Summary:
Gerber, California, has one listed school, Gerber Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 400 students. In 2025–2026, about 16% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 5% in math, and 10% in science, compared with about 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that the school was well below California’s proficiency rates in all three subjects: by 34 percentage points in ELA, 34 in math, and 26 in science.
Because Gerber Elementary is the only school in this city list, it is both the local top and bottom, and there is no school-to-school comparison. Science was its strongest subject relative to the state, with a smaller gap than ELA or math in both years reported; in 2025–2026, the science gap was about 8 points narrower than the ELA gap. Grade-level results show variation within the school: sixth-grade ELA was closest to its state comparison, while fourth-grade ELA was furthest below. Math gaps were especially uneven, ranging from 41 points below the state in third grade to 30 points below in seventh grade.
Recent results were mixed rather than improving across the board. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency rose by about 2 points, while math fell by about 1 point and science rose by about 2 points; compared with state changes, the ELA gap narrowed by about 2 points, while the math and science gaps widened by about 2 and 1 points. SchoolDigger rated the school at the 1st percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026, ranking it 5,762nd of 5,804 schools. Other context includes a 21-to-1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 82% eligible for free/reduced lunch that year. Chronic absenteeism was a relative bright spot: 15% in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide.
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