Summary
Turner Elementary is a K–5 school in Antioch, California, with 436 students, and is part of Antioch Unified. In 2025–2026, 29% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 22% in math and 21% in science. The most important finding for families is that Turner performs near the top of nearby K–5 schools, but its proficiency in every subject remains below California’s rate.
Science is Turner’s strongest subject relative to nearby schools: its 21% proficiency rate was the highest among nine K–5 schools, about 8 percentage points above their average of 13%. Turner ranked third of the nine in ELA and math; its rates of 29% and 22% were about 4 points above nearby averages of 26% and 18%. It also exceeded the district in all three subjects—by 2 points in ELA, 7 in math and 4 in science. However, Turner trailed the state by 20 points in ELA, 16 in math and 15 in science, making ELA its largest statewide gap.
Scores have risen over four reported years: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA increased 15 percentage points, math 13 and science 10. Over that period, the gaps with state scores narrowed by 13 points in ELA, 10 in math and 5 in science, though they remain substantial. SchoolDigger ranked Turner at the 19th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, with one star; it ranked behind Foothill Elementary and Heights Elementary among the nine schools. Turner’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 19.2, the lowest among nearby K–5 schools, and 73.2% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, close to Foothill’s 72.6%. SchoolDigger’s measure for Disabled Students placed Turner at the 47th percentile in 2021–2022, compared with its overall 6th percentile that year. For Special Education Students, it was at the 26th percentile in 2023–2024, then the 12th percentile in 2025–2026, while Turner overall was at the 19th percentile.
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