Summary:
The American River Collegiate Academy District in California has one school, American River Collegiate Academy, an elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, with 132 students; there are no district middle or high schools. Most importantly, in 2025–26 the school was above California’s proficiency rate in both available all-grades subjects: by 13 percentage points in English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and 25 points in math.
American River Collegiate Academy is the only school in the district, so there is no district leader or lower-performing school to compare it with. Against the state, its 2025–26 proficiency was 62% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 63% in math versus 38%. Fourth grade was a particular bright spot: ELA proficiency was 75%, 29 points above the state’s 46%; fourth-grade math was 67%, 24 points above the state’s 42%. The school also reported 0% chronic absenteeism, compared with 18% statewide. These are favorable indicators, though the results vary by grade and fifth-grade scores are suppressed.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 15 percentage points, from 47% to 62%, moving from 1 point below the state to 13 points above it; math rose 8 points, from 55% to 63%, widening its state advantage from 18 to 25 points. SchoolDigger rates the district four stars and ranks it 147th of 968 districts, at the 85th percentile. Its school ranking was at the 78th percentile in 2025–26, up from the 60th percentile in 2024–25, after reaching the 83rd percentile in 2023–24; rankings are separate from test scores and do not show a steady rise. Context for families: the school’s student–teacher ratio was 20.5:1 in 2024–25, and 41% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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