Summary:
Saint Helena Unified has one middle school, Robert Louis Stevenson Intermediate, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 257 students. In 2025–2026, its English language arts (ELA) and science proficiency rates were above California’s, but mathematics was below: 31% at the school versus 38% statewide. The clearest concern is grade 7 mathematics, where 26% met the standard, compared with 38% statewide—a 12-point shortfall.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom comparison among schools in this one-school list. Within the school, however, results differ by subject: ELA was 52% versus 49% statewide, and science was 39% versus 36%; both were 3 points higher than state rates. Mathematics was 7 points lower overall. ELA exceeded state rates in each grade, while mathematics fell below them in grades 6, 7 and 8; grade 7 had the largest mathematics gap. This uneven pattern means the school’s results look stronger in ELA and science than in math.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 49% to 52%, improving its advantage over the state by 3 points. Mathematics dipped from 32% to 31% as the state rate rose, widening the school’s shortfall by 1 point; science increased from 36% to 39%, remaining about 3 points above the state. SchoolDigger’s school-ranking history places the school at the 60th percentile in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, after 68th percentile in 2023–2024; its latest entry is 1,072 of 2,703, with 3 stars. A separate SchoolDigger district ranking lists it at 204 of 968, 79th percentile, with 4 stars. As context, in 2024–2025, 42% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.5. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 8%, below the district’s 10% and the state’s 18%.
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