Summary:
Richvale, California, has one listed school, Richvale Charter Academy, serving grades 1–6, with 53 students. With no other listed local schools, families can compare its results with district and state figures, but not with neighboring schools in Richvale. The most important finding is that math is a clear strength: 60% of students were proficient, 22 percentage points above the state.
Richvale Charter Academy is both the highest- and lowest-scoring listed school in every subject because it is the only one. Its math result was 33 points above Biggs Unified and 22 points above the state. Results were less strong in other subjects: ELA proficiency was 46%, 3 points below the state but 11 points above the district; science was 20%, 16 points below the state and equal to the district. The grade-level math results show a notable difference: third-grade proficiency was 85%, 38 points above the state, while fifth-grade proficiency was 45%, 8 points above it. Attendance is a positive comparison: chronic absenteeism was 6%, versus 18% statewide and 15% in the district.
Recent results show a mixed direction: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency fell from 50% to 46%, moving from 1 point above the state to 3 points below; math rose from 58% to 60%, while the state also improved, leaving the school’s advantage slightly larger. SchoolDigger gives the school 3 stars and ranks it 2,619th of 5,804, at the 55th percentile; its historical percentile has varied, from 73rd in 2006–2007 to 41st in 2014–2015 and 55th in 2025–2026. For context, the school reported 52.8% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, a student–teacher ratio of 18 that year, and spending of $16,484 per student. These figures describe the school; with only one listed school, there is no local peer comparison.
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