Lighthouse Community Day

Lighthouse Community Day operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Fort Bragg, California, one of the schools within Fort Bragg Unified. Current enrollment sits at 7 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 838.

Lighthouse Community Day is one of 7 schools operated by Fort Bragg Unified, a district that teaches 1,669 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lighthouse Community Day logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% White, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lighthouse Community Day reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mendocino County put the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Mendocino County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), of which Lighthouse Community Day is one.

The closest other public school is Shelter Cove, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lighthouse Community Day's enrollment has decreased 68% since 2018, when it stood at 22 (now 7). White enrollment moved from 50% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 5.0:1 in 2025.

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