Sequoia Union Elementary

Sequoia Union Elementary has two schools in the supplied data: Sequoia Elementary Charter, serving kindergarten through grade 7, and Sequoia Union Elementary, serving grade 8. In 2025–2026, the charter school’s all-grades results were above state results in English, math and science, while the grade-8 school’s were below in all three. The most important distinction is the grade-8 school’s larger shortfalls in English and math.

Sequoia Elementary Charter stands out at the top: 50% of students were proficient in English, 39% in math and 45% in science, compared with 35%, 27% and 32%, respectively, at Sequoia Union Elementary. The school-to-school gaps were 15 percentage points in English, 12 in math and 13 in science. The charter school was about 1 point above state results in English and math, and 9 points above in science. The grade-8 school was 14 points below the state in English, 11 below in math and 4 below in science. Within the charter school, fifth-grade science was 10 points above the state, while seventh-grade math was 8 points below. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not same-grade comparisons.

Results moved in different directions over time. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Sequoia Elementary Charter improved by 6 percentage points in English, 6 in math and 15 in science; Sequoia Union Elementary gained 3 points in math and 6 in science, but fell 12 points in English. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose from 45 to 63 for the charter school, with its rating increasing from 2 to 3 stars; the grade-8 school’s percentile fell from 77 to 43, and its rating from 4 to 2 stars. As context, both schools reported similar free/reduced lunch eligible rates in 2024–2025: 48% at the charter school and 49% at the grade-8 school. The grade-8 school also had a lower student–teacher ratio, 7.4 compared with 19.0, and higher chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026: 20% versus 8% at the charter school.