NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Crescent City, CA

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12 public K-12 schools in Crescent City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
3,617
Students
35.1/100
Avg Resource Index
20.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Crescent City has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Crescent City's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Crescent City's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 44-point gap between Uncharted Shores Academy and Del Norte Community shows the range hidden by Crescent City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
12th percentile

Del Norte High accounts for 25.4% of all Crescent City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Crescent City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Crescent City school enrollment varies 459× across entities

Crescent City school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 918 students (highest), a spread of 916 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Crescent City reports 63.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Crescent City student-teacher ratio is 20.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Crescent City's 12 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Uncharted Shores Academy 59
2. Castle Rock 50
3. Sunset High 46
4. Crescent Elk Middle 35
5. Mary Peacock Elementary 35
6. Del Norte High 34
7. Joe Hamilton Elementary 33
8. Elk Creek 30
9. Bess Maxwell Elementary 29
10. Pine Grove Elementary 28
11. Redwood Elementary 27
12. Del Norte Community 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Crescent City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Del Norte Community 73.0/100
  2. 2 Sunset High 70.9/100
  3. 3 Joe Hamilton Elementary 70.8/100
  4. 4 Crescent Elk Middle 69.2/100
  5. 5 Del Norte High 68.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Crescent City?

Which Crescent City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Uncharted Shores Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Crescent City schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Crescent City, CA? ▼

Crescent City has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,617 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.