Best Public Schools in Armona, CA

Armona, California, has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 8: Armona Elementary serves grades K–4 and enrolls 571 students, while Parkview Middle serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 443, for 1,014 students combined. In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades ELA and mathematics results were below state results; the equal-school averages were 39% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 29% in math versus 38% statewide. The clearest area-wide concern is mathematics: Parkview was 17 percentage points below the state in its all-grades result, and its largest grade-level gaps were in grades 6 and 8.

Armona Elementary had the higher all-grades results in both subjects: 41% in ELA versus 38% at Parkview Middle, and 36% in math versus 22%—gaps of 3 and 14 points, respectively. These schools serve different grades, so their all-grades results are not matched-grade comparisons. Armona’s strongest grade-level result was fourth-grade ELA, at 48%, 3 points above the state’s 46%; it was the only reported school-grade-subject result above its state benchmark. Parkview was below the state in every reported grade for ELA, math, and science. Its sixth-grade math result was 15%, 22 points below the state, and its all-grades science result was 17%, 19 points below.

Recent results moved in different directions: Armona’s ELA and math results each fell by about 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while Parkview’s ELA rose 6 points, math rose 1 point, and science rose 1 point. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings favor Armona, at the 45th percentile with 2 stars, over Parkview at the 28th percentile with 1 star. Attendance offers another point of comparison: chronic absenteeism was 9% at Parkview and 16% at Armona, both below the state’s 18%. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 85% at Armona and 83% at Parkview; student–teacher ratios were 19.6:1 and 20.5:1, respectively. These figures describe school context and do not explain achievement differences.