Summary:
ZIP code 95454 has one listed high school, Laytonville High, serving grades 9–12 with 98 students. Its reported graduation rate is strong: 96%, compared with 88% statewide, and its dropout rate is 4% versus 8% statewide. However, chronic absenteeism is a clear concern at 39%, compared with 18% statewide. The most important academic concern is the sharp ELA decline: proficiency fell from 61% in 2024–2025 to 46% in 2025–2026, changing from 12 points above California to 3 points below.
As the area’s only listed school, Laytonville has no local school-to-school counterpart; compared with California, science is its strongest subject and math its weakest. In 2025–2026 all-grades results, 42% were proficient in science, 6 points above the state; ELA was 46%, 3 points below; and math was 33%, 5 points below. The school exceeded Laytonville Unified in all three subjects: by 21 points in ELA, 14 in math, and 14 in science. Grade 11 results show a different pattern: math was 1 point above California and science 3 points above, while ELA was 12 points below.
Across the three subjects, Laytonville shifted from a 5-point advantage over California in 2024–2025 to a 1-point deficit in 2025–2026; ELA fell 15 points, while math and science each rose about 1 point. SchoolDigger ranked the school 815th of 2,137 schools, at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026—225 places lower than the prior year, but 734 places higher than in 2023–2024. Context measures include a 10.6 student-teacher ratio and 77% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Because this is the only listed school and enrollment is small, there is no local peer comparison and results may reflect a limited number of tested students.
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