Use my locationShowing schools within 3 miles of Samoa. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Samoa.
Samoa
6 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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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 3 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.
5 of the 8 public schools here take students by address. 3 are charters.
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.
3 charter schools. 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 3 miles of Samoa.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Samoa?
4 scored elementary schools are within 3 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 1.8mi
Redwood Coast MontessoriCharter
Arcata Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
3361% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 20th percentile
Distance 1.8mi
Alder Grove Charter School 2Charter
South Bay Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1873% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 30th percentile
Distance 2.8mi
Pacific View Charter 2.0Charter
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
88% below the standard
Scope Score 67Needs Support · 7th 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?
5 scored middle schools are within 3 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 1.8mi
Redwood Coast MontessoriCharter
Arcata Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
183646% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 60th percentile
Distance 1.8mi
Alder Grove Charter School 2Charter
South Bay Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2371% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 35th percentile
Distance 2.8mi
Pacific View Charter 2.0Charter
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
1978% below the standard
Scope Score 69Needs Support · 16th percentile
Distance 2.9mi
Catherine L. Zane Middle
Eureka City Schools · Grades 6–8
2170% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 33rd 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?
2 scored high schools are within 3 miles of Samoa. The closest is Redwood Coast Montessori, 1.8 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 1.8mi
Redwood Coast MontessoriCharter
Arcata Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
214435% below the standard
No score
Distance 1.8mi
Alder Grove Charter School 2Charter
South Bay Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
2764% below the standard
Scope Score 72Developing · 36th percentile
Distance 2.5mi
Eureka Senior High
Eureka City Schools · Grades 9–12
152164% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile
Distance 2.8mi
Pacific View Charter 2.0Charter
Eureka City Schools · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
91% below the standard
No score
Continuation and other schools · 2
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.
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
3 private schools are within 3 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 Schools4 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Arcata Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Humboldt County Office of Education1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Peninsula Union1 public or charter school in the lists above
- South Bay Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above