Total enrollment
1,156
-36 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
12 schools in Fall River Joint Unified
California · 1,156 students · 3 cities
Inside Fall River Joint Unified (California), 12 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 1,156 students (around 96 per school).
4-year change in Fall River Joint Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
10
+2 (+25%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Inside Fall River Joint Unified
State test results across the district's 4 scored schools run from Fall River Elementary at 37.8% proficient to Burney Elementary at 27.6%, a gap of 10.2 points. That is the 427th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 1,208 to 1,128 students (down 7%) and from 64 to 67 full-time teachers (up 5%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burney Elementary | Burney | Elementary | KG-06 | 349 |
| Fall River Elementary | Fall River Mills | Elementary | KG-06 | 275 |
| Burney Junior-Senior High | Burney | High | 07-12 | 231 |
| Fall River Junior-Senior High | Mcarthur | High | 07-12 | 226 |
| Intermountain Independent Study | Burney | Combined | KG-12 | 26 |
| Burney Community Day | Burney | High | 07-12 | 13 |
| Soldier Mountain High (Continuation) | Mcarthur | High | 09-12 | 13 |
| Fall River Community Day | Mcarthur | High | 07-12 | 11 |
| Mountain View High (Continuation) | Burney | High | 09-12 | 10 |
| Mt. Burney Special Education Center | Burney | Combined | KG-12 | 2 |
| Burney Elementary Community Day | Burney | Elementary | KG-06 | 0 |
| Fall River Elementary Community Day | Fall River Mills | Elementary | KG-06 | 0 |
About Fall River Joint Unified
Fall River Joint Unified is a thinly populated California school district running 12 schools with combined enrollment near 1,156.
On the school-mix side, Fall River Joint Unified consists of 4 elementary, 6 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Fall River Joint Unified is about 96, meaningfully below the California average of roughly 578.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 3%: 1,192 students in SY 2020-21 versus 1,156 in SY 2024-25. Fall River Joint Unified now counts 10 public schools, up from 8 in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for Fall River Joint Unified discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.