Summary:
Lindsay, California, has 10 schools: six K–8 elementary schools, three high schools and one K–12 alternative school. The 2025–2026 results show different strengths by school and subject: the six K–8 schools averaged 41% in ELA, 34% in math and 26% in science, each below the state average. The most important takeaway is how much reported results vary from one school to another, especially between the two high schools.
Washington Elementary leads the K–8 schools in ELA and math, with 49% and 45% proficient; its math result is 7 points above the state, while its ELA result is just below. Lincoln Elementary leads K–8 science at 33%, still 3 points below the state. At the other end, Roosevelt Elementary has the lowest K–8 ELA and math results, 37% and 26%, and Reagan Elementary has the lowest science result at 20%. Among the high schools, Lindsay Senior High reports 63% in ELA and 45% in science, 13 and 9 points above the state; John J. Cairns Continuation reports 16%, 0% and 8% in ELA, math and science. The schools’ ELA results differ by 47 points. One notable grade-level exception is Roosevelt: its eighth graders score 66% in ELA and 47% in math, above state results by 16 and 11 points.
K–8 averages improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 3 points in ELA, 3 in math and 6 in science, outpacing state gains and narrowing the gaps by about 3, 2 and 2 points. Progress was uneven: Jefferson Elementary gained 9 points in ELA and 17 in science, while Washington’s science result fell 6 points. SchoolDigger ranks Lindsay Senior High at the 74th percentile and Washington at the 57th, compared with Roosevelt at the 12th and Cairns at the 10th. All six elementary schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for school year 2024–2025, with shares from 83% to 93%; their student-teacher ratios range from 17.5 to 25. Loma Vista Charter and Lindsay Community Day have suppressed school test figures.
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