Loyalton High
Loyalton · CA · Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Sierra Pass (Continuation) → Sierra County Special Education → William R. Rouse ROP → Portola Junior/Senior High → Beckwourth (Jim) High (Continuation) → Tahoe Truckee High → Sierra High (Continuation) → Tahoe Expedition Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Loyalton High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sierra Pass (Continuation), Sierra County Special Education, William R. Rouse ROP and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 50% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 165 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Pass (Continuation) Loyalton |
Public | 0.0 | 5 | — |
| Sierra County Special Education Loyalton |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| William R. Rouse ROP Sierraville |
Public | 9.3 | — | — |
| Portola Junior/Senior High Portola |
Public | 14.5 | 172 | -13.6% |
| Beckwourth (Jim) High (Continuation) Portola |
Public | 14.5 | 15 | — |
| Tahoe Truckee High Truckee |
Public | 24.6 | 907 | +8.5% |
| Sierra High (Continuation) Truckee |
Public | 24.6 | 24 | — |
| Tahoe Expedition Academy Truckee |
Private | 25.9 | 202 | +32.0% |