Use my locationShowing schools within 8 miles of Ferndale. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Ferndale.
Ferndale
4 scored schools near Ferndale
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 1 charter here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
5 of the 6 public schools here take students by address. 1 is a charter.
5 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
1 charter school. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 8 miles of Ferndale.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Ferndale?
2 scored elementary schools are within 8 miles of Ferndale. The closest is Ferndale Elementary, 0.2 miles away.
Distance 0.2mi
Ferndale Elementary
Ferndale Unified · Grades K–8
252253% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Redwood Preparatory CharterCharter
Fortuna Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
243343% below the standard
Scope Score 81Strong · 75th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Ferndale, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Ferndale?
3 scored middle schools are within 8 miles of Ferndale. The closest is Ferndale Elementary, 0.2 miles away.
Distance 0.2mi
Ferndale Elementary
Ferndale Unified · Grades K–8
372736% below the standard
Scope Score 86Strong · 89th percentile
Distance 5.7mi
Fortuna Middle
Fortuna Elementary · Grades 7–8
2567% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Redwood Preparatory CharterCharter
Fortuna Elementary · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
253045% below the standard
Scope Score 80Solid · 73rd percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Ferndale, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Ferndale?
1 scored high school is within 8 miles of Ferndale. The closest is Ferndale High, 0.2 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 0.2mi
Ferndale High
Ferndale Unified · Grades 9–12
172459% below the standard
No score
Distance 5.9mi
Fortuna Union High
Fortuna Union High · Grades 9–12
2072% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 20th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 6.1mi
East High (Continuation)
Fortuna Union High · Grades 10–12
95% below the standard
Developing · 28th percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Ferndale, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Ferndale?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- New Life ChristianGrades K–11 · 57 students6.3 mi
1 private school is within 8 miles of Ferndale, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Ferndale?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Ferndale Unified2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Fortuna Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Fortuna Union High2 public and charter schools in the lists above