Laytonville Elementary

Laytonville Elementary is a K–8 school with 217 students in the Laytonville community. In 2025–2026, about 21% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 17% in math and 20% in science. Those results were below both California and the school’s district in all three subjects: the gaps to the state were 28 percentage points in ELA, 22 in math and 16 in science; the gaps to Laytonville Unified were 4, 2 and 8 points, respectively. The most important takeaway is that proficiency is low across all three subjects, not just in one area.

Science is the school’s clearest local strength: its 20% proficiency rate was the highest among nearby schools with reported results, compared with 11% at Sherwood and 9% at Round Valley Elementary. Even so, science remained below state and district results. Laytonville ranked third of four nearby schools with results in both ELA and math. Attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was 39.7%, compared with 18% statewide and 39.4% districtwide; nearby rates ranged from about 31% to 36%. Results also differ by grade: eighth-grade ELA was 9%, while sixth-grade ELA was 29%.

Results have fluctuated, and the state gaps have widened since 2022–2023. ELA proficiency fell from 26% to 21%, and its gap to the state grew from 20 to 28 points. Math changed from 18% to 17%, while science rose from 19% to 20%; their state gaps widened from 17 to 22 points and 11 to 16 points. SchoolDigger rates Laytonville at the 11th percentile statewide, with 1 star, up from the 4th percentile and 0 stars for Round Valley; Laytonville’s standing was at the 39th percentile in 2021–2022. Its student–teacher ratio is 19.2, compared with a nearby average of 18.0. In 2024–2025, 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible—a measure of eligibility, not meal participation—and the nearby average was 85%.