Fortuna Union High

As a medium-sized 9-12 campus in Fortuna, California, Fortuna Union High serves 826 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Fortuna Union High.

Fortuna Union High is one of 3 schools operated by Fortuna Union High, a district that works with 1,046 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fortuna Union High lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Fortuna Union High shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fortuna Union High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.1%; actual is 21.1%, a gap of -19.0 points.

Across the wider county, Humboldt County reports that median household income runs about $61,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Fortuna Union High is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

The closest other public school is East High (Continuation), roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fortuna Union High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 821 students in 2018 compared to 826 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 26% to 35% over that span.

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