Round Valley High

Round Valley High is a senior high of one-room-style scale in Covelo, California, one of the schools within Round Valley Unified, instructing 113 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Round Valley Unified runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 447 students. Round Valley High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Round Valley High logs that Native American students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 9% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mendocino County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Round Valley High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 16.2%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Mendocino County reports that median household income runs about $68,092, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Mendocino County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), of which Round Valley High is one.

The closest other public school is Round Valley Continuation, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Round Valley High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 18.0%.

Round Valley High operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Round Valley High has grew 27%, going from 89 students in 2018 to 113 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 28% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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