Summary:
Stanwood A. Murphy Elementary is the only listed school in Scotia Union Elementary, serving 187 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 60% in English language arts (ELA), 66% in math and 62% in science. The most important finding is that the school outperformed California’s state results in all three subjects, by 11 percentage points in ELA, 27 in math and 26 in science.
Fifth grade is the clearest standout, while results vary considerably across grades. Fifth graders reached 93% proficiency in both ELA and math—44 percentage points above the state in ELA and 56 points above in math. At the lower end, fourth-grade ELA was 1 point below the state, and eighth-grade math was 3 points above it. There are no other schools in this list to compare against, so these grade-level results show variation within the school, not a ranking among local schools.
Recent results are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA fell 8 percentage points and math fell 5, while science rose 5; the school’s lead over the state narrowed in ELA and math but grew by 2 points in science. SchoolDigger ranked the school 842nd of 5,804 statewide schools, at the 85th percentile, in 2025–2026; its 2024–2025 position was stronger at 791st and the 86th percentile, while it has improved from 1,615th and the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 11% in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide; the student–teacher ratio was 17.5 in 2024–2025, and 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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