

3,564 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 59.4%
Local: 23.9%
Federal: 16.8%

Instruction share

60.2%

of current spending · $8,282/pupil

Long-term debt

$23.8M

+27.8% 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 Del Norte County 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).

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

8 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 8 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 219 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

About 304 students per counselor — typical for California, though well above the 250 experts recommend.

304:1

3.0 FTE counselors · 911 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 33 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 1 in 4 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

23%

42 of 183 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -32.9 pp vs. median.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

219

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

918

All grades · CDE Census Day

Economic Connectedness ⓘ

0.67

16th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.39

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Davis →	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.39	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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