Summary:
ZIP code 96097 has three public high schools serving grades 9–12, with 650 students altogether; Yreka High enrolls 612, or 94% of the total. The clearest finding is that reported academic and completion outcomes differ sharply between Yreka High and Discovery High.
Yreka High leads the schools with reported 2025–2026 test scores, while Discovery High reports 0% in each subject: Yreka scores 56% in ELA, 19% in math, and 36% in science, gaps of 56, 19, and 36 percentage points. Yreka Union High Community Day has suppressed English and math scores and no listed science result, so its position cannot be compared. Yreka’s all-grades ELA result is 7 points above the state, and its science score is about level; its math score is 20 points below. Yreka also reports a 96% graduation rate and 2% dropout rate, compared with 57% and 21% at Discovery.
Yreka High’s scores improved in ELA and science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, rising 4 and 6 points, while math fell 1 point; relative to the state, ELA and science gained ground, but math slipped further behind. SchoolDigger ranks Yreka at the 55th percentile and Discovery at the 0th percentile for 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 17.4 at Yreka, 9.6 at Discovery, and 9.4 at Community Day; free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 56%, 90%, and 67%, respectively. These are contextual differences, not explanations for school results.
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