Tulelake High School

Tulelake · Siskiyou County · Tulelake Basin Joint Unified · Public

Public Siskiyou County Tulelake Basin Joint Unified → ~28 seniors CDS 2573593…

Data Year

Compare with peers

Most similar nearby schools

Pioneer Continuation High → Northern Summit Academy Shasta → Los Molinos High School → Butte Valley High School → Fall River Junior-Senior High School → Compare all similar →

At a glance

Programs & features

Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

Keep this page current

Work at Tulelake High School? If this page is missing your newest school profile, matriculation list, or college acceptances, send us the links. We read the document, copy the figures exactly as published, and cite it on this page.

Send us links

Links only, please. We can't take file uploads, and we never publish a number without the document it came from.

By sending this you agree that we may email you about your request. We write by email only, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Below the CA median below the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2024 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCD

3 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

Getting in is step one. The cost above is the average aid-receiving family's net price — yours depends on whether you qualify for aid — and your child's odds depend on their GPA + scores. See your family's real numbers at these campuses:

Get my child's odds + our real costs →

Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

You've seen Tulelake High School. What are your child's real college odds? Check any college in 10 seconds — no email needed — then get the free Family Decision Report: Reach / Competitive / Match / Likely + the real cost range for every college on their list. Check odds →

How Tulelake High School compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 11 — 8 points below the California median of 19.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 12) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

For Parents

Get alerts when Tulelake High School's numbers change

New admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores — a few alerts a year, no spam. Your email also saves your list across devices.

Objective, government-grade data — no school pays us for placement.

Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Moderate — some AP / advanced course access

Bottom 33% of US high schools

Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor

Advanced math classes

1 calculus · 1 advanced

Lab science classes

1 physics · 1 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program

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 · 2020-21

Bottom 26% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

17.4

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: 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?

Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

90%

Range: 80–100%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

82.3%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

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.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 1 in 4 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 39

25.6%

incl. 10.3% exceeded

-20.6 pts vs. Siskiyou County median (46.2%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 39

7.7%

incl. 2.6% exceeded

-8.8 pts vs. Siskiyou County median (16.5%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 83% +7.3

White 12% -4.6

Two or more 5% -1.9

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 85% +3.9

English learners 20% +11.1

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

19% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.

Chronic absent

19.1%

26 of 136 students

Absenteeism is down 5.2 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Siskiyou County median

22.4% · school is better than 67% of 6 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

180 (2018) → 202 (2026)

+12.2%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

30 (2018) → 36 (2026)

+20.0%

If this trend holds (+1.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~206	+4	$0
3 yr (2029)	~213	+11	$0
5 yr (2031)	~221	+19	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Tulelake High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #3 of 5 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Pioneer Continuation High · Northern Summit Academy Shasta · Los Molinos High School · Butte Valley High School · Fall River Junior-Senior High School · Golden Eagle Charter School · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Siskiyou County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

90% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Healthy

Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Tulelake High School outperformed Siskiyou County on enrollment (school +20.0% vs. county +14.3%) AND maintains 90.1% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+20.0% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+14.3% Siskiyou County baseline

+5.7pp gap vs. county

90.1% retention (county median 85.6%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

90.1%

127 of 141 students

14 of 141 students who enrolled at Tulelake High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Siskiyou County median

85.6% · school is in the 100th percentile of 7 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 65th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (187) 85.6%

Hispanic / Latino (171) 86.0%

English learners (70) 81.4%

White (40) 87.5%

Students w/ disabilities (21) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Pioneer Continuation High 27.6% Northern Summit Academy Shasta 52.0% Los Molinos High School 85.4% Butte Valley High School 88.2% Fall River Junior-Senior High School 74.5%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Tulelake Basin Joint Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$7.6M

+11.9% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$18,648

407 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 61.8%
Local: 22.6%
Federal: 15.7%

Instruction share

59.0%

of current spending · $9,692/pupil

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Tulelake Basin Joint Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Key takeaway · Class of 2024

Tulelake High School sent 11 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 27.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 11 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 8 points below the California median of 19, higher than 19% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 11 ⓘ 3 admits (counted at each UC) / 28 seniors On the peer median (12) · #3 of 5 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
19

Peer median
12

Top 10%
52

This school
11

050100

CA median 19 Top 10% ≥ 52 This school 11

Higher than 19% of California high schools (1094 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Tulelake High School's UC Reach Score of 11 is below the California median (19). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 52 or higher.

Overall, Tulelake High School's UC Reach is higher than 19% of California high schools (1094 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

11 applications

In context: CA median 80 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 238 · higher than 17% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

27.3%

3 / 11 applications

In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.7% · higher than 53% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 3 admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 28 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 202 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

202:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 202 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 135 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 1 in 4 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

24%

8 of 33 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -31.7 pp vs. median · Siskiyou Co. 35.7%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

186

All grades · CDE Census Day

Economic Connectedness ⓘ

0.58

9th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.78

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2024

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.83	—^†
UCLA → Elite	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC San Diego → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Santa Barbara → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Irvine → Selective	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
UC Davis →	5	3	—^†	60.0%	11	—	3.72	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

Compare with other schools → See Siskiyou County rankings →

For School Admins

The full Reach Report for Tulelake High School

A board- and LCAP-ready intelligence brief: your enrollment retention and college outcomes, benchmarked against your closest competitors, with a 5-year forecast, concrete steps to act on, and the rigor + outcomes story you can share with your families. Built from primary public data — prepared for you, not auto-generated.

✓Your UC Reach Score (11) ranked head-to-head against your closest competitor schools
✓Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently 1.8%/yr) with the revenue at stake
✓Student-retention benchmarking vs your county median — and the LCAP evidence to back your goals

See a sample report →

At a glance

JSON · Using this page with an AI assistant

Tulelake High School is a public high school in Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California with 28 seniors in the Class of 2024.

Its UC Reach Score is 11 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 28, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 19% of California high schools.

In 2024 its students filed 11 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 27.3% (counted at each campus).

24% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

It has about 202 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 202 students in 2026, up 12% since 2018.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What is Tulelake High School's UC Reach Score? Tulelake High School's UC Reach Score is 11 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 28, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 19% of California high schools.

How many students from Tulelake High School got into a UC? In 2024 its students filed 11 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 27.3% (counted at each campus).

What percentage of Tulelake High School graduates complete the A-G requirements? 24% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

How many students attend Tulelake High School? Enrollment was 202 students in 2026, up 12% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

What does AI tell parents about Tulelake High School?

When a parent asks an AI assistant about Tulelake High School, the answer is built from a handful of sources, and Reach is often one of them. We will send your school a short report on what AI says about Tulelake High School and where it comes from. The first report is free.

Request the free report