Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.2% identified as male, 48.5% as female, and 0.3% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.
Data also showed that white students made up 52.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by Hispanic or Latino students at 22.9% (1,241 students), multiracial students at 9.7% (527 students) and American Indian or Alaska Native students at 6.2% (333 students).
Yreka High School had the highest enrollment among Siskiyou County's 283 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 636 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yreka High School | 669 | 636 | -4.9% |
| Jackson Street Elementary School | 438 | 424 | -3.2% |
| Evergreen Elementary School | 447 | 378 | -15.4% |
| Sisson | 270 | 298 | 10.4% |
| Weed Elementary School | 323 | 288 | -10.8% |
| Mt. Shasta High School | 266 | 262 | -1.5% |
| Tulelake Basin Elementary School | 237 | 243 | 2.5% |
| Butte Valley Elementary School | 201 | 214 | 6.5% |
| Mt. Shasta Elementary School | 194 | 208 | 7.2% |
| Grenada Elementary School | 192 | 207 | 7.8% |
| Etna Union High School | 180 | 189 | 5% |
| Weed High School | 195 | 189 | -3.1% |
| Tulelake High School | 174 | 186 | 6.9% |
| Scott Valley Junior High School | 170 | 161 | -5.3% |
| Montague Elementary School | 169 | 154 | -8.9% |
| Butteville Elementary School | 166 | 149 | -10.2% |
| Fort Jones Elementary School | 144 | 129 | -10.4% |
| Etna Elementary School | 117 | 127 | 8.5% |
| Big Springs Elementary School | 153 | 120 | -21.6% |
| Happy Camp Union Elementary School | 107 | 115 | 7.5% |
| Butte Valley High School | 78 | 88 | 12.8% |
| Dunsmuir Elementary School | 93 | 76 | -18.3% |
| Siskiyou County Special Education | 67 | 69 | 3% |
| Dunsmuir High School | 66 | 65 | -1.5% |
| Delphic Elementary School | 57 | 62 | 8.8% |
| Happy Camp High School | 60 | 56 | -6.7% |
| Discovery High School | 53 | 51 | -3.8% |
| McCloud Elementary School | 48 | 50 | 4.2% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School | 44 | 40 | -9.1% |
| Hornbrook Elementary School | 35 | 38 | 8.6% |
| Gazelle Elementary School | 35 | 35 | 0% |
| Junction Elementary School | 13 | 23 | 76.9% |
| Little Shasta Elementary School | 12 | 19 | 58.3% |
| Scott River High School | 11 | 18 | 63.6% |
| Bogus Elementary School | 16 | 15 | -6.3% |
| Seiad Elementary School | 19 | 14 | -26.3% |
| McCloud High School | 10 | 8 | -20% |
| Klamath River Elementary School | 5 | 5 | 0% |
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