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Eureka, California - 5 schools
285
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Humboldt County Office of Education operates 5 public schools serving 285 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Humboldt County.
The funding mix is 26.8% local, 56.2% state, and 17.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 250:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.0% White, 22.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Eel River Community, with a diversity index of 72.3/100.
Its largest campus is Glen Paul, enrolling 128 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Southern Humboldt Community, at 7 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Glen Paul accounts for 44.9% of all Humboldt County Office of Education student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Humboldt County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Humboldt County Office of Education school enrollment varies 18× across entities
Humboldt County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 128 students (highest), a spread of 121 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Humboldt County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 92.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Humboldt County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 250:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Humboldt County Office of Education is typically wider than the Humboldt County Office of Education-aggregate figure suggests.
Humboldt County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 54.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Humboldt County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Humboldt County Office of Education?
Humboldt County Office of Education has 5 schools, including 5 combined. Total enrollment is 285 students.
What is the demographic composition of Humboldt County Office of Education?
Humboldt County Office of Education students are 38.0% White, 22.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.