Six Rivers Charter High

Six Rivers Charter High is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Arcata, California, one of the schools within Northern Humboldt Union High, with 106 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Six Rivers Charter High sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Six Rivers Charter High is one of 5 schools operated by Northern Humboldt Union High, a district that teaches 1,731 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Six Rivers Charter High logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 19% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at Six Rivers Charter High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Humboldt County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Six Rivers Charter High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.5%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Around the school, Humboldt County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,160 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Six Rivers Charter High is one of 92 public schools in Humboldt County (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students).

The closest other public school is Pacific Coast High (Continuation), roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Six Rivers Charter High operates from a town-center location. As a public charter, Six Rivers Charter High runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 98 students in 2018 compared to 106 in 2024. White enrollment moved from 77% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2024.

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