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Trinity Valley Elementary

Public Grades K-8

4780^th

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of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of California elementary schools

Summary

Trinity Valley Elementary is a K-8 public school serving about 200 students in the rural community of Willow Creek, California, as part of the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified district, where many families face economic challenges.

Academically, the school has struggled, ranking in the bottom quarter of California elementary schools, but it's important to note it significantly outperforms its closest district peer, Hoopa Valley Elementary. While Trinity Valley's test scores in English and Math are low, they are much higher than Hoopa Valley's. The school also has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in its district, though at over 50%, getting kids to school regularly is a major challenge shared by all schools in the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified district. Performance varies wildly by grade; for example, fourth graders recently tested well in English, while sixth graders scored very low, suggesting inconsistency in teaching or curriculum across different grades.

Interesting comparisons can be made with nearby schools in other districts. For instance, Burnt Ranch Elementary, located just a dozen miles away in a similar rural area, achieves exceptional test scores and has virtually no chronic absenteeism, showing what is possible in the region. There is no clear link between spending and results here: Burnt Ranch Elementary spends about twice as much per student as Trinity Valley, while the tiny Maple Creek Elementary spends far more for its 10 students. Overall, Trinity Valley operates in a difficult context but shows gradual improvement and serves as a stronger option within its own district.

200

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

63.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

730 North Highway 96
Willow Creek, CA 95573-1229

(530) 625-5600

District: Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified

Racial breakdown:

American Indian:

60.5%

White:

28.0%

Hispanic:

9.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2013 → 18th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (54% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg16%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,780^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

2,352^nd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Elementary Schools in the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified

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

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	4780 of 5857	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	5193 of 5869	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	5505 of 5859	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	4893 of 5883	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	4388 of 5789	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	4864 of 5662	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	12.2	5343 of 5692	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	14.2	5114 of 5614	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	14.5	5143 of 5611	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.2	5444 of 5530	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.7	5237 of 5390	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	22.7	4483 of 5377	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.4	4127 of 5314	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.6	4525 of 5193	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	21.4	4237 of 5113	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.6	4327 of 5113	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	16.3	4266 of 4818	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	36.9	2893 of 4822	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	25.7	3509 of 4809	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	3786 of 5597	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	13.1	5052 of 5413	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	4644 of 5460	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	5251 of 5517	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	5027 of 5363	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.7	5036 of 5264	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.6	3383 of 5173	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.9	4062 of 5084	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	5305 of 5628	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	4755 of 5643	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.6	4080 of 5663	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.3	2819 of 5510	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	6 of 9	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	67.6	2 of 11	81.8%	★★★★★
2019	37.9	13 of 18	27.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.6	11 of 14	21.4%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	2352 of 2761	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	2587 of 2783	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	2375 of 2781	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.8	2502 of 2740	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	2454 of 2715	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.3	2413 of 2480	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.7	2360 of 2508	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	25.7	1805 of 2497	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.2	2177 of 2477	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	17.8	2066 of 2379	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.2	1904 of 2259	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.7	1915 of 2236	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.5	1552 of 2179	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	24.8	1605 of 2063	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	41.3	1124 of 2005	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.3	1157 of 1999	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.3	1204 of 1804	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	36.9	1064 of 1777	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	30.6	1182 of 1769	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	2247 of 2533	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	2431 of 2551	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	2323 of 2509	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.1	2349 of 2380	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.3	2094 of 2542	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	2392 of 2579	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	2039 of 2531	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.9	2185 of 2458	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	2311 of 2369	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	2149 of 2230	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	1950 of 2534	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	2149 of 2527	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	2168 of 2407	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.5	2116 of 2273	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.5	4 of 12	66.7%	★★★★☆
2019	13.0	19 of 19	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	35.0	14 of 18	22.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Native American (2025)33rd percentile+15 vs school

Female (2025)32nd percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile-13 vs school

Middle school

Native American (2025)67th percentile+52 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Science16%-16 vs state

Mathematics15%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Trinity Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	730 North Highway 96	Willow Creek	95573	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	200	10	20.0	63.5%	56 (28.0%)	2 (1.0%)	18 (9.0%)	1 (0.5%)	121 (60.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	20.6	4780^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.4%		16.3	5193^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	11.5%	413	10.0	21.7	16.3	21.7	52.6	20.0	15.4	30.0	17.4	26.3	9.1	36.8	10.0	15.4	10.0	13.0	15.4
Hoopa Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	11500 State Highway 96	Hoopa	95546	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	363	19	19.1	77.4%	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	328 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	4	5853^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	0.1%		4	5866^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.1%	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.2	5.4	10.3	0.0	2.7	5.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.0	1.7	82.9	88.6	88.6	88.6	88.6
Burnt Ranch Elementary	Public	K-8	251 Burnt Ranch School Rd.	Burnt Ranch	95527	Trinity County	Burnt Ranch Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 629-2543	85	5	17.0	75.3%	44 (51.8%)	2 (2.4%)	11 (12.9%)	1 (1.2%)	12 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (17.6%)								(n/a)			40.0							73.6							64.2						$50,922	$48,570	$2,352
Green Point Elementary	Public	K-8	180 Valkensar Ln.	Blue Lake	95525	Humboldt County	Green Point Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 668-5921	3	1	3.0		3 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Weitchpec Elementary	Public	K-3	444 Upper Weitchpec School Rd.	Hoopa	95546	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	24	1	24.0	70.8%	7 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (70.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Maple Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	15933 Maple Creek Rd.	Korbel	95550	Humboldt County	Maple Creek Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 668-5596	10	2	5.5	70.0%	7 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (10.0%)								(n/a)																							$96,854	$94,768	$2,086
Blue Lake Union Elementary	Public	K-8	631 Greenwood Ave.	Blue Lake	95525	Humboldt County	Blue Lake Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 668-5674	153	12	13.0	62.1%	92 (60.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (15.7%)	2 (1.3%)	8 (5.2%)	1 (0.7%)	26 (17.0%)	34.1	3644^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.8%		25.2	4349^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.9%	705	27.3	11.8	20.5	36.8	30.8	31.8	30.0	45.5	29.4	33.3	52.6	46.2	22.7	15.0	27.3	11.8	28.4	90.5					$34,316	$32,474	$1,842

Frequently Asked Questions about Trinity Valley Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Trinity Valley Elementary?

Students at Trinity Valley Elementary are 61% American Indian, 28% White, 9% Hispanic.

Is Trinity Valley Elementary a good school?

Trinity Valley Elementary ranks in the bottom 18.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Trinity Valley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 200 students attended Trinity Valley Elementary.

What district is Trinity Valley Elementary in?

Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified

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