Summary:
Stratford has one listed school, [Stratford Elementary](https://www.schooldigger.com/go/CA/schools/0798000768/school.aspx), serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 294 students; it is part of [Central Union Elementary](https://www.schooldigger.com/go/CA/district/07980/search.aspx). In 2025–2026, Stratford’s all-grade proficiency was 35% in ELA, 25% in math, and 11% in science, below state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. It also trailed its district in all three subjects. Science is the clearest area of concern, with the largest state gap: 25 percentage points.
There is no other listed school to rank above or below Stratford, but results vary considerably across grades. Sixth-grade ELA stands out positively: 61% proficiency, 13 points above the state’s 48%; third-grade math was also slightly above the state, at 48% versus 47%. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 13%, 33 points below the state’s 46%, and eighth-grade math was 9%, 27 points below the state’s 36%. These differences mean the all-grade figures do not describe every grade equally well.
Results improved in ELA and math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while science moved in the opposite direction. ELA rose 6 points and math rose 2 points, narrowing their state gaps by 5 and 1 points; science fell 7 points as the state rose 3, widening its gap by 11 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile climbed from 23 in 2023–2024 to 38 in 2024–2025, then dipped to 37 in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 7% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 5%. The student-teacher ratio was 24.5 in 2024–2025, and 77% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These are context about the school, not explanations for its test results.
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