Summary
Myrtle Avenue Elementary serves 422 students in grades 4–6 in Lamont, California, in the Lamont Elementary district. Its 2025–26 results show a school doing better than its district in core subjects, but not yet keeping pace with California. The most important takeaway is that proficiency remains well below state levels in English language arts (ELA), math and science.
Myrtle is ahead of its district in all three core subjects: ELA proficiency is 27%, four percentage points above the district; math is 18%, two points higher; and science is 14%, one point higher. But Myrtle is below the state by 22 points in ELA, 21 in math and 22 in science. Sixth grade stands out: ELA is 40%, compared with 21% in both grades 4 and 5, and math is 26%, compared with 17% in grade 4 and 10% in grade 5. Among six nearby schools with grade-6 results, Myrtle ranks third in ELA and fourth in math. Attendance is another bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 8%, the second-lowest rate among nearby schools with results, behind Edison Middle at 6%.
Over four years, Myrtle’s ELA and math results fell slightly, while science rose by 3 points overall and rebounded by 7 points in the latest year. Even so, the state gaps widened: ELA from 18 to 22 points, math from 16 to 21, and science from 19 to 22. Chronic absenteeism improved markedly, falling from 32% in 2021–22 to 8% in 2025–26. For context, Myrtle’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 21.1, among the highest in the nearby group, and 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger reports a rank of 935 out of 968, in the 3rd percentile with 0 stars, for the district—not for Myrtle; the school’s own rank and stars are not provided.
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