Summary:
High schools in ZIP code 96013 include three schools serving grades 7–12, with 254 students total, all in the Fall River Joint Unified district. In 2025–2026, Burney Junior-Senior High is the only school with numeric proficiency results; the other two schools’ scores are suppressed, so the data cannot rank all three academically. Burney Junior-Senior High’s results were 36% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 28% in math, and 30% in science, versus state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important academic warning is the sharp math slide: Burney fell 11 percentage points from the prior year while the state rose 1 point, turning a 1-point school advantage into an 11-point deficit.
Burney Junior-Senior High stands out for graduation, while Mountain View High (Continuation) has the weakest reported graduation and attendance outcomes. In 2025–2026, Burney’s graduation rate was 100%, compared with 46% at Mountain View—a 55-point difference; Burney was also above the district at 90% and state at 88%. Mountain View’s dropout rate was 46%, versus 0% at Burney. Chronic absenteeism was 94% at Mountain View and 32% at Burney, a 62-point gap; the state rate was 18%. These are substantial contrasts in reported outcomes, though the schools serve different programs and grade spans.
Burney’s proficiency picture is mixed by subject: science was closest to the state, 6 points behind, while ELA was 13 points behind; math was 11 points behind. SchoolDigger lists Burney at the 46th percentile with two stars in 2025–2026, down from the 66th percentile and three stars the year before. Student-teacher ratios are 15.1 at Burney, 13 at Burney Community Day, and 20 at Mountain View. All three report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: 58% at Burney, 77% at Burney Community Day, and 60% at Mountain View. These income figures provide context, not an explanation of school outcomes.
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