Summary:
East Nicolaus Joint Union High has one public high school, East Nicolaus High, serving grades 9–12, with 308 students. The school’s 2025–2026 graduation and attendance indicators compare favorably with California: its graduation rate was 96%, 8 points above the state, while chronic absenteeism was 12%, 7 points below. The main concern is academic proficiency: results were below California in all three subjects, with the largest gap in math at 26 points.
Because East Nicolaus High is the only school listed, it is both the area’s highest- and lowest-performing school by default; there is no meaningful comparison among local schools. Within its 2025–2026 results, ELA was the strongest subject at 30% proficient, followed by science at 20%, while math was lowest at 13%. Compared with California, the school was 20 points lower in ELA, 16 points lower in science, and 26 points lower in math. Science was closest to the state, though its score had fallen from the prior year.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA proficiency fell 20 points and science fell 7, while math improved 6 points. The overall comparison with the state worsened, and SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 42nd percentile in 2024–2025 to the 26th percentile in 2025–2026. These measures offer context rather than a basis for comparing schools: the student–teacher ratio was 17.8 in 2024–2025, and 26% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. With only one school in the list, the data cannot show how local results vary across schools.
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