Summary
Orangevale Open K-8 serves 593 students in kindergarten through grade 8 in Fair Oaks, within San Juan Unified. In 2025–26, students’ proficiency was above both state and district averages in English language arts (ELA), math and science; the clearest takeaway is that science is the school’s strongest comparative subject, with proficiency 15 percentage points above the state.
The school is above state and district proficiency across all three subjects: ELA was 56%, math 45% and science 51%, versus 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. Compared with the district, the advantages were 16 points in ELA, 16 in math and 20 in science. Against nearby San Juan schools, however, math is less distinctive: Orangevale was 6 points above the nearby-school average in ELA, just 1 point above in math and 6 points above in science, ranking fourth of nine in ELA and fifth in math and science. Grade results also differ: fourth-grade ELA reached 66%, second among nearby schools reporting that grade, while fifth-grade math was 34%, below the state’s 37% and sixth among nearby schools reporting it. Nearby schools have different grade spans, so their all-grades averages are not identical comparisons.
Scores have not increased overall since 2022–23: ELA fell 2 points and math fell 2, while science rose 3. Even so, the school remains above state averages; its advantage narrowed as state scores rose faster. SchoolDigger ranked Orangevale at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2025–26, fourth among nine nearby San Juan schools with rankings; its percentile is down from 84 in 2021–22. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves Hispanic students was notably higher, at the 87th percentile, 15 points above its overall standing; for White students, it was 34th percentile, 38 points below overall. As context, the 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 24.4, and 33% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible—among the lowest shares at nearby San Juan schools with the same measure and year.
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