Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 85340 include 17 schools—14 classified as elementary and 3 as middle schools—with reported enrollment of 11,049, ranging from 19 students to 1,123. Among the 16 schools with reportable all-grades results, average proficiency is 46% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 43% in mathematics, compared with state averages of 41% and 33%. But results vary widely: ELA ranges from 31% to 61%, and math from 28% to 54%. The most important takeaway is that area averages are above state levels, but they can hide substantial differences between schools.
Verrado Heritage Elementary School leads in ELA at 61%, 20 points above the state, while Verrado Elementary School leads in math at 54%, 21 points above the state; it is also close behind Heritage in ELA at 60%. At the other end, Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School has the lowest ELA result, 31%, and Wigwam Creek Middle School has the lowest math result, 28%. Grade-level results add useful context: Heritage’s eighth-grade ELA is 76%, versus 39% statewide, and Litchfield Elementary School leads fifth-grade science at 61%, compared with 34% statewide. SchoolDigger ranks Heritage and Verrado Elementary at the 79th and 78th percentiles statewide among elementary schools.
SchoolDigger’s rankings show a modest overall dip: among 15 schools with comparable rankings, the average percentile fell from 61 to 58 between 2023–24 and 2025–26; 6 schools rose, 2 were unchanged, and 7 fell. Scott L. Libby Elementary School gained 11 percentile points, while Corte Sierra Elementary School fell 24. Mathematics is stronger relative to the state across the group: the average math advantage is 10 points, versus 5 points in ELA. School size and ratios alone do not clearly distinguish results: Verrado Elementary has a 21.1:1 student-teacher ratio and strong results, while Rancho Santa Fe has a lower 17.8:1 ratio but lower scores; White Tanks’ test results are suppressed, and usable free/reduced-lunch rates are unavailable.
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