Summary:
El Nido, California, has one listed school, El Nido Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 with 156 students. In 2025–26, its all-grade results were above California’s in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, but science was the clearest concern: 21% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide, a 15-point gap.
El Nido Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the local list because it is the only one, so there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Against California, the school was 3 points higher in all-grade ELA (53% versus 49%) and 3 points higher in mathematics (41% versus 38%), but 15 points lower in science. Its strongest grade-level results included grade 4 ELA, 19 points above the same-grade state result, and grade 5 mathematics, 26 points above. Grade 6 was a weaker point: ELA was 15 points below California and mathematics was 13 points below.
Results improved in ELA and mathematics from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science declined: ELA rose 8 points and mathematics 6 points, but science fell 9 points. The school’s science gap with California widened from 3 points in 2024–25 to 15 points in 2025–26. SchoolDigger’s ranking rose from the 30th percentile in 2023–24 to the 58th in 2025–26; its latest listing is rank 2,428 of 5,804, with 3 stars. Attendance is a favorable comparison: chronic absenteeism was 3% at the school versus 18% statewide in 2025–26. The school reported 95% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.3. Because there is only one listed school, these figures cannot show differences among local schools.
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