Raisin City Elementary

The Raisin City area has one listed school, Raisin City Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 with 255 students. In 2025–26, about 38% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 23% in math and 16% in science, compared with about 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that the school fell below California in all three subjects, with its largest shortfall in science: 20 percentage points, compared with 12 points in ELA and 15 in math.

There is no separate local school leader or trailer because Raisin City Elementary is the only school in the list; differences among its grade results offer useful detail instead. Seventh-grade ELA stands out positively: about 53% were proficient, roughly 2 points above the state result. But results vary by grade: ELA ranged from 29% in eighth grade to 53% in seventh, while math ranged from 11% in seventh grade to 35% in third. Seventh-grade math was about 26 points below the state result. Science was similarly low in the two tested grades, at about 16% in both fifth and eighth, around 19 points below their state results. The list cannot show how the school compares with other nearby schools.

Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, but progress relative to the state differed: ELA rose 12 points and math 8 points, narrowing their gaps with California by 11 and 7 points; science rose 2 points, but its gap widened by 1 point. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from the 6th percentile in 2024–25 to the 31st percentile and two stars in 2025–26, though it remains below the statewide midpoint. Chronic absenteeism was about 11%, below the Raisin City Elementary district rate of 39% and California’s 18%. The student–teacher ratio was 18.3 in 2024–25; that year, 69% of students were directly certified for free meals, and the data says the school likely serves free meals to all students through Community Eligibility.