Six Rivers Charter High School: Full Guide

Location: Arcata, CA

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

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

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

Let's get started!

Basic Information

Six Rivers Charter High School is a public school, supporting grades 9 to 12 . It's located in Arcata, CA in Humboldt County.

Based on its location, Six Rivers Charter High is classified as a school in a remote town, or more than 35 miles from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Six Rivers Charter High School
1720 M St.
Arcata, CA 95521

Phone number: 7078252428

Six Rivers Charter High School homepage: https://srchs-nhuhsd-ca.schoolloop.com/

Principal: Nic Collart
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Six Rivers Charter High School is 101 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, Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter High lacking for your interests, consider looking to your local community to supplement your interests.

Growth in Student Body Size

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

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

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9th grade	19	5	24
10th grade	14	12	26
11th grade	17	12	29
12th grade	13	9	22

As you can see in the table above, the freshman class is 2 students larger than the senior class. This suggests that the school is growing in size and taking on more students.

There are a few reasons this could be happening. The city of Arcata could be growing in population, thus sending more students into Six Rivers Charter High. Alternatively, Six Rivers Charter High could be relaxing its student policies and taking in more students.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Six Rivers Charter High School?

From our statistics, Six Rivers Charter High has a 63:37 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large male majority at Six Rivers Charter High, and much more than you would expect from the general population in Humboldt County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about Six Rivers Charter High. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for males. For example, in our data we find that continuation high schools unfortunately seem to be male-dominated. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract female students, drawing them away from Six Rivers Charter High.

If the male majority is concerning to you, we suggest contacting Six Rivers Charter High administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a gender imbalance. Their phone number is 7078252428.

Ethnicity Breakdown

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

From our statistics, Six Rivers Charter High has a homogenous student body, with the overwhelming majority of students identifying as one ethnicity. Only a third of California schools show as little diversity as Six Rivers Charter High does. When attending class, most students will be of the same ethnicity, with some variation.

The majority of students at Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter High is one of hundreds of schools in the state that have a majority of white students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	6.9%	7
Asian	3.9%	4
Hispanic	6.9%	7
Black	0.9%	1
White	81.1%	82
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	0.0%	0

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Arcata. 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 Six Rivers Charter High Families

What are the family incomes of students at Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter High, 10.8% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 16.8% qualify for free lunches.

This means Six Rivers Charter High has a low poverty level. The overwhelming majority of students at Six Rivers Charter High don't qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Arcata is thus likely to be an affluent community, with quite high family incomes.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	11	10.8%
Free lunches	17	16.8%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	73	72.2%

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

Because Six Rivers Charter High is in the top quartile of schools by family income, it's likely to be well-funded relative to other high schools in California. This means you'll likely have access to advanced coursework like AP/IB classes and better-funded extracurriculars and sports.

It's still up to you, though, to take advantage of the resources Six Rivers Charter High has to offer. If you work hard and spend your time effectively, you'll likely be well positioned to succeed in college and beyond.

School Safety

How safe is Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter High students at risk.

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

Northern Humboldt Union High School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Total Arrests	Enrollment
Arcata High	11	2	826
Mckinleyville High	0	8	611
Pacific Coast High (continuation)	2	0	40
Tsurai High (continuation)	0	0	23
Northern Humboldt Community Day	0	0	0
Laurel Tree Charter	0	0	0

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 Six Rivers Charter High School? Will you be competitive for college? Will you have access to advanced classes?

We've compiled everything we could find about Six Rivers Charter High's academics here.

Standardized Testing

Next, we'll look at another major piece of high school academics: standardized testing performance for Six Rivers Charter 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.

SAT Scores

As you probably know, the SAT is a critical test used for college admissions. The higher the score you get, the better your academic performance compared to students nationwide, and the easier it is to get into top colleges.

We did in-depth research and found the average Six Rivers Charter High School SAT scores.

Here's a breakdown of SAT scores by section:

Average SAT Scores (2013-2014)

Source	Critical Reading	Math	Writing	Composite
Six Rivers Charter High	571	537	517	1620
California	498	510	496	1504
United States	495	511	484	1490

Note that the SAT has since changed to a 1600 scale, but the trends above for your high school are likely to continue. Just use this guide to convert between the old 2400 scale and the new 1600 scale.

To learn more about SAT percentile rankings, read our guide on what SAT percentiles really mean.

How good is 1620 as an SAT score? Find out with our complete 1620 SAT score guide, including which colleges you can get into with a 1620 or any other SAT score!

Advanced Placement (AP)

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are college-level courses that are an additional academic challenge may give Six Rivers Charter 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 12 students in grades 9-12 at Six Rivers Charter High take 15 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 Six Rivers Charter 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 Six Rivers Charter 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.