Summary:
In Los Banos Unified, two middle schools serve grades 7–8, with 1,750 students enrolled across Los Banos Junior High and Creekside Junior High. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 34% in English language arts (ELA), 17% in math, and 11% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. ELA is the area’s strongest subject relative to the state, while science is the weakest. The most important takeaway is that both schools are below the state in all three subjects, with the largest shared shortfalls in math and science.
Los Banos Junior High leads the comparison in every subject; Creekside Junior High has the lower results in each. Los Banos scored 41% in ELA, 20% in math, and 14% in science, versus Creekside’s 27%, 14%, and 8%. The gap is widest in ELA at 13 percentage points, compared with 5 in math and 6 in science. Both schools are below state proficiency rates, but Los Banos is closer to the state in every subject.
Recent results show ELA improving at both schools, while math and science have not followed the same pattern. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 7 points at Los Banos and 5 at Creekside; Los Banos math fell 2 points, Creekside math was roughly unchanged, and Creekside science fell 5 points while Los Banos science was essentially flat. SchoolDigger gives both schools one star: Los Banos ranks in the 29th percentile statewide (1,921 of 2,703), while Creekside is in the 11th percentile (2,411 of 2,703). Creekside’s grade 8 ELA and math results are notably lower than its grade 7 results, unlike Los Banos’ grade 8 ELA result. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligibility was 84% at Los Banos and 85% at Creekside; student-teacher ratios that year were 21.4 and 19.8, respectively. These figures describe differences between the schools, not what caused them.
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