Redwood Elementary

Redwood Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Fort Bragg, California, run under Fort Bragg Unified, with 343 students on its rolls from grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Fort Bragg Unified runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,669 students. Redwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Redwood Elementary logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 35% White, 25% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Redwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, census data for Mendocino County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Redwood Elementary is one of 66 public schools in Mendocino County (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students).

The closest other public school is Shelter Cove, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Redwood Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redwood Elementary has fell 23%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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