Summary:
The city of Garden Valley, California has only one public high school, Golden Sierra Junior Senior High, which serves grades 7-12 and has a total enrollment of 488 students. The school's performance has been mixed, with strengths in English Language Arts/Literacy, particularly at the 11th-grade level, but struggles in Mathematics across all grade levels. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 35.7% and a relatively high percentage of students (39.14%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.
Golden Sierra Junior Senior High's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the past three years, ranging from 722 out of 2,123 California high schools in 2021-2022 to 1,139 out of 2,348 in 2022-2023, with its current ranking for 2023-2024 at 896 out of 2,323 schools. The school is rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating average performance compared to other California high schools. Its four-year graduation rate for 2022-2023 is 92.1%, which is higher than the state average, but its dropout rate for the same year is 5.3%, slightly higher than the state average.
In terms of academic performance, the school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy ranged from 31.94% (7th grade) to 57.89% (11th grade) in the 2023-2024 school year, with the 11th-grade performance exceeding the state and Black Oak Mine Unified district averages. However, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 21.92% (11th grade) to 36.11% (8th grade), with the 8th-grade performance exceeding the state and district averages. The school's proficiency rates in the California Science Test (CAST) for 2023-2024 ranged from 19.44% (8th grade) to 33.93% (11th grade), with the 11th-grade performance exceeding the state and district averages.
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