Summary:
ZIP code 96134 has one listed high school, Tulelake High, serving grades 7–12 and enrolling 209 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 23% in English language arts (ELA), 14% in mathematics and 20% in science. Science was its strongest subject relative to the state, but still 16 percentage points below the state rate; ELA and math were 27 and 24 points below. Graduation was 100%, compared with 88% statewide, and dropout was 0%, compared with 8% statewide. The most important finding is that, despite recent improvement, proficiency remains below state rates in all three subjects.
Because Tulelake High is the only school listed, it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this group by default; that does not show how it compares with other nearby schools. Against the Tulelake Basin Joint Unified district, the school was 2 points higher in science, while it was 4 points lower in ELA and 1 point lower in math. Grade 11 results were higher than those in grades 7 and 8 in all three subjects, although each tested grade remained below its state counterpart. These results make science and grade 11 the relative bright spots, not evidence that students’ scores rise as they advance.
Proficiency improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 3 points, math 9 points and science 11 points, narrowing the school-state gaps to 27, 24 and 16 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from the 22nd percentile (1,689 of 2,162 schools) to the 35th percentile (1,387 of 2,137); rankings are not the same measure as test-score growth. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 15.5:1 in 2024–2025, and 82% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. These are useful context figures, but with one school in the list, the data cannot establish how they relate to results.
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