Butte Valley High

Butte Valley High is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in Dorris, California, run under Butte Valley Unified, instructing 94 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% below the state mean of about 838.

Butte Valley Unified comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 313 students; Butte Valley High is among them.

On demographics, Butte Valley High lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 33% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Siskiyou County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Butte Valley High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 20.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Siskiyou County shows median household earnings sit near $59,095, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Siskiyou County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students), Butte Valley High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Butte Valley Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Butte Valley High at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Butte Valley High has declined 5%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 47% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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