Summary:
John Henry High District has one high school, John Henry High, serving grades 9–12 with 333 students. The school’s completion outcomes are stronger than the state’s, but its 2025–26 proficiency rates were below state rates in every reported subject; the broadest concern is that students’ academic results lagged statewide levels across ELA, math and science.
Because it is the only school in the district, John Henry High is both the top and bottom of the local comparison—there is no other school to rank against it. Compared with California, however, its all-grades proficiency was lower by 23 points in ELA (26% versus 49%), 23 points in math (15% versus 38%) and 24 points in science (12% versus 36%). ELA was its strongest subject by raw proficiency, while science was lowest. Graduation was a relative strength: 95% compared with 88% statewide, a 7-point advantage; the dropout rate was 5% versus 8%, 4 points lower. Chronic absenteeism was less favorable at 25%, 7 points above the state’s 18%.
Proficiency moved further from state results between 2024–25 and 2025–26, especially in math: school proficiency fell 17 points while the state rate rose 1 point, widening the gap by 18 points. ELA fell 4 points at the school as the state rose by less than 1 point, and science fell 5 points as the state rose 3 points. SchoolDigger’s school ranking percentile improved from 32 in 2023–24 to 41 in 2024–25, then dropped to 24 in 2025–26; its rating went from 2 stars to 1 star in the latest year. As context, the school’s student-teacher ratio was 27.7 in 2024–25, and 86% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures alone do not explain the results.
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