Enrollment
231
High
DISTRICT 84 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALL RIVER JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061347001533
Burney Junior-Senior High
37571 Mountain View Rd., Burney, CA 96013 · (530) 335-4576 · Shasta County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
135 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 13% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.6pp since 2014
Math
38.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.7% | 35.9% | 32.1% | 27.4% |
| Math | 8.5% | 30.2% | 28.3% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 37.3% | 26.4% |
| 2020-21 | 32.7% | 23.5% |
| 2018-19 | 32.8% | 35.0% |
| 2017-18 | 31.3% | 23.3% |
| 2016-17 | 49.2% | 28.3% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Burney Junior-Senior High
Burney Junior-Senior High's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burney Junior-Senior High this school | 231 | 58.4% | 36.7% |
| Etna Union High Etna | 185 | 61.6% | 56.7% |
| Modoc High Alturas | 245 | 63.7% | 28.5% |
| Minarets High O'Neals | 265 | 50.9% | 42.5% |
| Portola Junior/Senior High Portola | 256 | 53.9% | 29.7% |
| Minarets Charter High O'Neals | 165 | 53.3% | 53.3% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Burney Junior-Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Shasta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #617 of 1,052 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #287 of 1,056 ▲ 179 | #4 of 10 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #891 of 1,056 ▼ 26 | #9 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.8pp | #225 of 1,044 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #1,307 of 2,093 | #9 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #106 of 1,352 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #369 of 1,351 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #1,059 of 1,575 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #572 of 802 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
231
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 231 | 15.3 | 15.2:1 | 58% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 15.6 | 15.8:1 | 66% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 15.3 | 15.6:1 | 51% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 64% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 14.9 | 16.6:1 | 56% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 216 | 14 | 15.4:1 | 60% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | N/A | N/A | 49% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 33% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burney Junior-Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (247 to 231); teachers up 3% (14.9 to 15.3).
About Burney Junior-Senior High
Burney Junior-Senior High is a public high school in Burney, California. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 231 students. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Burney Junior-Senior High is a school in Fall River Joint Unified. The district has 10 schools and 1,156 students.
More than half of enrollment at Burney Junior-Senior High is White: 56%. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 16% Native American, and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 22 points below the 78% share among Shasta County residents. The diversity index for Burney Junior-Senior High is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Roughly 58% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Shasta County is similar, at 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Burney Junior-Senior High lands at C+, ahead of 36% of California public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.3% for Burney Junior-Senior High. The school posts 36.7%, 8.6 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Shasta County show that median household income comes to about $72,636, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shasta County counts 95 public schools with about 26,639 students.
The closest school to Burney Junior-Senior High is Mt. Burney Special Education Center, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 32.2% on proficiency, and Burney Junior-Senior High is above that at 36.7%.
NCES describes the area around Burney Junior-Senior High as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 231 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 244. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.4:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Shasta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,436
Census ACS
Median income
$72,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
26,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fall River Joint Unified
- Burney ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- Fall River ElementaryElementary · 275 students
- Fall River Junior-Senior HighHigh · 226 students
- Intermountain Independent StudyCombined · 26 students
- Burney Community DayHigh · 13 students
- Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)High · 13 students
Other schools in Burney
- Burney ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- Intermountain Independent StudyCombined · 26 students
- Burney Community DayHigh · 13 students
- Mountain View High (Continuation)High · 10 students
- Mt. Burney Special Education CenterCombined · 2 students
- Burney Elementary Community DayElementary
Nearby schools
- Mt. Burney Special Education Center0.1 mi · 2
- Burney Elementary0.3 mi · 349
- Mountain View High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 10
- Burney Community Day1.1 mi · 13
- Intermountain Independent Study1.1 mi · 26
- Fall River Elementary13.9 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Burney Junior-Senior HighHow large is Burney Junior-Senior High?
Burney Junior-Senior High enrolls approximately 231 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Burney Junior-Senior High serve?
Burney Junior-Senior High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burney Junior-Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burney Junior-Senior High is approximately 15.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Burney Junior-Senior High?
Student demographics at Burney Junior-Senior High are roughly 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Burney Junior-Senior High?
Burney Junior-Senior High is overseen by Fall River Joint Unified in Shasta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.