Willits High

Summary:

Willits High is a public high school located in Willits, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 415 students. The school is part of the Willits Unified School District, which is ranked 1454 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Willits High's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly below the state average across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 25% of 11th-grade students at Willits High were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 55.73%. In Mathematics, only 9.88% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 27.9%. Compared to the nearby Ukiah High School, Willits High's academic performance is notably lower. Willits High has also seen a decline in its four-year graduation rate, from 94.5% in 2018-2019 to 89.9% in 2022-2023, and an increase in its dropout rate from 5.5% to 10.1% during the same period.

Willits High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 19.8% in 2018-2019 to 40.1% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the nearby Ukiah High School at 32.0%. The school serves a high proportion of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 55.18% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. While this is a challenge, the nearby Redwood Collegiate Academy and Potter Valley High, which also serve a significant number of students from low-income families, demonstrate that high academic performance is possible even in economically disadvantaged communities.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 299 North Main St.
       Willits, CA  95490-3110


(707) 459-7700

District: Willits Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1698th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,652 Help


Feeder schools for Willits High:

Elementary:    Blosser Lane Elementary
    Brookside Elementary
    Sherwood
Middle:    Baechtel Grove Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  13.8 Help
Number of students:  402

Racial breakdown:

White:
36.6%
Hispanic:
34.6%
Two or more races:
19.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.5% Help


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Compare Details Willits High ranks worse than 73.1% of high schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.17. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Willits High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Willits High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (36.6%), Hispanic (34.6%), two or more races (19.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 55.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Willits High is 13.8. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Willits High is $13,652.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Willits High:

SchoolDigger ranks Willits High 1698th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Willits High in the ranking list.)

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Willits Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Willits Unified 1454th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Willits High

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Rank History for all students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 54.67 425th 1653 74.3%
2005 61.36 388th 1901 79.6%
2006 61.23 450th 1968 77.1%
2007 55.57 536th 2063 74.0%
2008 53.67 591st 2117 72.1%
2009 52.87 662nd 2238 70.4%
2010 47.59 826th 2281 63.8%
2011 41.83 1009th 2367 57.4%
2012 42.35 993rd 2354 57.8%
2013 54.00 677th 2426 72.1%
2015 37.69 1214th 1994 39.1%
2016 42.23 1154th 2039 43.4%
2017 38.76 1262nd 2021 37.6%
2018 48.34 1046th 2017 48.1%
2019 43.89 1131st 2133 47.0%
2021 55.44 524th 1290 59.4%
2022 33.26 1349th 2123 36.5%
2023 27.91 1475th 2348 37.2%
2024 19.17 1698th 2323 26.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 25.39 401st 515 22.1%
2023 10.00 687th 786 12.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 60.59 192nd 1044 81.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 48.39 532nd 1534 65.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.43 885th 1862 52.5%
2019 53.27 842nd 1937 56.5%
2021 44.75 627th 1126 44.3%
2022 33.48 1278th 1943 34.2%
2023 32.86 1334th 2247 40.6%
2024 17.02 1722nd 2235 23.0%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 39.39 68th 100 32.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.88 1119th 1760 36.4%
2019 32.86 1221st 1833 33.4%
2021 71.43 272nd 1054 74.2%
2022 28.53 1308th 1858 29.6%
2023 25.47 1458th 2118 31.2%
2024 11.98 1791st 2098 14.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 23.71 1017th 1161 12.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.67 899th 1834 51.0%
2019 48.76 893rd 1880 52.5%
2021 35.02 729th 1122 35.0%
2022 33.63 1208th 1916 37.0%
2023 28.21 1379th 2207 37.5%
2024 24.63 1476th 2172 32.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.55 1026th 1742 41.1%
2019 37.38 1145th 1814 36.9%
2022 29.15 1332nd 1861 28.4%
2023 18.62 1632nd 2142 23.8%
2024 19.69 1590th 2125 25.2%
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Rank History for White students at Willits High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.92 802nd 1173 31.6%
2019 29.54 879th 1222 28.1%
2022 19.93 986th 1204 18.1%
2023 14.05 1182nd 1434 17.6%
2024 7.25 1257th 1406 10.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Willits High Test Scores
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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Willits High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 635 5 11 57 18 n/a n/a 0 726
1989 617 8 12 68 18 n/a n/a 0 723
1990 488 4 8 43 12 n/a n/a 0 555
1991 505 5 6 70 24 n/a n/a 0 610
1992 531 2 4 59 21 n/a n/a 0 617
1993 551 4 5 57 40 n/a n/a 0 657
1994 556 4 8 46 39 n/a n/a 0 653
1995 587 5 8 62 43 n/a n/a 0 705
1996 587 5 8 62 43 n/a n/a 0 705
1997 605 4 7 51 32 n/a n/a 0 699
1998 583 3 9 56 40 n/a n/a 0 691
1999 576 3 12 54 32 n/a n/a 0 677
2000 586 2 14 60 25 n/a n/a 0 687
2001 546 4 10 74 26 n/a n/a 4 664
2002 503 5 9 105 33 n/a n/a 0 655
2003 503 5 9 105 33 n/a n/a 0 655
2004 474 3 14 101 24 n/a n/a 0 616
2005 448 2 15 123 34 n/a n/a 3 625
2006 435 1 17 116 36 n/a n/a 7 612
2007 408 3 16 107 31 n/a n/a 29 594
2008 398 3 12 114 33 n/a n/a 0 560
2009 355 5 17 120 30 0 15 0 542
2010 273 4 16 104 19 0 2 0 418
2011 309 6 11 136 24 0 0 0 486
2012 324 2 12 124 36 1 3 0 502
2013 311 1 7 120 41 4 8 0 492
2014 296 3 8 121 36 3 2 0 469
2015 254 3 7 136 35 3 4 0 442
2016 218 3 6 134 25 4 8 0 398
2017 226 3 7 132 22 2 19 0 411
2018 243 4 6 123 27 0 35 0 438
2019 218 3 5 126 19 0 44 0 415
2020 199 2 4 144 26 0 48 0 423
2021 169 2 4 146 27 0 56 0 404
2022 161 1 5 143 27 0 61 6 404
2023 159 1 6 146 34 0 65 4 415
2024 147 4 4 139 25 0 80 3 402

