Castle Rock

Castle Rock operates as a low-enrollment multi-level school in Crescent City, California, one of the schools within Del Norte County Office of Education. Current enrollment sits at 315 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Castle Rock sits 48% smaller than that benchmark.

Castle Rock is one of 2 schools operated by Del Norte County Office of Education, a district that educates 342 students overall.

Demographically, Castle Rock shows that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Native American. By comparison, Del Norte County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Castle Rock falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.2%; this one comes in at 16.1%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Del Norte County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,058 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Castle Rock is one of 16 public schools in Del Norte County (combined enrollment of about 4,003 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bess Maxwell Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castle Rock. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Castle Rock ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting. As a public charter, Castle Rock runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Castle Rock has decreased 13%, going from 363 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 55% across the same window.

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