Fortuna Union High

Summary:

Fortuna Union High is a public high school located in Fortuna, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 830 students. The school is part of the Fortuna Union High District, which is ranked 732 out of 1,568 districts in California and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Fortuna Union High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California high schools, ranking between 865 and 1,467 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years, and has maintained a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger for the past several years, indicating below-average performance compared to other California high schools. The school's performance is particularly low for its White and Multi-racial student populations, ranking in the bottom 20% and bottom 10% of California high schools, respectively, in recent years. However, the school's performance for English Language Learner and Disabled student groups is relatively stronger, ranking in the top 25% and top 35% of California high schools, respectively, in recent years.

Fortuna Union High has maintained a relatively high 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 91.3% to 97.9% in recent years, which is above the state average. However, the school's dropout rate has been higher than the state average, ranging from 1.4% to 8.7% in recent years. Additionally, Fortuna Union High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 18.0% in 2018-2019 to 35.9% in 2021-2022, which is well above the state average. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by Smarter Balanced Assessments and the California Science Test (CAST), is consistently below the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, with particularly low performance in Mathematics.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 379 12th St.
       Fortuna, CA  95540-2398


(707) 725-4461

District: Fortuna Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
1467th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,503 Help


Feeder schools for Fortuna Union High:

Elementary:    Bridgeville Elementary
    Cuddeback Elementary
    Eagle Prairie Elementary
    Hydesville Elementary
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Middle:    Fortuna Middle
    Monument Middle
    Toddy Thomas Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  19.1 Help
Number of students:  871

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.4%
Hispanic:
34.0%
Two or more races:
7.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  59.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fortuna Union High ranks worse than 63.2% of high schools in California. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Fortuna Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.25. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Fortuna Union High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Fortuna Union High has the largest high school student body size in the Fortuna Union High School District. Racial makeup is: White (53.4%), Hispanic (34%), two or more races (7.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 59.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fortuna Union High is 19.1. 1 high schools in the Fortuna Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fortuna Union High is $8,503. 1 high schools in the Fortuna Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fortuna Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Fortuna Union High 1467th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Fortuna Union High in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Fortuna Union High 732nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fortuna Union High

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Rank History for all students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 60.46 333rd 1653 79.9%
2005 51.62 563rd 1901 70.4%
2006 54.63 571st 1968 71.0%
2007 44.95 751st 2063 63.6%
2008 39.18 935th 2117 55.8%
2009 51.99 691st 2238 69.1%
2010 50.51 746th 2281 67.3%
2011 47.90 848th 2367 64.2%
2012 42.23 1000th 2354 57.5%
2013 54.44 671st 2426 72.3%
2015 39.19 1192nd 1994 40.2%
2016 50.45 1006th 2039 50.7%
2017 56.07 885th 2021 56.2%
2018 50.99 994th 2017 50.7%
2019 43.82 1134th 2133 46.8%
2021 32.31 865th 1290 32.9%
2022 38.38 1224th 2123 42.3%
2023 34.04 1303rd 2348 44.5%
2024 28.25 1467th 2323 36.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.43 319th 366 12.8%
2019 6.08 401st 422 5.0%
2023 3.84 759th 786 3.4%
2024 8.34 730th 804 9.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.78 215th 938 77.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 30.10 984th 1547 36.4%
2024 16.23 1450th 1534 5.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.22 1152nd 1862 38.1%
2019 46.08 1027th 1937 47.0%
2021 22.79 892nd 1126 20.8%
2022 40.69 1107th 1943 43.0%
2023 39.45 1154th 2247 48.6%
2024 24.34 1552nd 2235 30.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 12.43 419th 451 7.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.63 1159th 1760 34.1%
2019 37.58 1116th 1833 39.1%
2021 26.01 817th 1054 22.5%
2022 37.76 1104th 1858 40.6%
2023 33.14 1274th 2118 39.8%
2024 25.34 1477th 2098 29.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.03 259th 1052 75.4%
2019 48.65 429th 1117 61.6%
2021 32.94 366th 555 34.1%
2022 31.49 782nd 1161 32.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.44 748th 1834 59.2%
2019 44.73 982nd 1880 47.8%
2021 31.54 779th 1122 30.6%
2022 34.13 1194th 1916 37.7%
2023 30.95 1307th 2207 40.8%
2024 28.66 1359th 2172 37.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.33 1220th 1742 30.0%
2019 52.60 807th 1814 55.5%
2022 40.64 1085th 1861 41.7%
2023 29.33 1396th 2142 34.8%
2024 24.78 1481st 2125 30.3%
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Rank History for White students at Fortuna Union High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.77 739th 1173 37.0%
2019 21.84 981st 1222 19.7%
2022 19.07 999th 1204 17.0%
2023 18.93 1109th 1434 22.7%
2024 13.00 1173rd 1406 16.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Fortuna Union High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 734 7 2 37 85 n/a n/a 0 865
1989 704 8 4 36 103 n/a n/a 0 855
1990 698 3 5 28 78 n/a n/a 0 812
1991 646 3 11 44 92 n/a n/a 0 796
1992 700 4 12 56 106 n/a n/a 0 878
1993 726 4 14 49 130 n/a n/a 0 923
1994 796 4 15 60 98 n/a n/a 0 973
1995 859 3 14 68 111 n/a n/a 0 1055
1996 859 3 14 68 111 n/a n/a 0 1055
1997 920 0 13 81 108 n/a n/a 0 1122
1998 952 2 15 77 73 n/a n/a 0 1119
1999 880 3 21 102 136 n/a n/a 0 1142
2000 910 4 17 106 111 n/a n/a 8 1156
2001 907 3 14 108 82 n/a n/a 45 1159
2002 889 2 12 113 52 n/a n/a 71 1139
2003 889 2 12 113 52 n/a n/a 71 1139
2004 797 5 15 101 38 n/a n/a 117 1073
2005 788 2 21 123 60 n/a n/a 116 1110
2006 725 4 15 127 59 n/a n/a 87 1017
2007 675 5 8 137 68 n/a n/a 71 964
2008 663 6 10 139 48 n/a n/a 0 866
2009 615 10 4 144 39 1 64 0 877
2010 648 7 8 148 40 2 9 0 862
2011 616 6 7 129 37 3 1 0 799
2012 634 5 10 140 41 2 4 0 836
2013 586 1 12 167 43 1 12 0 822
2014 570 4 7 192 35 0 36 0 844
2015 528 4 7 200 33 1 52 0 825
2016 530 4 10 222 34 2 71 0 873
2017 517 3 10 228 33 1 74 0 866
2018 510 0 8 214 21 0 68 0 821
2019 529 1 7 231 25 1 63 0 857
2020 518 1 10 230 31 1 55 2 848
2021 543 2 5 252 38 1 57 1 899
2022 491 2 7 253 40 2 57 3 855
2023 462 1 4 282 33 0 45 3 830
2024 465 1 4 296 34 0 66 5 871

