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Arcata, California - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Union Street Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 97 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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.
a 396:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.7% White, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Union Street Charter, enrolling 99 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Union Street Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Union Street Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Union Street Charter District a distant remainder — means Union Street Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Union Street Charter District student-counselor ratio is 396:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Union Street Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 9.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Union Street Charter District'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 Union Street Charter District?
Union Street Charter District has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 97 students.
What is the demographic composition of Union Street Charter District?
Union Street Charter District students are 69.7% White, 15.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.