Round Valley Continuation

Round Valley Continuation is a micro-enrollment high school in Covelo, California, part of Round Valley Unified. The school instructs 21 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 97% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Round Valley Unified comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 447 students; Round Valley Continuation is among them.

In terms of who attends, Round Valley Continuation shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 5% White.

On the resource side, Round Valley Continuation records 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Round Valley Continuation higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mendocino County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mendocino County put the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Round Valley Continuation is one of 66 public schools in Mendocino County (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students).

Round Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Round Valley Continuation.

Round Valley Continuation operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 22 students in 2018 compared to 21 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 14% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 30.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.