High · California

Portola Junior/Senior High

Free meals for all

Portola Junior/Senior High, a public high school in Portola, California: grades 7–12, 256 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Plumas 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: 256
Teachers (FTE): 18.7
Students per teacher: 13.7
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 64% 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%

35%proficient

−2.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of high schools in California

Median 34% · 189 high schools compared

82 students tested, grades 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

17%proficient

−6.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in California

Median 18% · 190 high schools compared

83 students tested, grades 7, 8 · 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: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Plumas Unified

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

Location

Address: 155 Sixth Ave., Portola, CA 96122
Phone: (530)832-4284
City or town: Portola
County: Plumas County

Website Quality of life in Portola Schools in Portola

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Beckwourth (Jim) High (Continuation)Alternative	9–12	15	25.0	—	—	0.0 mi
Loyalton High	7–12	165	13.5	42%	35%	14.5 mi
Sierra Pass (Continuation)Alternative	9–12	5	20.8	—	—	14.5 mi
William R. Rouse ROPCareer and technical	10–12	0	—	—	—	15.8 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.

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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