Trona High

Trona High in Trona, California, enrolls 111 students in grades 7–12 and is part of the small, rural Trona Joint Unified. Its 2025–26 results show a broad academic challenge: proficiency was 5% in English, 12% in math, and 0% in science, all well below state averages. The most important takeaway is that results are low across all three subjects, even though math stands out as a relative strength.

Compared with nearby schools, Trona had the lowest English and science results and landed between the two schools in math. English proficiency was 5%, versus 75% at Sherman E. Burroughs High and 11% at Mesquite Continuation High; science was 0%, versus 38% and 3%. Math was 12%: below Burroughs’ 25% but above Mesquite’s 9%. Against the state, Trona was behind by 44 percentage points in English, 27 in math, and 36 in science. Its English and math results were also below the district’s by 6 and 5 points, while science was 2 points below. Eighth-grade math is a notable bright spot within the school: 27% were proficient, compared with 4% in seventh grade, though the eighth-grade state result was 36%.

Results have shifted unevenly since 2022–23: English fell from 12% to 5%, math rose from 7% to 12%, and science fell from 8% to 0%. The state gap widened in English and science but narrowed slightly in math. SchoolDigger places Trona at the 15th statewide percentile with 1 star for 2025–26; the district is at the 2nd percentile. A striking change in SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves Low Socio Economic Status Students is that the group’s percentile fell from 83 in 2018–19 to 14 in 2025–26, now close to the school’s overall 15th percentile. In 2024–25, 74% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and the student-teacher ratio was 11.6. The 2025–26 graduation rate was a relative positive at 93%, but chronic absenteeism was 39%, compared with 18% statewide. With just 111 students, school percentages can shift substantially when a small number of results change.