Yosemite Unified

Yosemite Unified has six listed schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: two K–8 elementary schools, three high schools, and a K–12 alternative school, with 1,383 students combined. The clearest area-wide concern is that average school results were below state rates in all three reported subjects in 2025–26: English averaged 32% versus 49% statewide, math 14% versus 38%, and science 14% versus 36%. Math had the largest gap, at 24 percentage points below the state.

The school that stands out depends on the subject. Yosemite High led English with 52% proficient, the only reported school above the state rate; Rivergold Elementary led math at 29% and science at 21%, though both were below state rates. At the other end, Evergreen High had 17% proficient in English and 0% in math and science. Ahwahnee High also had 0% in math. Coarsegold Elementary had the lowest elementary results across the three subjects: 25% in English, 20% in math, and 18% in science. Some current results are suppressed, including science at Ahwahnee and all test results at Yosemite Falls Education Center; school averages are unweighted.

Recent changes were mixed: the average school result fell 1 point in English and 5 points in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math rose 4 points. Coarsegold Elementary improved by 5–6 points in each subject, while Evergreen High fell 30 points in English. SchoolDigger ranked Yosemite High at the 45th percentile and Rivergold Elementary at the 42nd in 2025–26; Evergreen was at the 5th percentile. As additional context, the 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 76% at Evergreen and 66% at Yosemite High. Student–teacher ratios also differed: 23.4 at Rivergold versus 17 at Coarsegold.