Summary:
Schools in Aromas, California, are represented here by one school, Aromas, which serves kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolls 399 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 39% in ELA, 31% in mathematics, and 36% in science; it was above the Aromas - San Juan Unified district in all three subjects. Compared with California, however, the school was 11 percentage points behind in ELA and 7 points behind in mathematics, while science results were nearly level with the state. The most important overall finding is that science is the school’s strongest subject relative to the state, while ELA is its largest shortfall.
Within the school, eighth grade stands out, while fourth-grade ELA and sixth-grade mathematics are the weakest tested grade-subject results. Eighth-grade proficiency was 61% in ELA—11 points above the state—and 55% in mathematics, 18 points above the state. At the lower end, fourth-grade ELA was 20%, 26 points below the state’s 46%; sixth-grade mathematics was 21%, 16 points below the state’s 37%. These grade differences show why the all-grades figures do not tell the whole story. There are no other schools in the list to compare with Aromas.
Results over time were mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA fell 2 percentage points and mathematics fell 5, while state results rose slightly in both; the school’s gaps with the state widened by 3 and 6 points, respectively. Science improved by 10 points, compared with a 3-point state increase, narrowing its state gap by 6 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell, from the 56th percentile in 2023–24 to the 29th in 2025–26, and its 2025–26 rating was 1 star. As context, 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; California provides free meals to all students. The student-teacher ratio was 21:1 in 2024–25, and 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 20%, compared with 18% in the district and 18% statewide.
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