Anderson Valley Unified School District
{{short description|Public unified school district based in Boonville, Mendocino County, California (USA)}}
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{{Infobox school district
| name = Anderson Valley
Unified School District
| logo = AndersonValleyUSDLogo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| address = 12300 Anderson Valley Way
| region =
| city = Boonville
| county = Mendocino County
| state = California
| zipcode = 95415
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|39.02923|-123.38808|dim:100km_region:US-CA_type:adm3rd|name=District office|display=inline,title}}
| type = Public unified school district
| motto = "Empowering our Students to Succeed!"{{Cite web|url=https://www.avpanthers.org/|title=Home|website=Anderson Valley Unified|language=en-US|access-date=2022-02-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414010931if_/https://www.avpanthers.org/|archive-date=2021-04-14|df=mdy-all}}
| grades = Preschool through Adult
| established = {{Start date and age|1900}}
| superintendent = Jim Snyder (2021–){{Cite web|url=https://avpanthers.org/avusd/staff|title=Staff|website=Anderson Valley Unified|language=en-US|access-date=2022-02-28|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414072130if_/https://www.avpanthers.org/avusd/staff|archive-date=2021-04-14|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite news|date=2021-04-07|title=Valley People|language=en-US|work=Anderson Valley Advertiser|location=Boonville, California|url=https://www.theava.com/archives/151234|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-28|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220228084154/https://www.theava.com/archives/151234|archive-date=2022-02-28|df=mdy-all}}
| businessadmin = Leigh Horsehop
| school_board = Five trustees
(four-year terms)
| governing_agency = California Department of Education
| accreditations =
| schools = {{Unbulleted list|Preschool: 1|Primary: 1|Secondary: 1|Continuation: 1|Adult: 1}}
| budget = $9,668,000 (2017–18)
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0602730|district_name=Anderson Valley Unified|access_date=2022-02-28|ref_name=nces}}
| students = 434 (2020–21){{Cite web|title=Anderson Valley Unified Summary|url=https://www.caschooldashboard.org/reports/23655400000000/2021|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-28|website=California School Dashboard|publisher=California Department of Education|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228090518if_/https://www.caschooldashboard.org/reports/23655400000000/2021|archive-date=2022-02-28|df=mdy-all}}
| faculty = 28.8 FTE (2020–21)
| schedule = 180 days/year, M-F, August–June
| website = {{URL|https://www.avpanthers.org/}}
| free_label = State achievement test
| free_text = California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress ({{URL|1=https://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2018/ViewReport?ps=true&lstTestYear=2018&lstTestType=B&lstGroup=1&lstCounty=23&lstDistrict=65540-000&lstSchool=0000000|2=2018 Report}})
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/Edge/ACSDashboard/0602730#|title=ACS School District Profile 2013-17|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=2019-08-25}}
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.{{Cite news|last=Tahia|first=Katy|date=2021-07-25|title=Anderson Valley Schoolhouses|language=en-US|work=Anderson Valley Advertiser|location=Boonville, California|url=https://www.theava.com/archives/159469|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228063100if_/https://www.theava.com/archives/159469|archive-date=2022-02-28|df=mdy-all}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avusd.k12.ca.us/domain/11|title=About Our District|website=Anderson Valley Unified School District|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}
Schools
| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-spacing: 2px; border: 2px solid darkgray;"
|+ Anderson Valley Unified Schools ! School Name ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width: 28%" | Address ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | School Type ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Course work ! scope="col" style="text-align: right;" data-sort-type="number" | Enrollment |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{URL|https://www.avusd.k12.ca.us/avelementary|Anderson Valley Elementary}} | style="text-align: center;" | 12300 Anderson Valley Way | style="text-align: center;" | Primary | style="text-align: center;" | K–Sixth grade | style="text-align: right;" | 276 |
|---|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{URL|http://www.avpanthers.org/|Anderson Valley Junior/ Senior High School}} | style="text-align: center;" | 18200 Mountain View Road | style="text-align: center;" | Secondary | style="text-align: center;" | Seventh grade–Twelfth grade | style="text-align: right;" | 226 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Rancheria Continuation | style="text-align: center;" | 12300 Anderson Valley Way | style="text-align: center;" | Continuation | style="text-align: center;" | Ninth grade–Twelfth grade | style="text-align: right;" | 9 |
| style="text-align: center;" | Anderson Valley Adult | style="text-align: center;" | 12300 Anderson Valley Way | style="text-align: center;" | Adult | style="text-align: center;" | {{Bulleted list|English Conversation | style="text-align: right;" | N/R |
| style="text-align: center;" | Peachland State Preschool | style="text-align: center;" | 12300 Anderson Valley Way | style="text-align: center;" | Preschool | style="text-align: center;" | Early childhood education | style="text-align: right;" | N/R |
| class="sortbottom"
| colspan="5" | * N/R = Not reported |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Education in Mendocino County, California|state=collapsed}}