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Silver Valley Academy

Public, Alternative Grades K-12
1676th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,135 California Alternative Schools
Better than 21% of California alternative schools
Summary

In Daggett, California, Silver Valley Academy is a small K–12 alternative school serving 42 students. Its clearest concern is chronic absenteeism: in 2025–2026, 61% of students were chronically absent, compared with 7% at nearby Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain, 18% statewide and 19% in Silver Valley Unified. That means Silver Valley’s rate was 54 percentage points higher than the nearby school’s and 43 points higher than the state’s.

Silver Valley’s relative standing varies by subject, though proficiency was below the district and state in all three tested subjects. In 2025–2026, all-grades ELA proficiency was 21%, above the nearby school’s 18% but below the district’s 43% and the state’s 49%. Math was 7%, higher than the nearby school’s 3% but lower than the district’s 30% and the state’s 38%. Science was the weakest comparison: Silver Valley’s 6% was below the nearby school’s 8%, the district’s 35% and the state’s 36%. ELA was its strongest subject relative to these comparisons; science was the only subject where it trailed the nearby school.

Achievement results have weakened against the state from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026: Silver Valley’s ELA fell from 29% to 21%, math from 9% to 7%, and science from 13% to 6%, while state results rose in each subject. Graduation results have varied: the school reported 100% in 2024–2025, following 85% in 2023–2024. In 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 13.9, compared with 25.1 at the nearby school. Silver Valley reported that 76% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; California also provides free school meals to all students. SchoolDigger’s rating is for the district, not the school: Silver Valley Unified ranked 611th of 968 districts, in the 37th percentile, with 2 stars. Some individual-grade results are suppressed, so those results are unknown.

42
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$33,538
Per pupil spending ?
76.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 33525 Ponnay
       Daggett, CA  92398

(760) 254-2715

District: Silver Valley Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
42.9%
White:
33.3%
African American:
9.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 49th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026
Strengths
✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (12% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (61% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school12%
District avg36%
California avg42%
1,676th of 2,135
California public high schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 28 pts since 2016
From bottom 49% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
951st of 1,530Silver Valley 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.61676 of 213521.5%★☆☆☆☆
202411.51974 of 21598.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.71545 of 213327.6%★☆☆☆☆
201648.51036 of 203949.2%★★☆☆☆
201314.61901 of 242621.6%★☆☆☆☆
20124.92139 of 23549.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.02151 of 23679.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20107.02071 of 22819.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.72060 of 22388.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20084.81953 of 21177.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20074.81913 of 20637.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.61773 of 19689.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200523.31263 of 190133.6%★★☆☆☆
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy21%-29 vs state
Mathematics7%-32 vs state
Science6%-30 vs state

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Silver Valley Academy ranks in the bottom 21.5% of California alternative schools.

Students at Silver Valley Academy are 43% Hispanic, 33% White, 10% African American, 10% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% American Indian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 42 students attended Silver Valley Academy.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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