Eureka Senior High

Set in Eureka, California, Eureka Senior High is a reasonably sized four-year high school, overseen by Eureka City Schools. It works with 1,162 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Eureka City Schools runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,462 students. Eureka Senior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eureka Senior High records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Humboldt County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Eureka Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -14.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Humboldt County put the typical household earns roughly $61,160 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Eureka Senior High is one campus in the mix.

Catherine L. Zane Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eureka Senior High. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eureka Senior High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eureka Senior High has climbed 3%, going from 1,130 students in 2018 to 1,162 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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