Northern United - Humboldt Charter

Northern United - Humboldt Charter is one of the modestly sized multi-level schools in Eureka, California, run under Northern United - Humboldt Charter District, with 330 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Northern United - Humboldt Charter is a school of Northern United - Humboldt Charter District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Northern United - Humboldt Charter logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 8% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% 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.

In the area at large, census data for Humboldt County shows median household income runs about $61,160, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Northern United - Humboldt Charter is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

The closest other public school is Cutten Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northern United - Humboldt Charter.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. Northern United - Humboldt Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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