High Schools in East Nicolaus Joint Union High

High schools in East Nicolaus Joint Union High comprise one school, East Nicolaus High, serving grades 9–12 in East Nicolaus, with 308 students and a 17.8 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25. In 2025–26, proficiency was 30% in English language arts (ELA), 13% in math, and 20% in science, all below California’s respective rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important finding is that ELA and science results fell substantially while the state’s results held steady or improved.

As the only school in the list, East Nicolaus High is both the highest- and lowest-performing school locally; there are no other area schools to compare. Its strongest results are in graduation and attendance: the 2025–26 graduation rate was 96%, 8 percentage points above the state’s 88%; dropout was 4%, 5 points lower than the state; and chronic absenteeism was 12%, 7 points lower. Test results show a different picture: the school was 20 points below the state in ELA, 26 points below in all-grade math, and 16 points below in science. For grade 11, ELA was 28 points below the state benchmark, the largest grade-11 shortfall.

Recent test-score changes were mixed, but ELA and science moved in the wrong direction: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA fell 20 points and science fell 7, while math rose 6. Over the same period, state ELA was nearly unchanged, and state math and science increased by 1 and 3 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also declined, from the 42nd percentile and two stars in 2024–25 to the 26th percentile and one star in 2025–26; it was at the 38th percentile and two stars in 2023–24. As context, 26% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. With only one school listed, these figures describe East Nicolaus High, not a pattern across multiple local schools.