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Fall River Junior-Senior High

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Fall River Junior-Senior High ranks 891 st of 2135 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-12

891^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,135 California High Schools

Better than 58% of California high schools

Summary

Fall River Junior-Senior High serves 226 students in grades 7–12 in McArthur, a small community in rural Northern California. In 2025–26, about 42% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 21% in math and 31% in science; the school also reported a 100% graduation rate. The clearest academic concern is math: proficiency was about 8 percentage points below the district and 18 points below the state.

ELA is the school’s strongest subject in local comparisons, while math results fall between the nearby schools with reported scores. Fall River’s ELA result was about 2 points above the Fall River Joint Unified district, and higher than Burney Junior-Senior High (36%) and Big Valley Junior Senior High (30%); it was still about 7 points below the state. Math proficiency was 21%, compared with 28% at Burney and 9% at Big Valley. Science was about 5 points below the state. Results vary sharply by grade: 11th-grade ELA was 65%, above the state’s 57%, and 12th-grade science was 57%, above the state’s 33%; 7th- and 8th-grade ELA were much lower, at 28% and 32%.

Science has improved most: proficiency rose about 11 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while ELA and math were essentially flat, and their gaps to the state widened. SchoolDigger rates Fall River at the 58th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 48th percentile the prior year but below its 97th-percentile standing in 2016–17. The 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 14.9. In 2024–25, 42% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the lowest reported rate among nearby schools with the same measure and year; California also provides free school meals to all students through Community Eligibility. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 ranking for Low Socio Economic Status Students was at the 29th percentile, 29 points below the school’s overall standing, and had fallen 45 points since 2023–24—an indication of a notably weaker relative showing for this group in the rankings.

226

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,725

Per pupil spending ?

42.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

44215 Walnut St.
McArthur, CA 96056-8555

(530) 336-5515

District: Fall River Joint Unified

Feeder schools for Fall River Junior-Senior High:

Elementary:

Fall River Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.1%

Hispanic:

35.8%

American Indian:

3.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 95th percentile in 2016 → 58th in 2026

Strengths

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Above the California median (58th percentile)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 18% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 37 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg34%

California avg42%

Middle school

1,999^th of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 34 pts since 2016

From top 39% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

891^st of 2,135

California public high schools ?

Top 42%▼ down 37 pts since 2016

From top 5% (2016) to top 42% (2026)

See the entire ranking list of California High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Fall River Joint Unified

863^rd of 1,530Fall River Joint Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.3	1999 of 2740	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.3	1815 of 2761	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.9	1466 of 2783	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.9	1734 of 2781	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.4	1543 of 2740	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	53.1	371 of 894	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	68.2	728 of 2715	73.2%	★★★★☆
2018	75.7	518 of 2480	79.1%	★★★★☆
2017	75.4	566 of 2508	77.4%	★★★★☆
2016	55.6	973 of 2497	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	60.3	853 of 2477	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	83.2	243 of 2379	89.8%	★★★★☆
2012	88.4	121 of 2259	94.6%	★★★★★
2011	63.6	726 of 2236	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	73.0	483 of 2179	77.8%	★★★★☆
2009	56.5	826 of 2063	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	57.0	760 of 2005	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	61.7	644 of 1999	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2006	61.6	604 of 1804	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2005	65.1	521 of 1777	70.7%	★★★★☆
2004	51.8	749 of 1769	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.0	1863 of 2516	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	37.9	1440 of 2533	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.5	1322 of 2551	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	1484 of 2531	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.4	989 of 2509	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.5	278 of 738	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	75.4	519 of 2380	78.2%	★★★★☆
2018	73.2	535 of 2262	76.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	1580 of 2357	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.1	1281 of 2395	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.0	1501 of 2388	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.1	1936 of 2374	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	60.0	689 of 2213	68.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	36.0	1543 of 2529	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.1	1209 of 2542	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	32.1	1695 of 2579	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.9	1792 of 2531	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.8	1270 of 2458	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.4	350 of 721	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.0	929 of 2369	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.5	901 of 2230	59.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	25.6	1837 of 2514	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.0	1917 of 2534	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.7	1424 of 2552	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.5	1632 of 2538	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.8	1779 of 2527	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.9	337 of 763	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.9	853 of 2407	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.4	532 of 2273	76.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	12.9	1322 of 1490	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.7	1377 of 1520	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	1100 of 1537	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.5	1140 of 1543	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.6	1125 of 1555	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	60.0	635 of 1602	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	74.4	362 of 1496	75.8%	★★★★☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	56.4	891 of 2135	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	45.8	1123 of 2162	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.6	891 of 2159	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.1	818 of 2170	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.0	582 of 2123	72.6%	★★★★☆
2021	80.9	242 of 1290	81.2%	★★★★☆
2019	74.8	459 of 2133	78.5%	★★★★☆
2018	94.7	92 of 2017	95.4%	★★★★★
2017	95.7	60 of 2021	97.0%	★★★★★
2016	94.2	93 of 2039	95.4%	★★★★★
2015	82.5	313 of 1994	84.3%	★★★★☆
2013	75.7	204 of 2426	91.6%	★★★★★
2012	78.9	157 of 2354	93.3%	★★★★★
2011	75.9	192 of 2367	91.9%	★★★★★
2010	75.6	191 of 2281	91.6%	★★★★★
2009	52.5	674 of 2238	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2008	71.2	252 of 2117	88.1%	★★★★☆
2007	68.9	278 of 2063	86.5%	★★★★☆
2006	71.1	267 of 1968	86.4%	★★★★☆
2005	69.4	261 of 1901	86.3%	★★★★☆
2004	69.5	199 of 1653	88.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	67.7	577 of 1864	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	52.0	867 of 1906	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	76.2	421 of 1915	78.0%	★★★★☆
2023	57.7	723 of 1915	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	90.2	157 of 1833	91.4%	★★★★★
2018	95.4	49 of 1760	97.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	36.7	1220 of 1880	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	85.1	219 of 1902	88.5%	★★★★☆
2023	42.6	1083 of 1917	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.4	767 of 1814	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	90.1	139 of 1742	92.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	30.8	1413 of 1997	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	58.3	789 of 2013	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.8	519 of 2026	74.4%	★★★★☆
2023	26.7	1484 of 2030	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	78.5	323 of 1937	83.3%	★★★★☆
2018	95.9	66 of 1862	96.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	35.4	1230 of 1930	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.7	1267 of 1942	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.0	907 of 1948	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.4	793 of 1963	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	77.5	370 of 1880	80.3%	★★★★☆
2018	91.8	149 of 1834	91.9%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	71.6	219 of 1216	82.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	53.4	555 of 1130	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	21.4	934 of 1155	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.2	723 of 1173	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.2	655 of 1193	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	74.3	266 of 1222	78.2%	★★★★☆
2018	91.8	54 of 1173	95.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)39th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2026)33rd percentile+6 vs school

