Burney Community Day

Set in Burney, California, Burney Community Day is a minimally staffed high school, part of Fall River Joint Unified. It instructs 13 students across grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

Fall River Joint Unified comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 1,156 students; Burney Community Day is among them.

On demographics, Burney Community Day reports that the largest single group is Native American at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Burney Community Day tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Shasta County (around 58%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Shasta County) records that median household income runs about $72,636, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Burney Community Day is one of 95 public schools in Shasta County (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students).

Intermountain Independent Study is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Burney Community Day.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Burney Community Day's enrollment has expanded 30% since 2018, when it stood at 10 (now 13). White enrollment moved from 60% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.