Summary:
The four schools in Denair Unified serve kindergarten through grade 12, including an alternative K–12 school, and enroll 1,301 students in total. The schools differ in grade span, but their reported 2025–2026 results share one clear pattern: every school’s all-grades proficiency rate in English language arts (ELA), math, and science is below the state rate. Across the four schools, the average was 29% in ELA, 10% in math, and 12% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%; math shows the largest gap.
Denair Middle had the highest all-grades ELA result, at 37%, while Denair Elementary Charter Academy led in math at 15% and science at 16%. At the lower end, Elementary’s ELA rate was 24%, while Denair Charter Academy had the lowest math rate, 5%, and Denair High the lowest science rate, 3%. Because the schools serve different grade spans, these all-grades leaders are not direct like-for-like comparisons. In grade 11, the alternative school had higher ELA and science proficiency than Denair High (36% versus 30%, and 14% versus 2%), but lower math (0% versus 7%). Denair High also had a 99% graduation rate, compared with 88% statewide.
Average results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 4 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 5 in science, even as state rates rose. ELA fell at all four schools; Denair Middle’s science rate dropped 14 points, while Denair Charter Academy’s math and science each rose 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings place Elementary in the 9th percentile, Denair High in the 18th, and Denair Middle in the 21st. For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.3 at the alternative school to 18.6 at Elementary. All schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 65% at Elementary, 75% at Denair High, 69% at Denair Middle, and 76% at the alternative school.
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