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fortuna Union High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 865 38.0 22.7 n/a
1989 855 36.6 23.3 n/a
1990 812 35.9 22.6 n/a
1991 796 35.1 22.6 n/a
1992 878 35.7 24.5 12.6
1993 923 39.6 23.3 21
1994 973 43.1 22.6 13.4
1995 1055 46.6 22.6 18.1
1996 1055 46.6 22.6 18.1
1997 1122 48.5 23.1 17.9
1998 1119 49.5 22.6 21.9
1999 1142 51.2 22.3 25.1
2000 1156 54.7 21.1 27.1
2001 1159 54.8 21.1 22.7
2002 1139 52.6 21.7 25.2
2003 1139 52.6 21.7 25.2
2004 1073 50.2 21.4 21.3
2005 1110 47.2 23.5 27.3
2006 1017 44.6 22.8 34.5
2007 964 45.6 21.1 30.8
2008 866 50.6 17.1 31.4
2009 877 42.4 18.5 37.1
2010 862 39.6 21.7 39.4
2011 799 n/a n/a 41.8
2012 836 36.8 22.7 n/a
2013 822 38.0 21.6 38.9
2014 844 36.8 22.9 44.4
2015 825 38.0 21.7 48
2016 873 41.0 21.2 47.2
2017 866 42.0 20.5 48.6
2018 821 41.0 20.0 52.4
2019 857 41.1 20.8 50.4
2020 848 n/a n/a 50.2
2021 899 44.0 20.4 49.1
2022 855 41.4 20.6 54.9
2023 830 43.6 18.9 47.1
2024 871 45.5 19.1 59.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fortuna Union High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 865 38.0 22.7 n/a
1989 855 36.6 23.3 n/a
1990 812 35.9 22.6 n/a
1991 796 35.1 22.6 n/a
1992 878 35.7 24.5 12.6
1993 923 39.6 23.3 21
1994 973 43.1 22.6 13.4
1995 1055 46.6 22.6 18.1
1996 1055 46.6 22.6 18.1
1997 1122 48.5 23.1 17.9
1998 1119 49.5 22.6 21.9
1999 1142 51.2 22.3 25.1
2000 1156 54.7 21.1 27.1
2001 1159 54.8 21.1 22.7
2002 1139 52.6 21.7 25.2
2003 1139 52.6 21.7 25.2
2004 1073 50.2 21.4 21.3
2005 1110 47.2 23.5 27.3
2006 1017 44.6 22.8 34.5
2007 964 45.6 21.1 30.8
2008 866 50.6 17.1 31.4
2009 877 42.4 18.5 37.1
2010 862 39.6 21.7 39.4
2011 799 n/a n/a 41.8
2012 836 36.8 22.7 n/a
2013 822 38.0 21.6 38.9
2014 844 36.8 22.9 44.4
2015 825 38.0 21.7 48
2016 873 41.0 21.2 47.2
2017 866 42.0 20.5 48.6
2018 821 41.0 20.0 52.4
2019 857 41.1 20.8 50.4
2020 848 n/a n/a 50.2
2021 899 44.0 20.4 49.1
2022 855 41.4 20.6 54.9
2023 830 43.6 18.9 47.1
2024 871 45.5 19.1 59.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fortuna Union High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,503

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fortuna Union High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1134th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1303rd of 2348 High schools
 2.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fortuna Union High)51.337.8
 13.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Fortuna Union High)5243.2
 8.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Fortuna Union High)17.18.5
 8.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Fortuna Union High)27.217.5
 9.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Fortuna Union High)13.622.6
 9%
   12th Grade Science (Fortuna Union High)18.620.8
 2.2%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students857830
 3.2%
African American11
American Indian2533
 32%
Asian74
 42.9%
Hispanic231282
 22.1%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White529462
 12.7%
Two or More Races6345
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50.4%47.1%
 3.3%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 871 students attended Fortuna Union High.

Fortuna Union High ranks 1467th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Fortuna Union High are 53% White, 34% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% American Indian.


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