Public schools in Fortuna, CA

Fortuna has 8 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 2,194 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Fortuna Elementary School District runs 4 of them.

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

The 4 districts and agencies that run Fortuna's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in FortunaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fortuna Elementary School District41,104$17,627
Fortuna Union High School District21,066$15,711
Redwood Preparatory Charter School1219$12,073
Humboldt County Office of Education1285not reported

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.

3 high schools in Fortuna, 956 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fortuna Union High82620.658.0%Fortuna Union High
East High (Continuation)6617.480.3%Fortuna Union High
Eel River Community6414.696.9%Humboldt 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.

2 middle schools in Fortuna, 464 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Toddy Thomas Middle23319.874.2%Fortuna Elementary
Fortuna Middle23113.268.8%Fortuna Elementary

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 elementary schools in Fortuna, 774 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Norman G. Ambrosini Elementary28220.168.4%Fortuna Elementary
Linell K. Walker Elementary25619.778.1%Fortuna Elementary
Redwood Preparatory Charter23623.641.1%Redwood Preparatory Charter School

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 Fortuna's public schools compare with California's

The median Fortuna school has 19.8 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 235 students (state 471).

Fortuna against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FortunaCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.821.6
Median school size (students)235471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)88%74%
Charter schools13%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 8 Fortuna 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 Fortuna

  1. Fortuna Elementary School DistrictRuns 4 of Fortuna's 8 public schools and spent $17,627 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,627
  2. Fortuna Union High, the largest high school in Fortuna826 students in 2024-25, 20.6 per teacher.826
  3. Compare Fortuna Elementary School District with Fortuna Union High School DistrictFortuna'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 Fortuna 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 Fortuna

  1. How many public schools are in Fortuna, CA?
    8 public schools with an address in Fortuna were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, enrolling 2,194 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Fortuna?
    Fortuna Union High, with 826 students in 2024-25 (Fortuna Union High School District).
  3. Which districts run Fortuna's schools?
    Fortuna Elementary School District (4 schools), Fortuna Union High School District (2 schools), Redwood Preparatory Charter School (1 school), Humboldt County Office of Education (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 .