Schools · Wawona

Wawona, CA schools

Wawona’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide. Kids attend Oakhurst Elementary or Wasuma Elementary through grade 8, then Wasuma Elementary or Oak Creek Intermediate.

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

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Wawona’s School Grade: C

The public schools Wawona’s kids attend trail 68% 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 32%

Lower resultsHigher results

California towns with similar household incomes (464)Better than 20%

Good confidence. Built on 491 tested students; 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. 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.

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Where Wawona kids go to school

Grades K–8

B-Oakhurst Elementary or B-Wasuma Elementary Depends on your address Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District

Grades 8

B-Wasuma Elementary or BOak Creek Intermediate Depends on your address Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary 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–8, Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary)37%

State average 48.5%

Math (grades K–8, Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary)26%

State average 33.4%

Districts

Two districts serve Wawona

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Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 4 schools · 793 students

$20,077 per studentCA $21,206C 🏫

Yosemite Unified School District

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

Within reach

Colleges near Wawona

There’s no college within 30 miles of Wawona. The closest is University of California-Merced in Merced, CA, 44.9 miles away.

University of California-MercedUniversity or college · Public · Merced44.9 mi9,145 students Clovis Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Fresno45.7 mi4,325 students

Madera Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Madera47.1 mi2,968 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Wawona. 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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