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Schools in Dorris

Dorris’s public schools

Butte Valley Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dorris. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above California’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
12%
2021–22
Math proficiency
8%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.9K
▼ 1% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
21.3
CA 21.6
Schools in town
2
313 students on the public path
In brief

Dorris’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Dorris’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Butte Valley High places highest (better than 18%); Butte Valley Elementary lowest (10%). 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Dorris, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Butte Valley ElementaryButte Valley Unified School DistrictD
9–12Butte Valley HighButte Valley Unified School DistrictC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Butte Valley Unified School District.

The district

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

Butte Valley Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 313 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 21.3 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$20,911CA $21,206 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading12%
State average 46.7% · 145 students tested
Math8%
State average 33.1% · 146 students tested

Dorris vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dorris—Butte Valley Unified

Every school in Dorris

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 Dorrisby address
Butte Valley Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8
D
219 students28:1Rate it →
Butte Valley High
High · Grades 9–12
C−
94 students14:1Rate it →

Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Cascade High and Picard Community Day Elementary).

Questions about Dorris’s schools

Are Dorris’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dorris. Butte Valley Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dorris. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Dorris in?

Butte Valley Unified School District.

Where do Dorris kids go to high school?

Butte Valley High.

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What Dorris families are saying about school.

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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). Stars are from neighbors.