Point Arena High

Point Arena High is a 131-student school serving grades 9–12 in Point Arena, California, and is part of the Point Arena Joint Union High district. Its latest results show a strong reported graduation rate alongside weak proficiency in math and science. Math is the clearest academic concern: just 3% of students were proficient in 2025–26, compared with 38% statewide.

English language arts is the school’s strongest test subject relative to nearby schools, while math is its weakest. In 2025–26, ELA proficiency was 46%, matching the district and just 3 points below the state; it was 4 points above Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High. Math was 3%, equal to the district but 35 points below the state and 19 points below Anderson Valley. Science proficiency was also low at 3%, versus 5% in the district and 36% statewide. The school’s reported 100% graduation rate is a notable positive, above the district’s 92% and the state’s 88%. Anderson Valley serves grades 7–12, so its all-grade results are not a fully like-for-like comparison.

Results have shifted considerably over time: ELA rose from 9% in 2024–25 to 46% in 2025–26, while math remained very low, moving from 3% to 3% over those years; across four test years, math fell 11 points overall. SchoolDigger places Point Arena at the 23rd percentile with 1 star in 2025–26, down 37 percentile points from its 2021–22 standing, though it has been nearly level in recent years. By comparison, Anderson Valley is at the 65th percentile with 3 stars. The student-teacher ratio is 10.4, between South Coast Continuation at 7.8 and Anderson Valley at 12.3. In 2024–25, 48% of Point Arena students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with 74% at Anderson Valley. One earlier SchoolDigger subgroup result stands out: in 2022–23, White students ranked at the 62nd percentile statewide, compared with the school’s overall 41st percentile.