Summary:
The three schools in Aromas - San Juan Unified serve kindergarten through grade 8 at Aromas and San Juan, and grades 9–12 at Anzar High. The clearest overall pattern is that the two K–8 schools both average below California in all three subjects, but Aromas leads San Juan by about 12 to 15 percentage points across the board.
Aromas is the stronger of the two K–8 schools in 2025–2026: its all-grades results were 39% in ELA, 31% in math and 36% in science, compared with San Juan’s 27%, 19% and 22%. California’s results were 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively; science is a bright spot for Aromas, just above the state. Anzar High has a mixed profile: grade 11 ELA was 63%, 6 points above the state, while math was 15%, 17 points below. Its 96% graduation rate was 9 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks Aromas at the 29th percentile and San Juan at the 11th among schools statewide; Anzar is at the 55th percentile, though its high-school ranking is among a different group of schools.
K–8 results moved farther behind state averages from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the ELA average fell 3 points and its state gap widened from 13 to 17 points; math fell 3 points as the gap widened from 9 to 13. Science improved by about 1 point, but its gap still widened from 4 to 7 points. Grade-level results can change the comparison: San Juan led Aromas by 7 points in fourth-grade ELA, while Aromas was ahead in all three subjects in grade 8. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 51% at Aromas, 56% at San Juan and 55% at Anzar; student–teacher ratios were 21.0, 19.8 and 16.2, respectively. These measures describe school context, not the cause of results.
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