Anderson Valley Unified School District

Public unified school district based in Boonville, Mendocino County, California (USA)

Anderson Valley Unified School District

Address
12300 Anderson Valley Way Boonville , Mendocino County, California, 95415 United States
Coordinates	Preschool: 1 Primary: 1 Secondary: 1 Continuation: 1 Adult: 1
Budget	$9,668,000 (2017–18)^[4]
NCES District ID	0602730^[4]
Students and staff
Students	434 (2020–21)^[6]
Faculty	28.8 FTE (2020–21)^[4]
Staff	40.19 FTE (2020–21)^[4]
Student–teacher ratio	15.07 (2020–21)^[4]
Other information
State achievement test	California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (2018 Report)
Schedule	180 days/year, M-F, August-June
Website	www.avpanthers.org
Location of main office (red map pin) within district boundaries (shown in green)

Anderson Valley Unified School District, a public school district based in Boonville, Mendocino County, California, provides compulsory public primary and secondary education in the entirety of the nearly 20 mile long Anderson Valley, from the Mendocino County line north of Cloverdale to White Gulch, six miles north of Navarro. The district has 2,863 residents and averages a total enrollment of over 400 students.^[7]

The district operates five schools, all of which are located (along with the district office) in Boonville.

History

The first record of a school operating in the valley dates back to 1858, when parents in the community erected a one room log cabin on the site of the current California Department of Transportation maintenance station in Boonville (at PM 28.0 on State Highway 128) and collectively raised the sum of $150 to pay a teacher to operate it for three months.^[8]

Demographics

The student population is 75% Hispanic, 23% White and 2% Other, with all students provided the opportunity to graduate biliterate and bilingual in English and Spanish.^[9]

Schools

Anderson Valley Unified Schools
School Name	Address	School Type	Course work	Enrollment
Anderson Valley Elementary	12300 Anderson Valley Way Boonville, CA 95415	Primary	K–6^th	276
Anderson Valley Junior/ Senior High School	18200 Mountain View Road Boonville, CA 95415	Secondary	7^th–12^th	226
Rancheria Continuation	12300 Anderson Valley Way Boonville, CA 95415	Continuation	9^th–12^th	9
Anderson Valley Adult	12300 Anderson Valley Way Boonville, CA 95415	Adult	English Conversation (basic & intermediate) U.S. Citizenship GED High School Equivalency Spanish Literacy Parent Education	N/R
Peachland State Preschool	12300 Anderson Valley Way Boonville, CA 95415	Preschool	Early childhood education	N/R
* N/R = Not reported

References

^ ^a ^b "School Board". Anderson Valley Unified. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Staff". Anderson Valley Unified. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ "Valley People". Anderson Valley Advertiser. Boonville, California. April 7, 2021. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Anderson Valley Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ "Home". Anderson Valley Unified. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ "Anderson Valley Unified Summary". California School Dashboard. California Department of Education. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ "ACS School District Profile 2013-17". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
^ Tahia, Katy (July 25, 2021). "Anderson Valley Schoolhouses". Anderson Valley Advertiser. Boonville, California. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ "About Our District". Anderson Valley Unified School District. Retrieved 2019-08-25.