Regular local school district · Humboldt County
Ferndale Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ferndale Unified runs 2 public schools with 483 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is 5.8 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 483
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 164 Shaw Ave., Ferndale, CA 95536
- Phone
- (707)786-5300
- County
- Humboldt County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600037
- State district ID
- CA-1275374
- Total staff (FTE)
- 63
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 242 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (454), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $4.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $6.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,687
- Salaries
- $3.3 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $453,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.4%
- State: 53.8%
- Local: 31.8%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,687
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Ferndale Unified
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ferndale Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 338 | 19.9 |
| Ferndale High | High | 9 to 12 | 145 | 12.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Humboldt County
- Eureka City Schools 3,462 students
- Northern Humboldt Union High 1,627 students
- Fortuna Union High 1,046 students
- Fortuna Elementary School District 1,002 students
- Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified 951 students
- McKinleyville Union Elementary 840 students
- Southern Humboldt Joint Unified 647 students
- Cutten Elementary School District 548 students
- Pacific Union Elementary 534 students
- Alder Grove Charter School 2 District 481 students
- Arcata Elementary School District 472 students
- Jacoby Creek Elementary School District 455 students
- South Bay Union Elementary 374 students
- Freshwater Elementary School District 334 students
- Northern United - Humboldt Charter District 330 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.