Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Samoa. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Samoa.
Samoa
25 scored schools near Samoa
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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These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 0 charters 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.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
30 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
No charter schools are within 20 miles of Samoa.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 20 miles of Samoa.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Samoa?
16 scored elementary schools are within 20 miles of Samoa. The closest is Peninsula Union, less than 0.1 miles away.
Distance 0.0mi
Peninsula Union
Peninsula Union · Grades K–8
100% below the standard
Scope Score 63Needs Support · bottom 1%
Distance 3.1mi
Alice Birney Elementary
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–5
1379% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 11th percentile
Distance 3.3mi
Lafayette Elementary
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–5
1578% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 22nd percentile
Distance 3.7mi
Grant Elementary
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–5
162064% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 41st percentile
Distance 3.7mi
Washington Elementary
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–5
162262% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 56th percentile
Distance 4.4mi
Cutten Elementary
Cutten Elementary · Grades 3–6
162955% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 51st percentile
Distance 5.7mi
Freshwater Elementary
Freshwater Elementary · Grades K–6
183448% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 64th percentile
Distance 6.2mi
Jacoby Creek
Jacoby Creek Elementary · Grades K–8
363331% below the standard
Scope Score 86Strong · 88th percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Arcata Elementary
Arcata Elementary · Grades K–5
1680% below the standard
Scope Score 65Needs Support · 1st percentile
Distance 6.8mi
Pacific Union Elementary
Pacific Union Elementary · Grades K–8
122662% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 31st percentile
Distance 8.9mi
Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary · Grades K–6
522226% below the standard
Scope Score 90Strong · 94th percentile
Distance 10.9mi
Blue Lake Union Elementary
Blue Lake Union Elementary · Grades K–8
162361% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 47th percentile
Distance 11.9mi
Fieldbrook Elementary
Fieldbrook Elementary · Grades K–8
123454% below the standard
Scope Score 75Developing · 47th percentile
Distance 16.6mi
Trinidad Union
Trinidad Union Elementary · Grades K–8
184042% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Distance 17.4mi
Ferndale Elementary
Ferndale Unified · Grades K–8
252253% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Distance 19.0mi
Hydesville Elementary
Hydesville Elementary · Grades K–8
123058% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 38th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Samoa, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Samoa?
12 scored middle schools are within 20 miles of Samoa. The closest is Peninsula Union, less than 0.1 miles away.
Distance 0.0mi
Peninsula Union
Peninsula Union · Grades K–8
96% below the standard
Scope Score 65Needs Support · 1st percentile
Distance 2.9mi
Catherine L. Zane Middle
Eureka City Schools · Grades 6–8
2170% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile
Distance 4.5mi
Winship Middle
Eureka City Schools · Grades 6–8
2270% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 42nd percentile
Distance 6.2mi
Jacoby Creek
Jacoby Creek Elementary · Grades K–8
383527% below the standard
Scope Score 87Strong · 91st percentile
Distance 6.5mi
Sunny Brae Middle
Arcata Elementary · Grades 6–8
182557% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 51st percentile
Distance 6.8mi
Pacific Union Elementary
Pacific Union Elementary · Grades K–8
193348% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile
Distance 9.6mi
McKinleyville Middle
McKinleyville Union Elementary · Grades 6–8
1972% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 19th percentile
Distance 10.9mi
Blue Lake Union Elementary
Blue Lake Union Elementary · Grades K–8
2069% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 38th percentile
Distance 15.6mi
Fortuna Middle
Fortuna Elementary · Grades 7–8
2567% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 16.6mi
Trinidad Union
Trinidad Union Elementary · Grades K–8
1773% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 32nd percentile
Distance 17.4mi
Ferndale Elementary
Ferndale Unified · Grades K–8
372736% below the standard
Scope Score 86Strong · 89th percentile
Distance 19.0mi
Hydesville Elementary
Hydesville Elementary · Grades K–8
252946% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 69th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Samoa, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Samoa?
4 scored high schools are within 20 miles of Samoa. The closest is Eureka Senior High, 2.5 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 2.5mi
Eureka Senior High
Eureka City Schools · Grades 9–12
152164% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile
Distance 6.1mi
Arcata High
Northern Humboldt Union High · Grades 9–12
232849% below the standard
Scope Score 79Solid · 67th percentile
Distance 10.0mi
McKinleyville High
Northern Humboldt Union High · Grades 9–12
122266% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd percentile
Distance 15.7mi
Fortuna Union High
Fortuna Union High · Grades 9–12
2072% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 20th percentile
Distance 17.3mi
Ferndale High
Ferndale Unified · Grades 9–12
172459% below the standard
No score
Continuation and other schools · 4
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 2.1mi
Eureka Community
Humboldt County Office of Education · Grades 7–12
96% below the standard
No score
Distance 2.9mi
Zoe Barnum High
Eureka City Schools · Grades 10–12
94% below the standard
Solid · 69th percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Distance 6.1mi
Pacific Coast High (Continuation)
Northern Humboldt Union High · Grades 9–12
1581% below the standard
No score
Distance 15.7mi
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 Samoa, 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 Samoa?
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.
- Mistwood Montessori SchoolGrades Pre-K–K · 12 students2.2 mi
- Redwood Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 94 students2.5 mi
- St. Bernard's AcademyGrades Pre-K–12 · 232 students2.8 mi
- Gospel Outreach SchoolGrades 2–11 · 23 students3.8 mi
- Humboldt Bay Christian SchoolGrades 3–7 · 2 students5.7 mi
- Mad River MontessoriGrades Pre-K–K · 6 students5.8 mi
- Mistwood Educational Center20 students6.4 mi
- Arcata Christian SchoolGrades K–8 · 106 students6.6 mi
- Six Rivers MontessoriGrades 1–5 · 21 students7.6 mi
- New Life ChristianGrades K–11 · 57 students17.3 mi
10 private schools are within 20 miles of Samoa, 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 Samoa?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Eureka City Schools8 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Northern Humboldt Union High3 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Arcata Elementary2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Ferndale Unified2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Fortuna Union High2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Blue Lake Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above