Summary
Salisbury High (Continuation) is a 104-student school serving grades 9–12 in Red Bluff, within the Red Bluff Joint Union High district. Its clearest concern is extremely low test proficiency: in 2025–26, 3% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), and none were proficient in math or science, well below both district and state results.
ELA is the school’s strongest subject, but the result remains far behind nearby schools and state benchmarks. The school’s 3% ELA proficiency rate was 47 percentage points below the state and 40 points below the district; the reported nearby-school average was 30%, 27 points higher. Two nearby schools, Corning Independent Study and Centennial Continuation High, also reported 0% in ELA, while five others scored higher. Salisbury’s 0% in math tied North Valley High, Corning Independent Study, and Centennial for the lowest reported nearby result; its 0% in science also tied North Valley, Oakview High (Alternative), and Corning Independent Study. Other reported outcomes are concerning, too: the graduation rate was 75%, versus 92% in the district and 88% statewide, while chronic absenteeism was 87%, compared with 21% and 18%, respectively.
Test results have worsened overall since 2022–23, and the gaps with the state have grown: ELA fell from 11% to 3%, science from 3% to 0%, and math remained at 0%; the state gap widened by 11 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 9 in science. SchoolDigger ranked Salisbury 2,122nd of 2,137 schools statewide in 2025–26, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars; its percentile fell from 24 in 2021–22. The school’s 12.2 students per teacher in 2024–25 was the second-lowest ratio among nearby schools reporting one. Also in 2024–25, 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the highest rate among nearby schools reporting the same measure. These figures provide context, but do not explain the test results.
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