Summary:
Point Arena Joint Union High has two high schools serving grades 9–12, with 139 students combined: 131 at Point Arena High and 8 at South Coast Continuation. The clearest academic finding is that Point Arena’s English results are close to the state, while its math and science results are much lower: 46% in English versus 49% statewide, 3% in math versus 38%, and 3% in science versus 36%.
Point Arena High stands out for strong reported completion figures but weak math and science proficiency: its graduation rate is 100%, 12 points above the state, while its math and science results trail the state by 35 and 33 percentage points. Its reported chronic-absenteeism figure is also high at 91%, compared with 18% statewide. South Coast Continuation cannot be identified as an academic leader or trailer because English and math results are not reported and its science result is suppressed. A direct school-to-school academic comparison is not possible, and the schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible figures—48% at Point Arena in 2024–25 and 67% at South Coast in 2023–24—are from different school years.
Results at Point Arena High improved sharply in English but not in math: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, English rose 37 percentage points, while math rose less than 1 point; science fell 17 points. SchoolDigger places Point Arena at the 23rd percentile in 2025–26 with a one-star rating, near its 22nd–24th percentile results in the two prior years. The reported 2024–25 student–teacher ratios are 10.4 at Point Arena and 7.8 at South Coast; the lower ratio at South Coast is not evidence of stronger test results when those scores are unavailable.
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