Summary
Granite Ridge Intermediate is a Fresno, California, school in Clovis Unified serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 1,167 students. Its standout finding is strong proficiency across all three tested subjects: in 2025–2026, 81% were proficient in English language arts (ELA), 68% in math, and 70% in science.
Compared with nearby schools, Granite Ridge led in math and science, while its ELA result was close to the next-highest school, Alta Sierra Intermediate. Granite Ridge’s math proficiency was 7 points above Alta Sierra’s, and its science proficiency was 8 points higher; its ELA advantage was 1 point. It also exceeded state results by 31 points in ELA, 29 in math, and 34 in science, and led Clovis Unified by 12, 12, and 17 points, respectively. Eighth-grade ELA is the closest comparison: Granite Ridge was 1 point below Alta Sierra.
Over time, science has improved most: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose 12 points in science and 6 in math, while ELA fell 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked Granite Ridge 122nd of 2,703 California schools in 2025–2026, at the 95th percentile with five stars, close to its 96th-percentile standings in the prior two years. One notable contrast is its statewide standing for serving students in special education: SchoolDigger placed the group at the 49th percentile in 2025–2026, down 42 points from 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 95th percentile. In 2024–2025, Granite Ridge had the comparison group’s highest student-teacher ratio, 24.7, and reported 33% free/reduced lunch eligible, the lowest comparable rate among nearby schools; that measure is context, not an explanation for achievement.
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