Capay Joint Union Elementary

The Capay Joint Union Elementary district has one school, Capay Joint Union Elementary, serving 211 students in grades K–8. In 2025–2026, its all-grades results were close to California’s in English language arts (ELA), a little lower in math and farther behind in science: 48% versus 49% in ELA, 36% versus 38% in math, and 24% versus 36% in science. Chronic absenteeism was 9%, compared with 18% statewide. The biggest takeaway is that ELA is near the state result, while science remains the clearest school-wide academic gap.

There are no other schools in the area list to compare, but results differ notably by grade. Grade 3 is a bright spot in math: 61% of students met the standard, 14 percentage points above the state. Grade 8 math was also above the state, by 11 points. In contrast, math was 6% in grade 6, 31 points below the state, and 18% in grade 5, 19 points below. ELA was above the state in grades 3, 5, 7 and 8; grade 4 was the weakest comparison, 16 points below. The school’s low chronic-absenteeism rate is another positive indicator for families.

Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in all three subjects: ELA rose 16 percentage points, math 3 points and science 5 points. The school’s gap to California narrowed in each subject, most sharply in ELA, by 16 points; science still trails by 12 points. SchoolDigger reports a 50th-percentile ranking and 3 stars for 2025–2026, up from the 45th percentile and 2 stars the year before, but below its 70th-percentile ranking in 2023–2024. The reported student–teacher ratio is 21.1 for 2024–2025, and 41% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context about the school, not explanations for its results. Because the list includes only one school, it cannot show how results compare across schools.