Marysville Joint Unified

The Marysville Joint Unified School District in California serves 22 schools, including 14 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The data reveals significant disparities in performance and outcomes across the district, with some standout schools like Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts and Browns Valley Elementary outperforming their peers.

Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts, the district's only charter school, stands out as a high-performing outlier, with the highest graduation rate (95.1%) and the lowest dropout rate (3.3%) among the high schools. It also has the highest test scores, with 71.19% of 11th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 40.68% proficient or better in Mathematics. In contrast, the district's high schools have a wide range of 4-year graduation rates, from 82.8% at South Lindhurst Continuation High to 95.1% at Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts.

The data also suggests a correlation between socioeconomic status and academic performance, with the schools with the highest free/reduced lunch rates tending to have lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism. For example, Cedar Lane Elementary has the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 89.64%, while Browns Valley Elementary has the lowest at 43.75% and the highest test scores in the district.