About Us

Klamath River Elementary is a public school serving 19 students with a variety of ethnicities represented throughout our school and community. We strive to provide students with the opportunity to excel provided by high caliber administration, teachers and support staff. Classroom sizes are small to lend to a one-to-one learning environment. We encourage parent and community involvement in partnership with our staff to promote student learning, academic field trips, and extra curricular activities. Parents are represented on the School Site Council and provide input during Site Council meetings.

At our school we promote mastery learning with common core literacy as our mantra along with cyber safety and responsibility, toward a smarter balanced education. Valerie Conley McIntyre leads our school in promoting diverse educational and personal enriched learning opportunities during our safe after school program.

Geographic Location

Klamath River Union Elementary School is located on the Klamath River, State Route 96 in Horse Creek, California in Siskiyou County near the Oregon border! The name "Klamath" was derived from an Indian word Tlamatl which means "swiftness" in Chinook. The community of Klamath River is about 11 miles long and includes both sides of the river from Gottville to Kohl Creek. The Klamath River area was home to the Hoopa, Karuk, and Yurok Indian tribes. The population hovers around 190.

Klamath River is rich in an abundance of wild life ranging from the largest deer herd in California and the most concentrated flocks of ducks and geese on the North American continent. There are also many black bear, elk, bobcat, mountain lion, raccoon, quail, grouse, pheasant, squirrel, kit fox, river otter, beaver, badger, porcupine, weasel, skunks, coyotes, a variety of toads and frogs, blue herons, bald and American eagles, along with over 200 species of birds. Historically, the Klamath River was the 3rd largest salmon water-shed on the west coast.

The weather in our area varies with the seasons, with summer temperatures of 75 to 105 °F (24 to 41 °C), while in the winter, it can drop as low as 15 °F (−9 °C) with a high of 65 °F (18 °C).