Summary:
Five Winton-area schools serve a range from kindergarten through grade 8: three elementary schools serve K–5, Washington Elementary serves K–8, and Winton Middle serves grades 6–8. Four are in the Winton district; Washington is in the Merced River Union Elementary district. The main takeaway is that schoolwide results vary widely, so the area-wide averages hide important differences between schools.
Frank Sparkes Elementary is the broadest academic standout in 2025–26, leading in ELA at 64% and math at 53%—15 percentage points above state results in each. Sybil N. Crookham Elementary leads in science at 56%, 20 points above the state. At the other end, Winfield Elementary has the lowest schoolwide result in all three subjects: 36% in ELA, 32% in math, and 17% in science. Those results are 13, 6, and 19 points below state figures, respectively.
Recent trends differ by subject: the equally weighted ELA average fell from 50% to 46% between 2024–25 and 2025–26 as the state result edged up, while the science average rose from 29% to 37%, moving from 4 points below the state to 1 point above. That science gain was concentrated at Crookham, up 23 points, and Frank Sparkes, up 13; Winton Middle’s science result fell by 1 point. Washington’s schoolwide results are below state figures, but its eighth graders reached 60% in ELA and 43% in math, above state results in both. SchoolDigger ranked Frank Sparkes at the 79th percentile among California elementary schools, versus the 36th for Winfield and 42nd for Washington. Reported 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 80% at Washington to 96% at Crookham; Frank Sparkes and Winfield were both at 93% despite their very different results. The trends reflect only two years of test results.
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