Public schools in Crescent City, CA

Crescent City has 11 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 3,615 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Del Norte Unified School District runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Crescent City's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Crescent CityDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Del Norte Unified School District83,501$19,214
Del Norte County Office of Education2380$33,503
Uncharted Shores Academy1276$11,721

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Crescent City, 1,000 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Del Norte High91818.954.6%Del Norte Unified
Sunset High8215.585.4%Del Norte Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Crescent City, 507 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Crescent Elk Middle50719.072.4%Del Norte Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Crescent City, 1,483 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Redwood Elementary45223.355.3%Del Norte Unified
Joe Hamilton Elementary29820.577.2%Del Norte Unified
Pine Grove Elementary26522.080.0%Del Norte Unified
Mary Peacock Elementary25119.358.2%Del Norte Unified
Bess Maxwell Elementary21719.780.6%Del Norte Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 other schools in Crescent City, 625 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Castle Rock31521.269.2%Del Norte County Office of Education
Uncharted Shores Academy28321.753.4%Uncharted Shores Academy
Del Norte Community2713.896.3%Del Norte County Office of Education

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Crescent City's public schools compare with California's

The median Crescent City school has 19.7 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 283 students (state 471).

Crescent City against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Crescent CityCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.721.6
Median school size (students)283471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools18%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 11 Crescent City schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Crescent City

  1. Del Norte Unified School DistrictRuns 8 of Crescent City's 11 public schools and spent $19,214 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$19,214
  2. Del Norte High, the largest high school in Crescent City918 students in 2024-25, 18.9 per teacher.918
  3. Compare Del Norte Unified School District with Del Norte County Office of EducationCrescent City's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Crescent City addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Crescent City

  1. How many public schools are in Crescent City, CA?
    11 public schools with an address in Crescent City were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 3,615 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Crescent City?
    Del Norte High, with 918 students in 2024-25 (Del Norte Unified School District).
  3. Which districts run Crescent City's schools?
    Del Norte Unified School District (8 schools), Del Norte County Office of Education (2 schools), Uncharted Shores Academy (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .