Burns Valley

Burns Valley is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Clearlake, California, part of Konocti Unified, educateing 568 students in grades K through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Burns Valley is one of 10 schools operated by Konocti Unified, a district that serves 3,985 students overall.

Demographically, Burns Valley lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 21% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Burns Valley falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.5%; this one comes in at 13.7%, -16.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lake County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,621, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students), Burns Valley is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pomo, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burns Valley. On composite proficiency, Burns Valley comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 15.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 38% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 31.9:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.