Captain John Continuation High

As a micro-enrollment secondary school in Hoopa, California, Captain John Continuation High instructs 25 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 97% leaner than typical.

Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 951 students; Captain John Continuation High is among them.

Demographically, Captain John Continuation High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (80%). Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Humboldt County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Humboldt County put median household income runs about $61,160, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Captain John Continuation High is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

Hoopa Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Captain John Continuation High's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 32 (now 25). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 13% to 4%. Class-load math has fell: from 32.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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