Miranda Junior High

Miranda Junior High is one of the tiny intermediate schools in Miranda, California, overseen by Southern Humboldt Joint Unified, with 88 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Miranda Junior High sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Southern Humboldt Joint Unified runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 647 students. Miranda Junior High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Miranda Junior High records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Miranda Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Humboldt County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Miranda Junior High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.5%; this one comes in at 17.6%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Humboldt County reports that median household income runs about $61,160, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Miranda Junior High is one campus in the mix.

South Fork High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Miranda Junior High operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Miranda Junior High's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 133 (now 88). The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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