Hayfork High School: Full Guide

Location: Hayfork, CA

Are you a student or parent at Hayfork High School? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to Hayfork High available. Here we'll cover:

• Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
• How safe Hayfork High is to attend
• SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by Hayfork High students
• Which AP/IB classes you can take at Hayfork High
• Every sports team you can join at Hayfork High

Let's get started!

Basic Information

Hayfork High School is a public school, supporting grades 9 to 12 . It's located in Hayfork, CA in Trinity County.

Based on its location, Hayfork High is classified as a school in a remote rural area, over 25 miles away from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Hayfork High School
Po Box 10
Hayfork, CA 96041-0010

Phone number: 5306285261

Hayfork High School homepage: https://www.mvusd.us/school_hhs.php

Principal: Debbie Miller
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Hayfork High School is 100 students, making it a somewhat small high school, in the bottom half of all California high schools by size.

As a smaller-sized high school, Hayfork High will feel like a cozy learning environment. With fewer than 100 students in your class, you'll likely get to know most other students and your teachers well. This will give you the feeling of a small liberal arts college.

But with a smaller student body, you won't have as many activities and clubs to choose from. If you find Hayfork High lacking for your interests, consider looking to your local community to supplement your interests.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Hayfork High School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Hayfork High has decreased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9th grade	7	15	22
10th grade	14	13	27
11th grade	12	8	20
12th grade	12	19	31

As you can see in the table above, the senior class is 9 students larger than the freshman class. This suggests that Hayfork High is shrinking in size and taking on fewer students.

There are a few reasons this can happen. The population of Hayfork could be decreasing, thus sending fewer students into Hayfork High. Alternatively, other schools (like charter or private schools) might be appearing, drawing students away.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Hayfork High School?

From our statistics, Hayfork High has a 45:55 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

Hayfork High has a balanced male-female ratio that's largely representative of the general population in Trinity County. Since the student body is roughly half and half, it should feel like there are equal numbers of boys and girls in your classes.

This usually means that Hayfork High doesn't strongly select for either males or females, unlike other schools that have a large majority of males or females.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at Hayfork High School? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, Hayfork High has a somewhat homogenous student body, with the majority of students identifying as one ethnicity, but not representing over 70% of the student body. Most schools in California fit this profile, so Hayfork High isn't out of the ordinary. Most students attending class with you will be of the predominant ethnicity, but there will be meaningful diversity from other races.

The majority of students at Hayfork High are white. In California, white students make up 26.3% of all California students, and are the second most common ethnicity after Hispanic students. Thus Hayfork High is one of hundreds of schools in the state that have a majority of white students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	12.0%	12
Asian	5.0%	5
Hispanic	10.0%	10
Black	0.0%	0
White	65.0%	65
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	8.0%	8

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Hayfork. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of Hayfork High Families

What are the family incomes of students at Hayfork High School? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At Hayfork High, 11.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 62.0% qualify for free lunches.

This means Hayfork High has a moderate percentage of students at or near poverty. About half of all schools in California show this level of poverty or greater. The income level of families in Hayfork is likely to be relatively low.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	11	11.0%
Free lunches	62	62.0%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	27	27.0%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in Hayfork and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Hayfork High is in the middle 50% of schools by income level. Generally, higher income level schools are better-funded and have a higher quality range of classes and activities. Hayfork High is likely in the middle of the pack in this regard and will give you a good set of options to try.

If you have any interests that Hayfork High doesn't cover, look to your local community for activities, or to the Internet for self-study AP classes.

School Safety

How safe is Hayfork High School to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Hayfork High: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Hayfork High students at risk.

With this record, is Hayfork High School significantly different from other schools in the area? It could be that Hayfork High has an especially bad record, or it could be that the local area shows a pattern.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Mountain Valley Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Total Arrests	Enrollment
Mountain Valley Community Day	0	0	4
Valley High	144	0	1552

Academic Performance

Now we get to a major aspect of assessing a high school: academic performance. How good of an education will you get at Hayfork High School? Will you be competitive for college? Will you have access to advanced classes?

We've compiled everything we could find about Hayfork High's academics here.

Standardized Testing

Next, we'll look at another major piece of high school academics: standardized testing performance for Hayfork High School students. These are tests that are administered to large populations of students for comparison purposes.

Let’s start by taking a look at the data for nationally administered standardized tests.

Advanced Placement (AP)

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are college-level courses that are an additional academic challenge may give Hayfork High School students credit for college.

Here's what we're looking for: high average AP test scores as well as high AP passing rates.

AP Scores

Every year, roughly 3 students in grades 9-12 at Hayfork High take 0 AP exams. It's important to understand how students score on the AP - earning a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP test means passing the test and often earning college credit.

We have specific data on how many students got a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (out of 5) on AP exams in the chart below:

AP Test-Taking Statistics

Another way to gauge the quality of a school's AP program is to see how many AP students actually took AP exams at Hayfork High School. If a lot of students enroll in AP courses but don't actually take the AP tests, it can be a sign that students don't feel adequately prepared to take the test, or the school isn't encouraging students to take the exams enough.

Note: The most recent data we have available is from 2012, so the statistics may have changed since then. Most likely, however, the trends are likely to continue - above average schools are likely to stay above average, and below average schools are likely to stay below average.

AP Passing Rates

For AP students at Hayfork High School who take the exam, it's important to know how they do. Here we have specific data on how many students got a passing grade (a 3 or above) on all, some, or none of the AP exams that they took.