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Schools in Three Rivers · Woodlake Unified School District, Three Rivers Union Elementary School District

Three Rivers’s public schools outscore 82% of California districts

On the state reading tests, 62% of Three Rivers’s students scored proficient, above the California average (47%). The grade covers the public school district serving Three Rivers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. 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 2020’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
62%
▲ 15 pts vs CA 47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
▲ 9 pts vs CA 33%
2021–22
Spent per student
$22.4K
▲ 6% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024 · Three Rivers Union Elementary
Students per teacher
15.5
CA 21.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
93 students on the public path
In brief

Three Rivers’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 575 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Three Rivers’s, its schools beat 95%, higher than their 82% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on tests

Reading proficiency is 62% and math 42% in spring 2022, against 47% and 33% statewide. Test scores ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $22,444 per student in FY2024, against $21,206 across California. 25% of its revenue that year was federal (California 11%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

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

The School Grade

What’s behind Three Rivers’s grade

A− Test scores

A−: better than 82% of California school districts. Test scores are above the California average; there is no graduation rate to add.

California school districts we grade (1,872)Better than 82%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (575)Better than 95%
B+AA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 69 test results could put Three Rivers anywhere from B+ to A. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Three Rivers’s students in the tested grades sat them (69 in math, 69 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
K–8Three Rivers ElementaryThree Rivers Union Elementary School DistrictB+

To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Three Rivers

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

Woodlake Unified School DistrictGrades · 0 schools · 0 students
Three Rivers Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 1 schools · 93 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 15.5 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$22,444CA $21,206 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · K–8, Three Rivers Union Elementary School District62%
State average 46.7% · 69 students tested
Math · K–8, Three Rivers Union Elementary School District42%
State average 33.1% · 69 students tested

Three Rivers vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Three RiversA−Three Rivers Union Elementary K–8 · Woodlake Unified

Every school in Three Rivers

1 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 Three Riversby address
Three Rivers Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8
B+
93 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Three Rivers’s schools

Are Three Rivers’s schools good?

By California’s own tests, yes: the public schools Three Rivers children attend outscore 82% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 95%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020.

What school district is Three Rivers in?

Woodlake Unified School District, which runs grades and enrolls 0 students in 0 schools (2024–25).

How much does Three Rivers spend per student?

$22,444 in Three Rivers Union Elementary 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 2020) 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.