Gustine Unified

Gustine Unified has five listed schools, from elementary through high school, including a continuation high school; the reported test results cover 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Across the four schools with reported 2025–2026 results, average proficiency was below the state in English language arts (ELA), math and science, with the smallest gap in science: 10 percentage points below the state, compared with 14 in ELA and 16 in math. The clearest choice between the elementary schools is that Romero Elementary led Gustine Elementary in every same-grade comparison reported for grades three through five.

Different schools led in different subjects, and no one school was strongest across the board. Romero had the top reported elementary results, with All Grades proficiency of 38% in ELA, 41% in math and 28% in science; it led Gustine Elementary by 17, 24 and 12 percentage points, respectively. Gustine High led in ELA at 54%, above the state’s 49%, but its 15% math proficiency was the lowest among schools with reported results. Gustine Middle led in science at 31%, still below the state’s 36%, while Gustine Elementary had the lowest reported ELA and science results, at 21% and 16%. Pioneer High (Continuation) had a 62% graduation rate, 39% dropout rate and 75% chronic absenteeism; its test scores are suppressed, so its test performance cannot be assessed.

Average proficiency improved from the prior year at the four schools with results, rising 3 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math and 6 in science, and the average gap to the state narrowed in all three subjects. Gustine Elementary was an exception, with ELA down 2 points and science down 6. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings placed Romero highest among schools with recent rankings, at the 47th percentile, followed by Gustine High at the 46th, Gustine Middle at the 21st and Gustine Elementary at the 8th. Context differs, too: in 2024–2025, the schools’ free/reduced-lunch eligible measures ranged from 44% at Pioneer to 85% at Gustine Middle; these figures describe school context, not the cause of results.