Schools · Catheys Valley

Catheys Valley, CA schools

Catheys Valley’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 6 schools through grade 8, then Coulterville High or Yosemite Park High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Catheys Valley’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Catheys Valley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scoresBGraduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (551)Better than 47%
High confidence. Built on 788 tested students and a graduating class of 140; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Catheys Valley kids go to school

Grades K–8
6 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mariposa County Unified School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Mariposa County Unified)42%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Mariposa County Unified)27%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate
92%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
140
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Catheys Valley

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Catheys Valley

There’s no college in Catheys Valley, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of California-Merced in Merced, 18.4 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Catheys Valley. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 1 school in Catheys Valley

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Catheys Valley

Schools Catheys Valley kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Catheys Valley’s district that are located in Mariposa, La Grange, El Portal, Coulterville and Yosemite. Which one depends on your address.

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