Laurel Tree Charter
Arcata · CA · Laurel Tree Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Laurel Tree Charter compares for families
What families should know about Laurel Tree Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Arcata Educational Resource Center, Six Rivers Charter High, Arcata High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 197 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcata Educational Resource Center Arcata |
Public | 0.2 | 20 | — |
| Six Rivers Charter High Arcata |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 113 | — |
| Arcata High Arcata |
Public | 1.6 | 1,007 | +0.1% |
| Pacific Coast High (Continuation) Arcata |
Public | 1.6 | 24 | — |
| Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy Arcata |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 59 | -31.4% |
| McKinleyville High McKinleyville |
Public | 4.1 | 566 | +5.2% |
| Mad River High (Continuation) McKinleyville |
Public | 4.1 | 28 | — |
| Redwood Coast Montessori Manila |
Public · charter | 5.8 | 59 | — |