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Best Public Schools in Winters, CA

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At a glance

Schools

1,635

Students

Top rankedWinters High1295^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Smallest classes

Winters High 17.1 students per teacher

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Summary:

Winters, California, has five schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Waggoner Elementary (K–2), Shirley Rominger Intermediate (grades 3–5), Winters Middle (6–8), and Winters High and Wolfskill High (9–12). In the 2025–26 results for grades 5, 8, and 11, schools were an average of 23 percentage points below California in math, compared with 19 points in English language arts and 12 in science. The clearest shared academic concern is math, which trails the state across all three matched grades.

Winters High has a split profile: grade 11 ELA was 5 points below the state, while math was 22 points below. A bright spot is grade 10 Spanish, where students exceeded the state in all five reported areas, including 20% overall proficiency versus 12% statewide and 80% in speaking versus 41%. Its graduation rate was 98%, compared with 88% statewide. Winters Middle was closer to the state in grade 8 science, 27% versus 35% (8 points below); Shirley Rominger grade 5 science was 19% versus 35% (16 points below). Wolfskill High stands out for 92% chronic absenteeism and a very small enrollment of 20, while its 2024–25 graduation and dropout rates were 40% and 60%; test results for 2025–26 are suppressed. Waggoner Elementary has no test results in the supplied data, so neither school can be placed academically.

Results declined in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26 at all three schools with comparable All Grades figures: changes ranged from a 1-point to a 7-point drop in ELA and a 1-point to a 10-point drop in math. Science diverged: Winters Middle rose 8 points, while Shirley Rominger fell 14 points. SchoolDigger rankings also fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26: Winters High went from the 57th to the 39th percentile, Shirley Rominger from the 36th to the 23rd, and Winters Middle from the 21st to the 19th. Student–teacher ratios range from 7.8 at Wolfskill to 24.2 at Shirley Rominger. The schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 ranged from 51% at Waggoner to 90% at Wolfskill; these are context, not an explanation for school results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CSA Spanish Overall (2026)											CSA Spanish Listening (2026)											CSA Spanish Writing (2026)											CSA Spanish Reading (2026)											CSA Spanish Speaking (2026)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 12th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 10th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Speaking 12th Grade	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Shirley Rominger Intermediate	Public	3-5	502 Niemann St.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6320	363	15	24.2	60.6%	110 (30.3%)	2 (0.6%)	227 (62.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.5%)	23.8	4481^st of 5817 public elementary schools	23.0%		32.3	3775^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.5%	706	6.5	14.6	0.0								7.7	19.6	17.1	20.0								18.8	6.5	19.5	0.0								9.4	2.2	12.2	0.0								5.1					18.8				18.8	36.0	34.7	25.5					32.6	32.3	22.8	13.0					23.4			$19,520	$18,426	$1,094
Winters High	Public	9-12	101 Grant Ave.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6140	479	28	17.1	61.4%	148 (30.9%)	10 (2.1%)	312 (65.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	39.3	1295^th of 2135 public high schools	39.3%		55.4	926^th of 2162 public high schools	57.2%	369							8.3	20.0			12.5							8.3	26.7			12.5							4.2	26.7			14.6							4.2	13.3			8.3	33.3	80.0					25.8		24.8							52.6	51.0							10.3	10.1			$24,274	$23,608	$666
Winters Middle	Public	6-8	425 Anderson Ave.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6130	367	19	19.8	60.5%	98 (26.7%)	5 (1.4%)	246 (67.0%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	20.1	2217^th of 2740 public middle schools	19.1%		21.3	2175^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.2%	42						0.0					0.0						0.0					8.3						8.3					4.2						0.0					0.0						27.2			27.2				19.8	34.8	20.0		25.2				16.2	21.6	13.3		17.2			$16,961	$16,318	$643
Wolfskill High	Public	9-12	101 Grant Ave.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6140	20	3	7.8	90.0%	1 (5.0%)	2 (10.0%)	16 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																																																								$37,741	$32,166	$5,575
Waggoner Elementary	Public	K-2	500 Edwards St.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6121	406	18	22.5	51.0%	134 (33.0%)	2 (0.5%)	245 (60.3%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.7%)								(n/a)																																																																						98%	0%	$20,800	$19,848	$952

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City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Davis	7.35 mi	17	127^th
Dixon	8.75 mi	10	627^th
Vacaville	9.89 mi	22	445^th
Madison	10.64 mi	1
Woodland	11.51 mi	20	602^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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