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Schools in Caruthers · Caruthers Unified School District

Caruthers’s public schools outscore 58% of California districts

The grade covers the public school district serving Caruthers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. In Caruthers, 98% of each class finishes high school in four years, above the California average (86%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
38%
▼ 9 pts vs CA 47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
▼ 6 pts vs CA 33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95–100%
▲ 9–14 pts vs CA 86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.2K
▼ 5% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
18.8
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
1,518 students on the public path
In brief

Caruthers’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 593 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Caruthers’s, its schools beat 64%, higher than their 58% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 38% of tested students were proficient in reading and 27% in math, against 47% and 33% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

95–100% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across California (the state reports Caruthers’s rate as a range). Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $20,239 per student, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one high school

From grade 9 the district’s path is Caruthers High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Caruthers’s grade

B− Test scoresA− Graduation

B: better than 58% of California school districts. Graduation is above the California average; test scores are below it.

California school districts we grade (1,872)Better than 58%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (593)Better than 64%
B−BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 780 test results and a graduating class of 182 could put Caruthers anywhere from B− to B. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Caruthers’s students in the tested grades sat them (784 in math, 777 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Caruthers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Caruthers ElementaryCaruthers Unified School DistrictC−
9–12Caruthers HighCaruthers Unified School DistrictC+

Caruthers’s public schools are run by Caruthers Unified School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Caruthers Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,686 students · 18.8 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$20,239CA $21,206 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 46.7% · 777 students tested
Math27%
State average 33.1% · 784 students tested

Caruthers vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the California towns that share Caruthers’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
CaruthersBCaruthers Unified

Every school in Caruthers

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Caruthersby address
Caruthers Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8
C−
836 students18:1Rate it →
Caruthers High
High · Grades 9–12
C+
682 students21:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (MARC High).

Questions about Caruthers’s schools

Are Caruthers’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of California: the public schools Caruthers children attend outscore 58% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 64%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Caruthers in?

Caruthers Unified School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 1,686 students in 4 schools (2024–25).

Where do Caruthers kids go to high school?

Caruthers High, with 682 students; its own test results earn a C+.

What is Caruthers’s graduation rate?

95–100% of the class of 2023 in Caruthers Unified School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.

How much does Caruthers spend per student?

$20,239 in Caruthers Unified School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.