Schools · Elk Creek

Elk Creek, CA schools

Elk Creek’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 24.5% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide. Kids attend Elk Creek Elementary through grade 8, then Elk Creek High.

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

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Elk Creek’s School Grade: D

The public schools Elk Creek’s kids attend trail 86% of California’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores

California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 14%

Lower resultsHigher results

California towns with similar household incomes (564)Better than 2%

Lower confidence. Built on 39 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
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 Elk Creek kids go to school

Grades K–8

CElk Creek Elementary 34 students · Elk Creek Stony Creek Joint Unified School District

Grades 9–12

Elk Creek High 21 students · Elk Creek Stony Creek Joint 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, Stony Creek Joint Unified)24.5%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades K–12, Stony Creek Joint Unified)15%

State average 33.4%

Districts

The district serving Elk Creek

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Stony Creek Joint Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 55 students

$39,127 per studentCA $21,206D

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

Within reach

Colleges near Elk Creek

There’s no college within 30 miles of Elk Creek. The closest is California State University-Chico in Chico, CA, 37.7 miles away.

California State University-ChicoUniversity or college · Public · Chico37.7 mi12,379 students

Cal Northern School of LawUniversity or college · For-profit · Chico38.8 mi24 students

DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITYUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Talmage46.3 mi

Straight-line distance from the center of Elk Creek. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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