High Schools in Willits Unified

The two high schools in Willits Unified serve grades 9–12: Willits High enrolls 397 students, and Sanhedrin Alternative enrolls 57. Across the schools, average 2025–2026 proficiency was 20% in ELA, 18% in mathematics and 10% in science, all below state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The average gap was widest in ELA, at 30 percentage points, and smallest in mathematics, at 20 points. The central takeaway is that results improved, but both schools remain below the state in all three subjects.

The schools stand out in different subjects: Willits High leads in ELA, 25% to 14%, and science, 9% to 11%—a narrow 2-point edge for Sanhedrin Alternative in science—while Sanhedrin leads in mathematics, 27% to 10%. Willits also reports a much higher graduation rate, 98% versus 59%, and lower dropout and chronic-absenteeism rates: 2% versus 41% and 38% versus 67%. Its graduation rate is above the state’s 88%; both schools’ chronic absenteeism is higher than the state’s 18%.

Results rose at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects. The two-school averages increased by 5 percentage points in ELA, 11 in mathematics and 8 in science, narrowing the group’s gaps to the state by 4, 10 and 4 points, respectively. Willits High has a lower student-teacher ratio than Sanhedrin (13.3 versus 16.3). In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 51% at Willits and 77% at Sanhedrin; these provide context, not an explanation of results. SchoolDigger ranked Willits at the 20th percentile with one star and Sanhedrin at the 32nd percentile with two stars in 2025–2026; both percentiles rose from the prior year, though Willits’ longer-term ranking has varied. With only two schools—and 57 students at Sanhedrin—the figures offer a limited basis for comparing outcomes.