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F. C. Joyce Tk-8

Public Grades K-8
4150th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of California elementary schools
Summary

F. C. Joyce Tk-8 is a public TK-8 school serving 537 students in the Twin Rivers Unified district, located in the North Highlands community where the vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

While the school's overall test scores are below state averages, it shows important strengths, especially when compared to similar schools in the area. For instance, F. C. Joyce has a significantly better student attendance record than the district average and outperforms nearby schools like Oakdale Tk-8 and Woodridge Elementary in this area. The school is also notably effective in supporting some of its most vulnerable students, with particularly strong results for students experiencing homelessness and those in special education. In science, the school's proficiency rate is higher than the district average and exceeds several local peers, including Kohler Tk-8.

The school has shown dramatic improvement recently, jumping from the 11th to the 29th percentile in statewide rankings in just one year, suggesting positive new momentum. However, challenges remain, including a large performance gap where male students are currently outperforming female students, and a steep decline in math scores by the 8th grade. Compared to schools in the neighboring Center Joint Unified district, such as Cyril Spinelli Elementary, F. C. Joyce achieves relatively comparable academic outcomes while serving a student population with much greater economic need.

537
Students ?
22.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,952
Per pupil spending ?
93.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6050 Watt Ave.
       North Highlands, CA  95660-4212

(916) 566-1880

District: Twin Rivers Unified


Students who attend F. C. Joyce Tk-8 usually attend:

High:    Highlands High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
35.8%
Asian:
25.9%
White:
14.2%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2013 → 29th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2013
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 19% California)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school26%
District avg29%
California avg41%
Elementary school
4,150th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 14 pts since 2015
From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,961st of 2,761
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 17 pts since 2015
From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
15th of 28Elementary Schools in the Twin Rivers Unified
1107th of 1,543Twin Rivers Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202527.84150 of 585729.1%★☆☆☆☆
202416.05216 of 586911.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.75337 of 58598.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.45570 of 58835.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.65016 of 578913.4%★☆☆☆☆
20187.95539 of 56622.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.25355 of 56925.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201617.94808 of 561414.4%★☆☆☆☆
201518.84759 of 561115.2%★☆☆☆☆
201325.74358 of 553021.2%★☆☆☆☆
201237.23445 of 539036.1%★★☆☆☆
201144.82913 of 537745.8%★★☆☆☆
201050.22558 of 531451.9%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202230.1469 of 66329.3%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20252.01169 of 12032.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.81173 of 12052.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.51136 of 11904.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.31104 of 11493.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202232.11393 of 222737.4%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202439.21877 of 316240.6%★★☆☆☆
202333.82253 of 324530.6%★★☆☆☆
202241.31723 of 331148.0%★★☆☆☆
201937.11973 of 327539.8%★★☆☆☆
201823.32831 of 324612.8%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202524.04348 of 559722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202415.05127 of 56128.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.34855 of 560913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.65445 of 56353.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.54581 of 549216.6%★☆☆☆☆
20188.95279 of 54132.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202535.33358 of 510734.2%★★☆☆☆
202427.63910 of 510723.4%★☆☆☆☆
202320.54454 of 508712.4%★☆☆☆☆
202215.94751 of 50846.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201936.83183 of 496335.9%★★☆☆☆
201813.14594 of 48304.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202562.8115 of 42973.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202537.83354 of 546038.6%★★☆☆☆
202418.94874 of 551711.7%★☆☆☆☆
202320.44671 of 536312.9%★☆☆☆☆
202216.94854 of 52647.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.24276 of 517317.3%★☆☆☆☆
201810.14953 of 50842.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202534.23534 of 562837.2%★★☆☆☆
202418.44868 of 564313.7%★☆☆☆☆
202312.35346 of 56385.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.65246 of 56637.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.54861 of 551011.8%★☆☆☆☆
20188.85324 of 54312.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202521.0598 of 71816.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202552.6984 of 284765.4%★★★☆☆
202425.72077 of 263521.2%★☆☆☆☆
202333.71485 of 242038.6%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20247.72506 of 26515.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.82564 of 26613.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.12696 of 27261.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.12753 of 28342.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.82694 of 27371.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202525.91961 of 276129.0%★☆☆☆☆
202419.62276 of 278318.2%★☆☆☆☆
202314.82503 of 278110.0%★☆☆☆☆
202210.32629 of 27404.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.02524 of 27157.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.72407 of 24802.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.12342 of 25086.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201617.32129 of 249714.7%★☆☆☆☆
201515.22178 of 247712.1%★☆☆☆☆
201330.51697 of 237928.7%★☆☆☆☆
201235.81482 of 225934.4%★★☆☆☆
201148.31141 of 223649.0%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201917.2591 of 6438.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.5577 of 6003.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20252.0720 of 7392.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202222.81348 of 153112.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.81484 of 14910.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.51303 of 13694.8%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202449.2458 of 147869.0%★★★☆☆
202339.2804 of 152147.1%★★☆☆☆
202225.41453 of 15405.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.91345 of 14426.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201842.1573 of 136458.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202524.11908 of 253324.7%★☆☆☆☆
202417.32211 of 255113.3%★☆☆☆☆
202318.02167 of 253114.4%★☆☆☆☆
20229.92437 of 25092.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.62223 of 23806.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.22215 of 22622.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202539.01365 of 239543.0%★★☆☆☆
202425.31829 of 238823.4%★☆☆☆☆
202311.52274 of 23744.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.92213 of 23596.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.21814 of 221318.0%★☆☆☆☆
201810.81988 of 20724.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202535.21564 of 254238.5%★★☆☆☆
202424.22014 of 257921.9%★☆☆☆☆
202317.52267 of 253110.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.12373 of 24583.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.32172 of 23698.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.02145 of 22303.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202527.91752 of 253430.9%★★☆☆☆
202423.01959 of 255223.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.42349 of 25387.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.02410 of 25274.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.82280 of 24075.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.82211 of 22732.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20249.0644 of 7018.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202566.9307 of 156680.4%★★★★☆
202422.11386 of 155210.7%★☆☆☆☆
202319.61455 of 15315.0%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202518.11274 of 152016.2%★☆☆☆☆
20194.91565 of 16022.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.11470 of 14961.7%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Homeless (2025)73rd percentile+44 vs school
Special Education (2025)65th percentile+36 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile+30 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile+9 vs school
Disabled (2022)37th percentile+32 vs school
Male (2025)37th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2025)34th percentile+5 vs school
African American (2022)29th percentile+24 vs school
Female (2025)22nd percentile-7 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)17th percentile-12 vs school
White (2024)5th percentile-6 vs school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile-26 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2025)80th percentile+51 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)69th percentile+51 vs school
Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2025)31st percentile~ school
Female (2025)25th percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)16th percentile-13 vs school
Disabled (2022)12th percentile+8 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)8th percentile-10 vs school
African American (2019)8th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile-26 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy32%-17 vs state
Mathematics22%-15 vs state
Science18%-15 vs state

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F. C. Joyce Tk-8 ranks 4150th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at F. C. Joyce Tk-8 are 36% Hispanic, 26% Asian, 14% White, 12% Two or more races, 10% African American, 2% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 537 students attended F. C. Joyce Tk-8.

Students who attend F. C. Joyce Tk-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Highlands High

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