Gerber Union Elementary

Gerber Union Elementary is represented by one school, Gerber Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 with 400 students. With no other schools in the district to compare, this school defines the area’s results. The most important finding is that its 2025–2026 proficiency was well below California’s in every subject: about 34 percentage points lower in both English language arts and math, and 26 points lower in science.

Gerber Elementary is both the top- and lowest-scoring school in the group simply because it is the only one; there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Its all-grades results were 16% in English language arts, 5% in math, and 10% in science, compared with statewide results of 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. Science was comparatively closest to the state, while math had the lowest school result. Within the school, grade-level results varied, but remained below state comparisons in all supplied grades. SchoolDigger ranked the school 5,762nd of 5,804 statewide in 2025–2026, in the 1st percentile, and assigned it 0 stars.

Recent progress is mixed: English language arts rose by 2 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, narrowing its gap with the state by 2 points; math fell by 1 point and science rose by 2, but their gaps widened by 2 points and 1 point, respectively. SchoolDigger’s ranking remained in the 1st percentile with 0 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. A more favorable contextual measure is chronic absenteeism: 15% at the school versus 18% statewide in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, the school had a 21:1 student-teacher ratio, and 82% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible. With one school and two years of test results, these figures cannot show school-to-school differences or establish a longer-term trend.