Summary:
Susanville Elementary serves students across three schools: McKinley Elementary (K–2), Meadow View (grades 3–5) and Diamond View Middle (grades 6–8). The latest test results show that both schools with reported scores are below state results in ELA, math and science: their averages trail the state by 10 points in ELA, 8 in math and 8 in science. Chronic absenteeism is also above the state rate at all three schools, at 24%–29% versus 18% statewide. The most important area-wide finding is that achievement in every reported subject falls short of state results.
Diamond View has higher All Grades results than Meadow View in ELA (40% versus 38%) and math (31% versus 29%), while Meadow View leads in science (30% versus 26%). These differences are small—1, 2 and 4 percentage points, respectively—and the schools serve different grades, so they are not a like-for-like ranking. Within grades, Meadow View’s grade 5 ELA result is closest to its state benchmark, 2 points below; grade 3 is 14 points below. At Diamond View, grade 8 math is 3 points below its state benchmark, compared with 13 points below in grade 7. McKinley has no test results in the supplied data.
Recent results vary by subject rather than showing consistent improvement: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the two-school average rose 1 point in math, stayed about level in ELA and fell 2 points in science. The science gap to the state widened from 3 to 8 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 31 to 37 for Meadow View and from 40 to 44 for Diamond View between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026; Diamond View reached 45 in 2024–2025. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 79% at Meadow View, 73% at Diamond View and 70% at McKinley. Student-teacher ratios that year ranged from 22.2 at McKinley to 26.4 at Diamond View; these measures do not establish what caused score differences.
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