Summary:
Cloverdale Unified has one middle school, Washington, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 393 students. In 2025–2026, 20% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA), 13% in math and 9% in science, compared with California rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that Washington was below the state in all three subjects, by 29 points in ELA, 26 in math and 27 in science.
There is no school-to-school standout in this area: Washington is the only school, so it is both the highest- and lowest-scoring by default. Its strongest result relative to the state was eighth-grade math: 19% proficient, versus 36% statewide, a 17-point gap. That was still below the state result. The gap was wider in eighth-grade ELA, where 18% were proficient compared with 49% statewide, a 32-point difference. Across grades, results were below state levels in every reported subject-grade comparison.
Results moved in different directions over the two years reported. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Washington fell 8 percentage points in ELA and 7 in science, while math was nearly unchanged; California improved in all three subjects. The average gap across the three subjects widened from about 21 to 27 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined: from 2,218th of 2,783 schools (20th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 2,513th of 2,703 (7th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026. Context figures include a student–teacher ratio of 18.2 in 2024–2025 and 58% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 17% at the school, compared with 18% statewide and 16% districtwide.
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