Healdsburg Junior High

As a compact junior high in Healdsburg, California, Healdsburg Junior High teaches 293 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Healdsburg Unified. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Healdsburg Unified comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,221 students; Healdsburg Junior High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Healdsburg Junior High records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 31% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Healdsburg Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Sonoma County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Healdsburg Junior High is one of 184 public schools in Sonoma County (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students).

Nearest neighbor: Healdsburg Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Healdsburg Junior High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.2%.

Healdsburg Junior High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.