Summary:
Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 8: Oakhurst Elementary (K–5, 333 students) and Wasuma Elementary (K–8, 270 students). In 2025–2026, both schools were below state averages in all-grades ELA, math and science, but Wasuma had higher rates in all three subjects; its clearest lead was in science.
Wasuma stands out in the all-grades comparison, with proficiency of 37% in ELA, 31% in math and 34% in science, versus 30%, 22% and 16% at Oakhurst—gaps of 6, 9 and 18 percentage points, respectively. Still, the lead varies by grade: Oakhurst was ahead in grade 3 by 9 points in ELA and 5 in math, while Wasuma led in grades 4 and 5. Wasuma’s grade 8 results were above state rates in all three subjects, but its grade 6 ELA and math results were far below them. Because the schools serve different grade spans, grade-level comparisons are more directly comparable than all-grades rates.
Recent results moved in different directions: Oakhurst fell by 4 points in ELA, 4 in math and 9 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; Wasuma gained 2 points in ELA and 7 in science, while math slipped by 1. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also declined over three years, from 35 to 18 for Oakhurst and 47 to 30 for Wasuma; its 2025–2026 ratings were one star and two stars, respectively. Other context differs too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 82% at Oakhurst and 61% at Wasuma, and student-teacher ratios were 18.5 and 20.6. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 30% at Oakhurst and 17% at Wasuma.
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