Summary:
Zip code 95428 has two elementary schools: Round Valley Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade, and Eel River Charter, serving kindergarten through sixth grade. In 2024–2025, the schools’ average all-grades proficiency was 13% in English language arts (ELA), 4% in math and 6% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 37% and 33%, respectively. The most important area-wide finding is that both schools’ results were well below state levels in all three subjects.
Eel River Charter stood out in ELA and science, while Round Valley Elementary led in math—so neither school was highest across the board. Eel River’s ELA proficiency was 18%, 8 percentage points above Round Valley’s 9%; its science result was 9%, 6 points above Round Valley’s 3%. Round Valley’s math result was 5%, 2 points above Eel River’s 3%. Even the higher result in each subject remained below the state: the gaps were 31 points in Eel River’s ELA, 24 points in its science and 32 points in Round Valley’s math.
Round Valley Elementary improved in all three subjects in 2025–2026: ELA rose 1 percentage point, math 3 points and science 6 points from the prior year. Its gaps with the state narrowed by 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 3 in science, although results remained below state levels. SchoolDigger’s rankings also moved up: Round Valley went from the 1st to the 4th percentile, and Eel River Charter from the 0th to the 2nd; both remained near the bottom of its statewide rankings. Round Valley had 313 students and 22.4 students per teacher, compared with Eel River’s 63 students and 21 per teacher. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–2025: 89% at Round Valley and 94% at Eel River. Eel River has no results provided for 2025–2026, and the schools serve different grade spans.
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