Templeton Unified

The seven schools in Templeton Unified span elementary, middle and high school grades, from Templeton Elementary, Vineyard Elementary and Templeton Middle to Templeton High, Templeton Independent Study High, Templeton Home and Eagle Canyon High. The most consistent positive result is at Templeton Middle: it exceeded state results in all seven reported grade-specific comparisons across grades 6–8 ELA and math and grade 8 science. Across the five schools with reported all-grades results, math is the clearest shared concern: the average was 29%, 10 points below the state’s 38%. Because grade spans differ and two schools have no reported proficiency results, all-grades comparisons are descriptive rather than like-for-like.

Templeton Middle is the strongest consistent performer, while Templeton High has a more mixed profile. Templeton High had the top all-grades ELA result at 60%, above the state’s 49%, but its math result was 25%, below the state’s 38%. Templeton Middle’s all-grades math result was 44%, the highest reported; the low end was 0% at Independent Study. Templeton Home also shows a sharp subject contrast: its science result of 47% was the highest among the five schools, while its ELA result of 41% was the lowest. Independent Study had the lowest reported science result, at 30%. These contrasts show why families may want to compare results by subject, rather than rely on one overall picture.

Recent changes differ by subject and school. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the five-school average in ELA fell from 56% to 50%, while the state was roughly steady; in math, the average fell from 32% to 29% as the state rose from 37% to 38%. Science moved in the other direction: the average rose from 37% to 40%, and Templeton Home’s science result jumped 25 points. Templeton Middle improved in all three subjects, while Templeton High declined in all three. SchoolDigger’s percentile rank for Templeton High fell from 84 to 59 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while Templeton Middle remained at 76. As context, Templeton Middle had a 20.4 student-teacher ratio and 18% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25; Vineyard’s ratio was 26.6 and 20% were eligible. These are observations, not explanations for test results.