Summary:
Ballico has one listed school, Ballico-Cressey Community Charter, serving grades 1–8 and enrolling 293 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was below California’s in English language arts (41% versus 49%), math (33% versus 38%) and science (34% versus 36%); science was closest to the state, while ELA had the largest gap. The most important pattern is a sharp split in math: seventh- and eighth-graders were above state results, while grades 3–6 were below.
Eighth-grade math is the clearest standout strength: 54% were proficient, 18 percentage points above the state’s 36%. Sixth-grade math is the clearest weakness: 15% were proficient, 23 points below the state’s 37%. The gap between the school’s highest and lowest grade-level math results was 40 points. Science proficiency was more consistent across the two reported grades—35% in grade 5 and 33% in grade 8—and the all-grades science result was just 2 points below California. Chronic absenteeism was another positive measure: 6% at the school, compared with 18% statewide.
Results moved in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA proficiency fell 5 percentage points to 41%, and math fell 3 points to 33%, while science rose 13 points to 34%. Relative to California, the school’s ELA gap widened from 3 points to 9 points below the state, and its math gap widened from 1 point to 5 points below; the science gap narrowed from 12 points to 2 points below. SchoolDigger’s statewide rating also declined, from the 53rd percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 38th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. For context, the school’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 16.4, and 46% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Because Ballico has only one listed school, there is no local school-to-school comparison.
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