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Willits High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 726 45.3 16.0 n/a
1989 723 44.6 16.2 n/a
1990 555 39.4 14.0 n/a
1991 610 34.0 17.9 n/a
1992 617 34.6 17.8 30
1993 657 34.5 19.0 28
1994 653 34.5 18.9 33.7
1995 705 32.6 21.6 30.6
1996 705 32.6 21.6 30.6
1997 699 33.1 21.1 28.8
1998 691 33.8 20.4 31.1
1999 677 35.1 19.3 28.2
2000 687 33.5 20.5 33.2
2001 664 34.9 19.0 33.9
2002 655 33.7 19.4 36
2003 655 33.7 19.4 36
2004 616 31.8 19.4 39.6
2005 625 28.7 21.8 38.6
2006 612 26.5 23.1 42.1
2007 594 29.3 20.3 41.9
2008 560 34.2 16.4 43.6
2009 542 25.1 18.6 43.2
2010 418 24.9 16.7 57.9
2011 486 n/a n/a 65.2
2012 502 25.0 20.0 n/a
2013 492 23.6 20.7 57.1
2014 469 23.5 19.9 64.8
2015 442 26.0 17.0 67
2016 398 24.0 16.5 64.8
2017 411 22.1 18.5 74
2018 438 n/a n/a 69.6
2019 415 25.4 16.3 66.3
2020 423 n/a n/a 55.8
2021 404 27.8 14.5 50.7
2022 404 26.5 15.2 55.7
2023 415 27.5 15.0 55.2
2024 402 29.0 13.8 55.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Willits High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 726 45.3 16.0 n/a
1989 723 44.6 16.2 n/a
1990 555 39.4 14.0 n/a
1991 610 34.0 17.9 n/a
1992 617 34.6 17.8 30
1993 657 34.5 19.0 28
1994 653 34.5 18.9 33.7
1995 705 32.6 21.6 30.6
1996 705 32.6 21.6 30.6
1997 699 33.1 21.1 28.8
1998 691 33.8 20.4 31.1
1999 677 35.1 19.3 28.2
2000 687 33.5 20.5 33.2
2001 664 34.9 19.0 33.9
2002 655 33.7 19.4 36
2003 655 33.7 19.4 36
2004 616 31.8 19.4 39.6
2005 625 28.7 21.8 38.6
2006 612 26.5 23.1 42.1
2007 594 29.3 20.3 41.9
2008 560 34.2 16.4 43.6
2009 542 25.1 18.6 43.2
2010 418 24.9 16.7 57.9
2011 486 n/a n/a 65.2
2012 502 25.0 20.0 n/a
2013 492 23.6 20.7 57.1
2014 469 23.5 19.9 64.8
2015 442 26.0 17.0 67
2016 398 24.0 16.5 64.8
2017 411 22.1 18.5 74
2018 438 n/a n/a 69.6
2019 415 25.4 16.3 66.3
2020 423 n/a n/a 55.8
2021 404 27.8 14.5 50.7
2022 404 26.5 15.2 55.7
2023 415 27.5 15.0 55.2
2024 402 29.0 13.8 55.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Willits High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $13,652

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Willits High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1131st of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1475th of 2348 High schools
 9.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Willits High)42.133.8
 8.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Willits Unified)39.230.9
 8.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Willits High)15.514.7
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Willits Unified)14.613.4
 1.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Willits High)16.913
 3.8%
   11th Grade Science (Willits Unified)16.913
 3.8%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students415415
African American31
 66.7%
American Indian1934
 78.9%
Asian56
 20%
Hispanic126146
 15.9%
Pacific Islander00
White218159
 27.1%
Two or More Races4465
 47.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients66.3%55.2%
 11.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Willits High

Willits High ranks 1698th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 402 students attended Willits High.

Students at Willits High are 37% White, 35% Hispanic, 20% Two or more races, 6% American Indian.

Willits High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Blosser Lane Elementary
Elementary : Brookside Elementary
Elementary : Sherwood
Middle : Baechtel Grove Middle


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