South Tahoe elementary makes list of low-performing schools

By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee

Four Sacramento-area schools have made the list of the state’s lowest-performing schools.

The California Department of Education released the list of roughly 200 schools this morning. The schools on the register are in the bottom 5 percent of the state’s lowest-performing schools, based on how students have scored on state tests, and will have to undergo dramatic reforms.

In Sacramento County, they are Oak Ridge Elementary in Sacramento City Unified and Natomas High School in Natomas Unified. Woodland Senior High School in Woodland Joint Unified in Yolo County and Bijou Community School in Lake Tahoe Unified in El Dorado County also are on the list.

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