Summary
Fairmont Elementary serves 744 students in grades K–8 in Sanger, California, as part of Sanger Unified. Its 2025–2026 proficiency results were above both district and state rates in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The most important takeaway is that Fairmont is strong across all three subjects, with science standing out most clearly against nearby schools.
Science is Fairmont’s strongest local result: 54% of students were proficient, compared with a 41% average among 10 nearby schools, putting Fairmont second locally, behind Quail Lake Environmental Charter at 69%. ELA proficiency was 65%, 7 percentage points above the nearby average of 58%, ranking Fairmont third. Math was 53%, just 4 points above the nearby average of 49%, and ranked sixth. Fairmont also exceeded state and district rates in every subject: by 18 points in science, 15 in ELA, and 15 in math compared with the state; its leads over the district were 14, 9, and 9 points, respectively. Within the school, grade 6 ELA was a high point at 78%, while grade 7 ELA was lower at 52%; grade 8 math was 50%, below the results at nearby K–8 peers with reported scores.
Results have improved since 2022–2023, especially in science: proficiency rose 16 percentage points to 54%, while ELA increased 7 points to 65% and math 4 points to 53%. The latest ELA and math results dipped slightly from the previous year, while science continued to rise. SchoolDigger ranks Fairmont 1,122nd of 5,804 California schools, in the 81st percentile with 4 stars; it is third among the nearby schools by percentile. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 22.2:1, around the middle of the nearby range, and 47% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, below the nearby-school average of 55%. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for Asian students rose from the 25th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 56th in 2025–2026; its ranking for White students was 58th, compared with 81st overall.
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