Summary:
Auburn’s 10 listed schools include four elementary, three high school, and three alternative schools, with the clearest like-for-like comparison among four K–8 schools. Across the seven schools with reportable 2025–2026 all-grades results, unweighted school averages were 43% in ELA, 32% in math, and 33% in science—about 6, 6, and 3 points below state results. The most important finding is how sharply results differ, even among schools serving the same K–8 grades.
Placer High led reportable all-grades ELA and science, with 73% and 48% proficient—24 and 12 points above the state. Placer County Pathways Charter led math at 55%, 17 points above the state, and was above the state in all three subjects. Among the K–8 schools, Bowman Charter was strongest, with 62% in ELA, 53% in math, and 43% in science; each result was above the state. Auburn Elementary was lowest among K–8 schools in all three subjects, at 20%, 16%, and 14%—29, 22, and 22 points below the state. Confluence Continuation High had the lowest reported results overall: 6% in ELA, 3% in math, and 7% in science.
Recent changes vary by school and subject: the seven-school average fell 1 point in ELA and 3 in science from 2024–2025, while rising 1 point in math; state results rose in all three. Placer High and Skyridge Elementary improved across all three subjects, but Bowman’s science result fell 18 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings place Bowman at the 78th percentile and Skyridge at the 63rd, versus the 6th for Auburn Elementary. Size and student–teacher ratios do not make a simple pattern: Bowman has 606 students and a 21.9 ratio, while EV Cain Elementary has the lowest K–8 ratio, 17.0, but lower ELA and math results. The free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025 ranged from 25% at Bowman to 84% at Auburn Elementary; this is context, not an explanation of scores. Maidu Virtual Charter Academy has no test scores reported here, and some state entries are suppressed.
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