Needles Community Day

Set in Needles, California, Needles Community Day is a rural-scale high school, part of Needles Unified. It educates 18 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Needles Community Day sits 98% below that benchmark.

Needles Unified comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 921 students; Needles Community Day is among them.

On demographics, Needles Community Day logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 17% Native American, 11% Black, 11% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Needles Community Day is one.

Nearest neighbor: Educational Training Center, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Needles Community Day has climbed 200%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 18 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 0% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.