Summary:
Cool, California, has one listed school, Northside Elementary, serving kindergarten through sixth grade and 283 students; because it is the only school in the area, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Its strongest all-grade results are in math and science, while English language arts (ELA) is just below the state level—and all three subject scores fell from the prior year.
Northside Elementary is the area’s sole school, so it is both the top and bottom of the local list; its results vary most noticeably by subject and grade. In 2025–2026, 51% of students were proficient in math, 13 percentage points above California and 19 above the district; science proficiency was 43%, 7 points above California and 16 above the district. ELA was 48%, 1 point below the state but 10 above the district. Grade-level results show particular strength in fifth- and sixth-grade math, which exceeded state results by 22 and 21 points, respectively, while third- and fourth-grade ELA was 7 and 10 points below the state.
Scores have lost ground relative to California: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Northside’s ELA result fell 6 points, math was nearly unchanged (down less than 1 point), and science fell 3 points, while state results rose in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from 1,483rd of 5,869 schools (75th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 1,964th of 5,804 (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 13%, below the district’s 15% and California’s 18%. The school reported 29% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; California’s statewide free-meals policy is different context, not a comparable school eligibility rate.
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