Summary:
Buttonwillow, California, has one listed school, Buttonwillow Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 288 students. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below California’s in all three subjects: 34% in English language arts (ELA) versus 49% statewide, 19% in mathematics versus 38%, and 18% in science versus 36%. The most important finding is that these gaps affect all three subjects, with mathematics and science furthest behind the state.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among schools because Buttonwillow Elementary is the only school listed. Within the school, fourth-grade ELA stands out positively: 50% were proficient, compared with 46% statewide, about 4 points higher. The clearest low point is sixth-grade mathematics, where 0% were proficient versus 37% statewide. Other reported ELA grades were below state results, and every reported mathematics grade was below the state. Overall, the school’s subject results range from 18% in science to 34% in ELA.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the school’s gap with California narrowed in each subject: ELA rose by 8 points and science by 14, while mathematics increased by 1 point. The gap narrowed by 8 points in ELA and 10 in science, but by less than 1 point in mathematics. SchoolDigger gave the school 1 star in each of its three reported years; its statewide percentile rose from 5 in 2023–2024 to 23 in 2024–2025, then fell to 20 in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 12.4:1 student-teacher ratio and, in 2024–2025, 91% of students free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, 6 points below the state rate. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot support comparisons between local schools.
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