# Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060194211934`
- **School name**: Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy
- **Location**: Arcata, CA 95521
- **Address**: 1761 11th St.
- **District**: Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy District (LEAID `0601942`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 6–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 40.87252, -124.09665
- **Phone**: (707)822-0861

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 118
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 6
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 19.7:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 33.1%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Blue
- **Indicators**:
  - college_career: Green
  - math: Yellow
  - ela: Blue
  - chronic_absent: Blue
  - graduation: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 62.1% proficient — 87 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 80.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 52.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 83.3% (cohort of 18)
- **2021**: N/A (cohort of 33)

## SAT/ACT participation (2020)
- **SAT/ACT takers**: 11

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.6% (1 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 1.7%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 6.2%
- **Black/African American**: 4.5%
- **Asian**: 2.2%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 77.5%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.6%
- **Two or more races**: 7.3%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 22.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 8.5% — 11 students
- **English Learners**: 0.0%

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,785,276
- **Federal share**: 8.9%
- **State share**: 57.2%
- **Local share**: 33.9%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,570,552

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $80,485
- **Poverty rate**: 14.2%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 49.5%
- **Unemployment**: 19.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,879
- **Foreign-born residents**: 9.2%
- **Single-parent households**: 30.1%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 27.0 miles (COPPER BLUFF MINE)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 2
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 4
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.21 miles (IRONHORST)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: ARCATA, CITY OF
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.53802 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 7.9 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### ela proficiency
- **Union Street Charter** — 1.3 mi away, 75% (this school: 71.05%)
- **Jacoby Creek** — 2.3 mi away, 71.25% (this school: 71.05%)
- **Academy of the Redwoods** — 13.0 mi away, 74.6% (this school: 71.05%)

### graduation rate
- **Arcata High** — 0.5 mi away, 88.1% (this school: 83.3%)
- **Pacific Coast High (Continuation)** — 0.5 mi away, 96% (this school: 83.3%)
- **Six Rivers Charter High** — 0.5 mi away, 85.7% (this school: 83.3%)
- **McKinleyville High** — 5.8 mi away, 93.2% (this school: 83.3%)
- **Mad River High (Continuation)** — 5.8 mi away, 91.4% (this school: 83.3%)

### math proficiency
- **Union Street Charter** — 1.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 52%)
- **Jacoby Creek** — 2.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 52%)
- **Lafayette Elementary** — 5.7 mi away, 80% (this school: 52%)
- **Freshwater Charter Middle** — 6.0 mi away, 66% (this school: 52%)
- **Academy of the Redwoods** — 13.0 mi away, 66% (this school: 52%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/northcoast-preparatory-and-performing-arts-academy-arcata/workforce

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