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Schools in Johnstonville · Lassen Union High School District, Johnstonville Elementary School District

Johnstonville’s public schools score below 53% of California districts

The public schools Johnstonville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

28%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
47%
▼ 2 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
▼ 21 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 4 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$17.0K
▼ 20% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
19.7
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools
3
217 students
The School Grade

How Johnstonville compares

C+ Test scoresB Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 47%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (566)Better than 28%
Good confidence. Built on 302 tested students and a graduating class of 179; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Two districts serve Johnstonville

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading · K–8, Johnstonville Elementary School District47%
State average 48.5%
Reading · 9–12, Lassen Union High School District47%
State average 48.5%
Math · K–8, Johnstonville Elementary School District32%
State average 33.4%
Math · 9–12, Lassen Union High School District12%
State average 33.4%

Every school in Johnstonville

3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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High
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Colleges near Johnstonville

There’s no college in Johnstonville, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Lassen Community College in Susanville, 4.3 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Johnstonville. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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