Pixley Union Elementary

Pixley Union Elementary has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 8: Pixley Elementary (K–5, 530 students) and Pixley Middle (grades 6–8, 297 students). In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades results were below California’s in ELA, math, and science. The gaps range from 6 points below the state to 23 points below, depending on the school and subject. The key takeaway is that neither school reached the state result in any of the three reported subjects.

Pixley Middle stands out in ELA and science, while Pixley Elementary leads in math. Middle school results were 43% in ELA and 25% in science, compared with 33% and 13% at the elementary school—a difference of 10 points in ELA and 12 in science. Elementary math was 26%, versus 20% at the middle school, a 6-point difference. Relative to the state, the middle school was closer in ELA (6 points below) and science (11 below); the elementary school was closer in math (13 below, compared with 19 below at the middle school).

Recent changes also differ by school: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, middle school science rose 13 points and ELA rose 5, while elementary science fell 4 points and ELA was nearly unchanged. Math was nearly unchanged at the elementary school and fell 1 point at the middle school. SchoolDigger ranked the middle school at the 37th percentile statewide (2 stars), up from the 32nd percentile the prior year; the elementary school was at the 24th percentile (1 star), down from 26th. As context, both schools reported 96% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. The student-teacher ratios were 19.6 at the elementary school and 17.1 at the middle school; these figures describe school context, not reasons for the test results.