The Ferndale Unified School District, oversees public education through grade 12, in Ferndale, California, and the surrounding area, including the "Ferndale bottoms" and an area of the Wildcat Hills in Humboldt County, California.
The district operates two schools: the Ferndale Elementary School for kindergarten through eighth grade Ferndale Elementary , California School Directory, California Department of Education, 2013 and Ferndale High School for grades 9 through 12.Ferndale High , California School Directory, California Department of Education, 2013 The school board has five membersSchool Board , Ferndale Unified School District, 2013 who meet monthly in the Ferndale High School library; agendas and board packets are available online.
Ferndale Elementary School
Ferndale Elementary School is composed of several buildings: The main building was built in 1924, the gymnasium was built in 1967, and a multipurpose room, additional classrooms and computer space were added in 2001.Ferndale Elementary School SARC , School Accountability Report Card Reported Using Data from the 2010–11 School Year, California Department of Education (CDE) SARC, 2012 All eighteen teachers are fully credentialed. The students at Ferndale Elementary are called the "Ferndale Mustangs", and their school colors are green and white.Lourenzo, Mark, Mustangs and Huskies send teams to youth football postseason; Mustangs host Sunday, Huskies the following weekend, Humboldt Beacon, October 25, 2012
Ferndale High School
Ferndale High School is composed of several buildings.Ferndale High School SARC , 2008-2009 School Accountability Report Card (SARC), California Department of Education (CDE) SARC, 2009-2010 The main building was built in 1952 to provide offices, the school library and 11 classrooms. Other buildings include the 1975 gymnasium, and a building containing the woodshop and mechanics shop. All teachers are fully credentialed. The students at Ferndale High School are called "Wildcats", and their school colors are red and white.
Notable students
Len Casanova, American football player Donald H. Clausen politicianRetired congressman from Ferndale to celebrate 90th birthday April 27, The Ferndale Enterprise, April 18, 2013 Sam Dungan, baseball player Frank Ferguson, actor Guy Fieri, chef Thomas E. Leavey, businessman Joe Oeschger, baseball player
See also List of schools in Humboldt County, California
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