Summary:
Folsom has 17 schools—12 elementary, two middle and three high—serving students from elementary through high school, with a combined reported enrollment of 13,751. For the 16 schools with 2025–26 scores, equal-weighted averages were 72% in ELA, 66% in math and 57% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is that every Folsom school with a reported score was above the state average in each subject.
Russell Ranch Elementary leads ELA at 81% and math at 75%, about 10 percentage points above the other schools’ average in each subject; Carl H. Sundahl Elementary leads science at 72%, 16 points above the others’ average. At the low end, Blanche Sprentz Elementary has the lowest ELA (54%) and math (51%), while Gold Ridge Elementary has the lowest science (39%); each is still above the state in those subjects. Among the high schools, Vista del Lago High leads Folsom High in all three subjects, and both report graduation rates above the state rate: 98.7% and 99.1%, respectively, versus 87.9%.
Area averages slipped from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 1 point in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science, while state averages rose; the area’s advantage narrowed by about 2 points in ELA, 2 in math and 5 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also fell over two years at Gold Ridge (8 points) and Folsom Hills Elementary (7 points). The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 40% at Blanche Sprentz and 27% at Gold Ridge, compared with 10% at both Empire Oaks Elementary and Russell Ranch; these figures are context, not explanations of results. Folsom Lake High is a distinct case, with 83% graduation, 17% dropout and 70% chronic absenteeism in 2025–26, and no ELA or math scores for that year.
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