High · California
Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy
CharterNorthcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy, a public high school in Arcata, California: grades 6–12, 118 students, 19.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 118
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.1
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 51% of high schools in California
Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of high schools in California
Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%69%proficient
−5.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of high schools in California
Median 34% · 189 high schools compared
61 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%54%proficient
+0.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of high schools in California
Median 18% · 190 high schools compared
61 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy District.
Location
- Address
- 285 Bayside Rd., Arcata, CA 95521
- Phone
- (707)822-0861
- City or town
- Arcata
- County
- Humboldt County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Six Rivers Charter HighCharter | 9–12 | 113 | 22.2 |
Pacific Coast High (Continuation)Alternative | 9–12 | 24 | 10.9 |
| 9–12 | 1,007 | 19.0 | |
Arcata Educational Resource CenterAlternative | 7–12 | 27 | 12.9 |
Eureka CommunityAlternativeFree meals for all | 7–12 | 70 | 19.7 |
Humboldt County ROPCareer and technical | 10–12 | 0 | — |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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