Summary:
Montague has six elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 472 students total and enrollments ranging from 18 to 178. Chronic absenteeism varies widely: it averages 24% across the schools, compared with 18% statewide, and ranges from 12% at Montague Elementary to 42% at Bogus Elementary. The most important academic finding is that reported ELA results are below the state at every school: the school average is 35%, versus California’s 49%, and even the top result is 4 percentage points below the state. Bogus Elementary has no reportable 2025–2026 all-grades scores, so school averages include only schools with reported results.
Different schools lead in different subjects, while Big Springs Elementary is the lowest school with reported results in all three. Delphic Elementary leads ELA at 45% and is close behind the science leader at 43%; Little Shasta Elementary leads math at 42%, 3 points above the state. Willow Creek Elementary leads science at 45%, 9 points above the state. By contrast, Big Springs Elementary scores 19% in ELA, 7% in math and 13% in science. These contrasts show why a single area-wide label would miss meaningful differences between schools.
Recent changes are mixed: among schools with results in both years, the math average rose from 25% to 29%, while the state rose by 1 point; the ELA average edged up from 34% to 35%, and science’s average fell from 27% to 26%. For context when comparing schools, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 range from 56% at Little Shasta Elementary to 80% at Bogus Elementary. Among reported 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios, Little Shasta Elementary has the lowest at 9, while Big Springs Elementary has the highest at 27.9; Willow Creek Elementary has no ratio reported. These are useful differences to consider, but they do not explain school results.
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