Kings River Union Elementary

Kings River Union Elementary has one listed school, Kings River Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 389 students. In 2025–2026, 31% of students were proficient in ELA, 23% in math, and 22% in science, compared with California results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The school’s average across the three subjects was 25%, versus 41% statewide. The most important finding is that Kings River Elementary was below the state in all three subjects, with the widest gap in ELA: 19 percentage points.

Kings River Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the list because it is the only one; there is no meaningful comparison among local schools. Its strongest all-grades result was ELA at 31%, while science was lowest at 22%, but science was closer to the state benchmark: the school trailed California by 14 points in science, compared with 16 in math and 19 in ELA. SchoolDigger ranked it 4,589th of 5,804 California schools, in the 21st percentile, for 2025–2026.

Results were mixed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell by 2 percentage points and math by 1, while science rose by 2; California’s average across the three subjects increased by 2 points, and the school’s average gap widened from 14 to 16 points. SchoolDigger’s rank improved by 234 places compared with 2023–2024, but was 62 places worse than in 2024–2025. As additional context, in 2024–2025 the school had a student–teacher ratio of 19.4 and 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 3% at the school and 18% statewide, a 15-point difference; this favorable attendance figure sits alongside the proficiency gaps.