Burney Junior-Senior High

Burney Junior-Senior High operates as a micro-enrollment high school in Burney, California, part of Fall River Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 231 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

Within Fall River Joint Unified, which oversees 10 schools and 1,156 students, Burney Junior-Senior High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Burney Junior-Senior High records that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 16% Native American, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Burney Junior-Senior High records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Burney Junior-Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burney Junior-Senior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Shasta County put median household income runs about $72,636, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shasta County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), of which Burney Junior-Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Burney Special Education Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Burney Junior-Senior High. On composite proficiency, Burney Junior-Senior High comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burney Junior-Senior High has contracted 6%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Burney Junior-Senior High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.