Summary
Crescent Elk Middle serves 507 students in grades 6–8 in Crescent City, in Del Norte County Unified. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were below both district and state rates in all three tested subjects, with the largest gap in math: 15% of students were proficient, compared with 21% districtwide and 38% statewide.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to the district and state, while math is its weakest relative to the state. Proficiency was 24% in science, 28% in ELA, and 15% in math; the corresponding district rates were 29%, 32%, and 21%, and the state rates were 36%, 49%, and 38%. Science was 12 points below the state, compared with 22 points for ELA and 23 for math. There are no other schools within 20 miles, so a nearby-school comparison is not available.
Science has improved most since 2022–23, rising 7 points from 17% to 24%, although its results fluctuated along the way; math rose 1 point, while ELA slipped 1. Chronic absenteeism also fell substantially, from 66% in 2021–22 to 30% in 2025–26, but remained 12 points above the state and 7 above the district. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 18th percentile with 1 star in 2025–26; it was at the 50th percentile in 2014–15. The student–teacher ratio was 19 in 2024–25, and 77% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves Native American students was at the 58th percentile in 2024–25, compared with the school’s overall 20th percentile; that group’s comparison pool was 5 of 12 schools. Its ranking for how well it serves Asian students was at the 4th percentile in 2022–23, compared with the school’s overall 23rd percentile.
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