Summary
Laguna High is a public high school serving 57 students in grades 9–12 in Forestville, in the West Sonoma County Union High district. Its small enrollment and low student-teacher ratio contrast with serious concerns in academic results, attendance, and graduation. In 2025–2026, 86% of students were chronically absent, and 75% graduated, below state and district rates. The most important finding is that low test proficiency accompanies these attendance and completion challenges.
In 2024–2025, Laguna’s proficiency was 14% in ELA, 0% in math, and 0% in science; nearby-school averages were 43%, 23%, and 22%, respectively. The same-year state rates were 49% in ELA, 37% in math, and 33% in science, while district rates were 63%, 39%, and 39%. Laguna’s 2025–2026 science proficiency remained 0%, the lowest numeric result among nearby schools. Its chronic absenteeism that year was also far above the state’s 18% and the district’s 26%. Laguna’s 2025–2026 ELA and math results are suppressed; the latest available results for those subjects are from 2024–2025.
Results have remained weak over time: math was 0% in each year from 2022–2023 through 2024–2025, while ELA fell from 25% to 14% across that period, despite a rebound in the final year. SchoolDigger ranked Laguna in the 4th percentile with 0 stars in 2024–2025, the lowest among nearby schools with a ranking; Ridgway High (Continuation) was next at the 7th percentile. Laguna’s 10.9 students per teacher was well below the nearby average of about 20.0. Its free/reduced lunch eligible share was 56% in 2024–2025, near the nearby average of 54%. SchoolDigger’s relative effectiveness ranking for White students was at the 1st percentile in 2022–2023, compared with 16th overall; its ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students fell from the 23rd percentile in 2018–2019 to the 7th in 2023–2024.
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