Sierra Unified

Sierra Unified has five schools serving grades K–12: Foothill Elementary (K–6), Sierra Junior High (7–8), Sierra High and Sierra Alternative High (9–12), and Sierra@Home (K–12). The most important takeaway is that reported 2025–26 results vary considerably by school: the highest-to-lowest spread was 42 percentage points in English language arts (ELA), 30 in math and 32 in science.

Sierra High led reported all-grades ELA at 74%, 17 points above the next-highest school, Sierra Junior High at 58, and 25 points above California at 49. Foothill Elementary led math at 40% and science at 47%, respectively 5 and 12 points above the next-highest reported schools; it also exceeded state rates in both subjects. Sierra@Home had the lowest reported results in all three subjects—33% in ELA, 10% in math and 15% in science—below state rates by 17, 28 and 21 points. Sierra Alternative High’s 2025–26 test results are suppressed; its enrollment is 10, so its achievement cannot be assessed from these scores.

Across the same four schools with results in both years, average proficiency rose from 46% to 52% in ELA, 26% to 30% in math and 19% to 30% in science between 2024–25 and 2025–26. That improvement was not universal: Sierra High’s ELA fell 2 points and math fell 6. Grade-level results add useful detail: Foothill fifth graders exceeded state rates by 10–16 points across the three subjects, while sixth graders were 21 points below the state in ELA and 11 below in math. SchoolDigger ranked Sierra High at the 72nd percentile, Sierra Junior High at the 60th and Foothill at the 57th in 2025–26. All five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: figures ranged from 35% at Sierra High to 57% at Sierra@Home; these are context, not an explanation of results.