Nuestro Elementary

Schools in Nuestro Elementary consists of one school, Nuestro Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 170 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency results were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math and science, with the largest shortfall in science: 21% of students met the science standard, compared with 36% statewide, a 15-point gap.

There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among local schools because this list includes only Nuestro Elementary; the figures instead show how it compares with the state. In 2025–2026, 37% met the ELA standard versus 49% statewide, a 12-point gap, while math results were 25% versus 38%, a 14-point gap. Third-grade ELA stands out as a bright spot: 60% met the standard, 16 points above the statewide grade-three result. In contrast, grade-eight ELA was 25%, 24 points below the state comparison. Because there is only one school in the list, it cannot show how achievement differs among area schools.

Results shifted unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA improved by 2 points, from 36% to 37%, narrowing its gap with the state by 1 point, while math fell by 5 points and science by 4; their gaps widened by 6 and 8 points, respectively. SchoolDigger ranks Nuestro Elementary 3,671st of 5,804 schools, in the 37th percentile with 2 stars; its earlier percentiles were 32 in 2023–2024 and 46 in 2024–2025. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–2026, below California’s 18% but above the district’s 2%. The student-teacher ratio was 18.8 in 2024–2025, and 56% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.