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Baker Valley Unified School District

Public school districtGrades K–12

Serves Baker.

Baker’s Schools page →

Students
125
Schools
3
Spent per student
$33,140
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
69%
The gist

What stands out about Baker Valley Unified School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 8% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 35 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 11 pts below the state
  • Spends 56% more per student than the CA average
  • 13 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 8% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade
Baker 339

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Baker. Grade by grade →

K–5Baker ElementaryThis district
6–8Baker Junior HighThis district
9–12Baker HighThis district

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency15–19%
State average 33.1% · 65 students tested
Reading / language arts10–14%
State average 46.7% · 65 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)50–100%
State average 86.2% · 11 in the class · small group: the state reports a range

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$33,140 per student · 56% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 40%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 74%State 17%Federal 8%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
127’20
134’21
124’22
129’23
125’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 82%White 18%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Baker Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Baker
D−
59 students20:1
Baker Junior High
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Baker
C−
35 students13:1
Baker High
High · Grades 9–12 · Baker
B+
31 students7:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.