Fort Sage Middle

Fort Sage Middle is one of the one-room-style middle-grades schools in Herlong, California, part of Fort Sage Unified, with 9 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 659.

Fort Sage Unified runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 269 students. Fort Sage Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fort Sage Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Lassen County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Fort Sage Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lassen County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Lassen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,403 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Sage Middle is one of 25 public schools in Lassen County (combined enrollment of about 3,757 students).

Herlong High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 9 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 0% across the same window.

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