Fuente Nueva Charter

Students in Arcata, California, attend Fuente Nueva Charter, a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 150 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.

Fuente Nueva Charter is administered by Fuente Nueva Charter District.

The most common group at Fuente Nueva Charter is Hispanic students, at 44%. Other groups make up 37% White and 17% multiracial. Humboldt County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Dividing enrollment by its 8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.8:1. That is 3.6 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Fuente Nueva Charter reports 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Humboldt County average 60%.

Across Humboldt County, the median household income is $61,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Humboldt County is home to 92 public schools and about 17,319 public school students.

Coastal Grove Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Fuente Nueva Charter, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Fuente Nueva Charter has an NCES locale of Town: Remote. As a charter school, Fuente Nueva Charter is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

Enrollment has grown by 9 students since 2020-21, to 150. The school's ratio fell from 23.5:1 to 18.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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