Summary:
ZIP code 95454 has two schools in Laytonville, serving kindergarten through grade 12: Laytonville Elementary (K–8, 217 students) and Laytonville High (grades 9–12, 98 students). Their reported 2025–2026 all-grades results cover different grades, so the school-to-school figures are not a grade-matched comparison. The most important finding is that the high school’s reported proficiency was higher in all three subjects, by 25 percentage points in ELA, 17 in math and 22 in science.
Laytonville High stands out in the all-grades figures, with 46% proficient in ELA, 33% in math and 42% in science, compared with 21%, 17% and 20% at Laytonville Elementary. The grade 11 comparison with state results gives a clearer view: high school math and science were 1 and 3 points above the state, while ELA was 12 points below. The elementary school was below the state in every reported grade and subject; its ELA gap ranged from 16 points below in grade 3 to 40 points below in grade 8. SchoolDigger ranks the high school at the 62nd percentile (3 stars) and the elementary school at the 11th percentile (1 star).
ELA declined at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 10 points at the elementary school and 15 at the high school, while state ELA rose slightly. Math was comparatively steady, rising by less than 2 points at each school. Science fell by 11 points at the elementary school but rose by 1 at the high school. Attendance is a concern at both: chronic absenteeism was 40% at the elementary school and 39% at the high school, versus 18% statewide; the high school nevertheless had a 96% graduation rate, compared with 88% statewide. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 75% at the elementary school and 77% at the high school; student-teacher ratios were 19.2 and 10.6, respectively. These are observations, not explanations for the results.
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