Cloverdale Unified

Cloverdale Unified has four schools serving kindergarten through grade 12, including a continuation high school. In 2025–2026, the reported school averages were 31% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 15% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. Even the district’s strongest reported school results were below state proficiency, so the clearest area-wide concern is that academic proficiency trails the state across all three subjects.

Cloverdale High leads the reported all-grades results: 45% in ELA, 24% in math and 22% in science. Its ELA rate is 25 percentage points above Washington’s 20%; the math and science gaps are 11 and 13 points. Jefferson Elementary falls between them in ELA (28%) and math (23%), with math close to Cloverdale High’s result. Among the two schools with graduation data, both exceed the state rate: Cloverdale High reports 94% and Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) 96%, compared with 88% statewide. Johanna Echols-Hansen also reports 0% dropout but the highest chronic absenteeism, 35%, versus 18% at Cloverdale High. Its 2025–2026 test scores are state-suppressed, and all-grades comparisons include only reported results across different grade spans.

Recent trends are mixed: average math proficiency rose from 18% in 2024–2025 to 20% in 2025–2026, while ELA fell from 32% to 31% and science from 19% to 15%. Washington’s SchoolDigger ranking is the lowest of the three ranked schools, at the 7th percentile with zero stars; Jefferson is at the 17th percentile with one star, and Cloverdale High at the 41st percentile with two stars. Student–teacher ratios range from 17.1 at Cloverdale High to 22.1 at Jefferson. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were similar at Jefferson (57%), Cloverdale High (57%) and Washington (58%), while Johanna Echols-Hansen reported 85%; these figures provide context, not an explanation for differences in results.