Summary:
The six schools in Washington Unified serve grades K–12, with enrollment ranging from 23 to 1,096 students. Their reported 2025–2026 proficiency results vary substantially: the All Grades spread is 42 percentage points in English language arts (ELA), 37 points in math and 27 points in science. Easton Continuation High’s test results are suppressed, so its academic performance cannot be compared here. The most important finding is that families will encounter markedly different reported results among schools in the same district.
Washington High leads reported All Grades ELA and science, with 56% and 32% proficient; its ELA result is 6 percentage points above the state, while its science result is 4 points below. American Union Elementary leads in math at 37%, just 2 points below the state, and also scores higher than West Fresno Elementary in every shared tested grade, 3–5, and West Fresno Middle in every shared grade, 6–8, for both ELA and math. At the other end, Elm High has the lowest reported results in all three subjects: 13% in ELA, 0% in math and 5% in science. The high-school contrast extends beyond tests: Washington’s graduation rate is 96%, versus 68% at Elm.
Recent movement is mixed: the five schools with reported results improved their average ELA proficiency by 4 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while their average math result fell by 1 point and the science gap to the state widened. American Union made notable ELA and math gains, but its science score fell 10 points; Washington’s science score rose 9 points while its math score fell 4. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rank percentiles range from 50th for Washington and 49th for American Union to 4th for Elm. As context, all six schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for sy 2024–2025, ranging from 73% to 95%; student–teacher ratios range from 11.2 at Easton to 32.5 at Elm. These measures describe different school contexts, not reasons for the academic results.
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