Summary:
Holtville Unified includes six schools: two elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools and one alternative school, serving students from elementary through high school in Holtville, California. In 2025–26, the schools’ unweighted average proficiency was 58% in ELA, compared with 49% statewide; in math, it was 33%, compared with 38% statewide. Science averaged 36%, nearly matching the 36% state result. The clearest area-wide pattern is stronger ELA than math: the school average was 9 percentage points above the state in ELA and 5 points below it in math.
Holtville Middle stands out in ELA, with 62% proficient—12 points above the state and the highest result among the non-alternative schools. Pine Elementary leads math at 49% and science at 51%, respectively 11 and 15 points above state results. The alternative school, Freedom Academy of Imperial Valley, has the highest reported ELA result, 77%, but also the lowest reported math result, 15%; its science result is suppressed. Among non-alternative schools, Emmett S. Finley Elementary has the lowest ELA result, 43%. Holtville High combines a 99% graduation rate—11 points above the state—with math and science results 15 and 10 points below the state. Sam Webb Continuation has no reported 2025–26 proficiency results.
Year-to-year results are mixed: ELA’s group average fell 2 points, from 60% to 58%, narrowing its lead over the state from 11 to 9 points. Math was nearly flat, rising from 32.7% to 32.9%, while the state improved more; the group’s gap widened from 4.6 to 5.5 points. Science rose 7 points, from 30% to 36%, moving from 3 points below the state to nearly level. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings rose from 2023–24 to 2025–26 for Holtville High (40th to 51st percentile) and Holtville Middle (67th to 73rd), but fell for Finley (50th to 48th) and Pine (80th to 75th). As context, each school reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, ranging from 66% at Pine to 81% at Holtville Middle; Freedom Academy’s student–teacher ratio was 8.5, despite its sharply different ELA and math results.
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