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Discovery High

Q: How many students attend Discovery High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 29 students attended Discovery High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Discovery High?

Students at Discovery High are 69% White, 17% American Indian, 10% Hispanic, 3% African American.

Public Grades 9-12

Summary

Discovery High is a small public high school in Yreka, California, serving grades 9-12 with just 53 students. The school is part of the Yreka Union High School District, which is ranked 1027 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Discovery High faces significant challenges, consistently performing well below state and district averages in standardized test scores across all subjects. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school had a 0% proficiency rate in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to 53.89% and 21.56% for the district, respectively. This poor academic performance has been a persistent issue, with Discovery High ranking in the bottom 5-10% of California high schools in recent years. The school also struggles with low graduation rates, ranging from 50% to 75.5%, and high dropout rates, from 6.1% to 28%, far exceeding the rates at the nearby Yreka High.

Further challenges include extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 74.5% to 94.9%, and a high percentage of low-income students, with 72.31% to 83.02% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The wide fluctuations in student-teacher ratios, from 15.9 to 32.5, may also contribute to the school's struggles. Addressing these persistent issues will require targeted interventions and support to improve the overall educational experience for the students at Discovery High.

Students ?

9.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$73,571

Per pupil spending ?

89.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

504 West Lennox St.
Yreka, CA 96097-2359

(530) 842-1659

District: Yreka Union High

Racial breakdown:

White:

69.0%

American Indian:

17.2%

Hispanic:

10.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2012 → 1st in 2024

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (0% vs 39% meeting standards)

!Dropout rate above the California average (11% vs 8%)

!High chronic absenteeism (98% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?

This school0%

District avg35%

California avg39%

Not ranked this year

Discovery High did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	8.3	2148 of 2159	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	1926 of 2170	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	2014 of 2123	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	984 of 1290	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	1663 of 2133	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.9	1523 of 2017	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.4	1738 of 2021	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.1	1486 of 2039	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	10.6	2056 of 2426	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	17.8	1707 of 2354	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.8	1645 of 2367	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	14.2	1864 of 2281	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	22.3	1733 of 2238	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	25.5	1303 of 2117	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	27.1	1223 of 2063	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	30.0	1092 of 1968	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	33.2	962 of 1901	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	58.8	358 of 1653	78.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	8.4	1892 of 1915	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	8.3	2013 of 2026	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	1742 of 2030	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.7	1814 of 1943	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	41.7	687 of 1126	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.1	1619 of 1937	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	8.0	1945 of 1948	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	1595 of 1963	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.9	623 of 1122	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.6	1418 of 1880	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	3.4	1137 of 1173	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.5	1151 of 1193	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	1099 of 1222	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

White (2024)3rd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2023)1st percentile-10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)1st percentile~ school

Male (2024)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2023-2024) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy0%-47 vs state

Mathematics0%-36 vs state

Science0%-31 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)		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 11th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yreka Union High Community Day	Public	9-12	504 West Lennox St.	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Yreka Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 842-1659	9	1	9.4	66.7%	6 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (11.1%)								(n/a)							$68,672	$68,396	$276
Discovery High	Public	9-12	504 West Lennox St.	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Yreka Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 842-1659	29	3	9.6	89.7%	20 (69.0%)	1 (3.4%)	3 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$73,571	$67,282	$6,289
Siskiyou County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	431 Knapp St.	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Siskiyou Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 842-6155	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Yreka High	Public	9-12	400 Preece Way	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Yreka Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 842-2521	612	35	17.4	55.6%	347 (56.7%)	4 (0.7%)	106 (17.3%)	19 (3.1%)	39 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (15.5%)	51.5	1005^th of 2162 public high schools	53.5%		65	652^nd of 2159 public high schools	69.8%	353	30.1	30.1	52.1	52.1	20.1	20.1	$23,545	$22,760	$785

Frequently Asked Questions about Discovery High

What is the racial makeup of Discovery High?

Students at Discovery High are 69% White, 17% American Indian, 10% Hispanic, 3% African American.

What district is Discovery High in?

Yreka Union High

How many students attend Discovery High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 29 students attended Discovery High.

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2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026

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2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025

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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