Hanford Elementary

The 12 schools in Hanford Elementary include 10 elementary schools and two junior highs; most serve kindergarten through grade 6, while Jefferson Academy and Hanford Elementary Community Day serve K–8 and the junior highs serve grades 7–8. Excluding the 12-student Community Day school, 2025–26 averages were about 49% in ELA, 41% in math and 32% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is that results differ substantially from one school to another, so an area-wide average can hide very different school experiences.

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary led in all-grades ELA at 61%, while Jefferson Academy led in math at 53% and science at 50%. At the other end, Lincoln Elementary had the lowest ELA score at 30%, Hamilton Elementary the lowest math score at 30%, and Roosevelt Elementary the lowest science score at 17%. Jefferson also stands out in grades 7–8: in grade 8, its ELA was 24 points above the state, math 29 points above and science 18 points above. But all-grades leaders can have exceptions: Martin Luther King was below the state in science, while Lincoln’s grade 6 math was 60%, versus 37% statewide.

Over two years, the group’s ELA average fell about 1 point, math barely changed, and science rose 6 points, narrowing its gap with the state from 6 points below to 4 below. Individual schools also moved in different directions: George Washington Elementary gained 12 points in science, while Jefferson Academy’s ELA fell 8 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Jefferson declined from 82 to 69, despite its current subject strengths. As context, schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–25 ranging from 48% at Jefferson to 95% at Lincoln; student–teacher ratios ranged from 18 at Woodrow Wilson Junior High to 27.8 at Jefferson. These measures do not neatly track results, so subject- and grade-level differences offer useful distinctions when comparing schools.