Summary:
The seven schools in ZIP code 96097 include two elementary schools, one middle school, three high schools and one alternative school, serving grade spans from kindergarten only through K–12; enrollment ranges from 9 to 612 students. Among the two high schools serving grades 9–12, Yreka High has substantially stronger reported test, graduation and attendance results than Discovery High.
Yreka High stands out among the high schools: in 2025–26, its ELA, math and science proficiency was 56%, 19% and 36%, compared with 0% in each subject at Discovery High—gaps of 56, 19 and 36 percentage points. Yreka High’s graduation rate was 96%, versus 57% at Discovery, while chronic absenteeism was 24% versus 98%. Among the elementary schools, Evergreen Elementary had stronger all-grades math than ELA proficiency, at 33% versus 25%; Jackson Street Elementary was below state results in all three subjects, by 21 points in ELA, 22 in math and 16 in science. The alternative school’s test result and Yreka Union High Community Day’s ELA and math results are suppressed, not zero.
Results shifted unevenly over time: for the same three schools with two years of results, average ELA proficiency fell from 38% to 36%, widening the gap below the state from 11 to 13 points; average math fell from 32% to 23%, with the gap widening from 5 to 16 points. Average science improved from 26% to 28%, but its gap below the state grew from 6 to 8 points. Evergreen Elementary was a notable exception in math compared with its ELA result, but its math and ELA proficiency each fell year over year, by 21 and 9 points. For 2025–26, SchoolDigger gives Yreka High 3 stars, Jackson Street Elementary and Evergreen Elementary 1 star each, and Discovery High 0 stars. As context, the 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 56% at Yreka High and 90% at Discovery High; their student-teacher ratios were 17.4 and 9.6. Grade spans differ, so all-grades comparisons are descriptive rather than direct grade-matched comparisons.
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