Overview

• Nearly seven years after the Camp Fire, district data show only 13% of Paradise Unified seniors met California university eligibility or completed career training last year, and no freshmen enrolled at the University of California.
• State testing remains weak, with 11% of eighth graders meeting the math standard and 18% of sixth graders reading at grade level, with lower results for low-income students.
• Paradise Unified reported 154 school-closure days in 2018–19 affecting about 4,200 students, and NWEA research links a week lost to extreme weather to roughly three weeks of reading progress and nearly four in math.
• Enrollment has climbed but is still less than half of pre-fire levels at 1,657 students, with a student body that is more low-income, more diverse and with more students with disabilities.
• Rebuilding continues with a June groundbreaking for a 46,000-square-foot main elementary campus that will feature a STEM lab, a soccer field and an outdoor stage, as schools pair counseling with targeted academic supports.