Fall River Junior-Senior High

Set in McArthur, California, Fall River Junior-Senior High is a rural-scale four-year high school, one of the schools within Fall River Joint Unified. It caters to 226 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Fall River Junior-Senior High sits 73% below that benchmark.

Fall River Joint Unified runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 1,156 students. Fall River Junior-Senior High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fall River Junior-Senior High shows that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, Fall River Junior-Senior High reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Fall River Junior-Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Fall River Junior-Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Shasta County's rate of about 58%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fall River Junior-Senior High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.5%; actual is 36.6%, a gap of -17.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Shasta County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,636, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Shasta County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,639 students), of which Fall River Junior-Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Soldier Mountain High (Continuation), around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fall River Junior-Senior High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fall River Junior-Senior High has decreased 7%, going from 243 students in 2018 to 226 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 28% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.