High · California

Death Valley High Academy

Free meals for all

Death Valley High Academy, a public high school in Shoshone, California: grades 7–12, 4 students, 2.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Death Valley Unified.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
4
Teachers (FTE)
1.4
Students per teacher
2.9
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

California: 47%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

Not published: too few students tested.

Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Death Valley Unified.

Location

Address
Old State Highway 127, Shoshone, CA 92384
Phone
(760)852-4303
City or town
Shoshone

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–120—
Pahrump Valley High SchoolFree meals for all
9–121,33323.8
Pathways High SchoolAlternativeFully virtualFree meals for all
9–1212349.2

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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