Whale Gulch High

Families in Whitethorn, California, are served by Whale Gulch High, a very small high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 7 students. It has 99% fewer students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).

Leggett Valley Unified, which runs Whale Gulch High, has 4 schools and 111 students.

At Whale Gulch High, 57% of students are White. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 14% Native American.

The school's 2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 3.5:1. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1.

American Community Survey estimates for Mendocino County show that the median household earns about $68,092 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Mendocino County has 66 public schools with about 12,738 students, including Whale Gulch High.

The closest school to Whale Gulch High is Whale Gulch Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.

Enrollment records show 20 in 2020-21 and 7 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 3.5:1, from 20.0:1.

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