Male (2026)27th percentile~ school

Female (2026)26th percentile~ school

White (2026)11th percentile-16 vs school

High school

Special Education (2024)82nd percentile+23 vs school

Female (2026)69th percentile+11 vs school

White (2026)51st percentile-7 vs school

Male (2026)36th percentile-22 vs school

Hispanic (2026)35th percentile-23 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)29th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy42%-7 vs state

Science31%-5 vs state

Mathematics21%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fall River Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	44215 Walnut St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-5515	226	15	14.9	42.0%	129 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (35.8%)	2 (0.9%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.1%)	56.4	891^st of 2135 public high schools	58.3%		45.8	1123^rd of 2162 public high schools	48.1%	232	23.7	29.4	57.1	31.4	28.1	31.6	64.9	42.1	25.0	21.1	16.2	20.6	$10,725	$652	$10,073
Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	44144 A St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-7159	13	1	16.2	69.2%	7 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													$14,158	$2,800	$11,358
Fall River Community Day	Public	7-12	44144 A St.	McArthur	96056	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 336-7159	11	1	11.0	72.7%	6 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (27.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (9.1%)								(n/a)													$14,269	$00	$14,269
Big Valley Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	400 Bridge St.	Bieber	96009	Lassen County	Big Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 294-5231	43	6	6.7	55.8%	26 (60.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (30.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				42.9				30.4				8.7	$30,255	$1,559	$28,696
Burney Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	37571 Mountain View Rd.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-4576	231	15	15.1	58.4%	130 (56.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.2%)	44.8	1145^th of 2135 public high schools	46.4%		63	741^st of 2162 public high schools	65.7%	404	33.3	22.6		29.9	36.8	27.8	45.2	36.2	34.2	19.4	29.0	27.6	$12,804	$1,166	$11,638
Mountain View High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	20375 Tamarack Ave.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-5189	10	1	20.0	60.0%	5 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)	1 (10.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)													$10,091	$3,640	$6,451
Burney Community Day	Public	7-12	20375 Tamarack Ave.	Burney	96013	Shasta County	Fall River Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 335-5189	13	1	13.0	76.9%	4 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)													$12,539	$00	$12,539

Frequently Asked Questions about Fall River Junior-Senior High

What district is Fall River Junior-Senior High in?

Fall River Joint Unified

What is the racial makeup of Fall River Junior-Senior High?

Students at Fall River Junior-Senior High are 57% White, 36% Hispanic, 3% American Indian, 3% Two or more races.

Is Fall River Junior-Senior High a good school?

Fall River Junior-Senior High ranks 891^st of 2135 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Fall River Junior-Senior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 226 students attended Fall River Junior-Senior High.

What schools feed into Fall River Junior-Senior High?

Fall River Junior-Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Fall River Elementary

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