Summary:
Scott Valley Unified has one middle school, Scott Valley Junior High, serving grades 6–8, with 153 students reported for 2024–2025. The latest test results are for 2025–2026. In that year, the school had 35% proficiency in ELA, 33% in math and 22% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%. Its results were below the state in every subject: about 14 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math and 14 in science, making ELA and science the largest areas of concern.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local schools because this list contains only one; Scott Valley Junior High is both the highest and lowest by default, not a demonstrated local leader or trailer. Its standout is sixth-grade math: 47% proficient, 9 points above California’s 37%. Results vary by grade, however: eighth-grade math was 22%, 14 points below the state’s 36%, while seventh-grade ELA was 31% versus 51% statewide, a 20-point gap. Chronic absenteeism is another concern: 33% at the school, compared with 22% for the district and 18% for California—11 and 15 points higher, respectively.
Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: ELA fell 5 points, math rose 5, and science fell 19. Math moved closer to the state, with the gap narrowing from 9 points to 5; the ELA gap widened from 9 to 14 points, while science shifted from 8 points above the state to 14 points below it. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile moved from 49 in 2023–2024 to 51 in 2024–2025 and 40 in 2025–2026; its rank went from 1,413 of 2,783 to 1,357 of 2,761 and then 1,619 of 2,703, and its star rating was 2, 3 and 2 stars. The school’s 20.7 student-teacher ratio and 66% free/reduced lunch eligible measure (2024–2025) provide context, but do not explain its results.
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