Summary:
ZIP code 92250 has two Holtville Unified elementary schools: Emmett S. Finley Elementary, serving grades K–5, and Pine Elementary, serving K–8. Their 2025–2026 results show a mixed area picture: the schools’ simple average is close to the state in ELA and above it in math and science, but those averages hide a sizable difference between schools. Pine leads Finley in all three all-grades subjects, though their different grade spans make those totals an imperfect comparison.
Pine is the stronger all-grades performer: it records 54% in ELA, 49% in math and 51% in science, compared with Finley at 43%, 35% and 33%—gaps of 12, 14 and 18 percentage points. Pine is above state rates in all three subjects, while Finley is below them. The shared-grade results are not uniformly in Pine’s favor: Finley leads grade 4 ELA by 18 points, but Pine’s grade 5 results stand out, leading by 45 points in ELA and 69 in math. Finley also has a notable Spanish-assessment strength: its overall result is 21%, versus 10% statewide, and Pine has no result supplied for comparison.
Results improved overall between the two test years, with the two-school average rising 2 points in ELA, 6 in math and 8 in science. The schools followed different paths: Finley improved in ELA and math, while Pine’s biggest gains were in science and math and its ELA result was essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger rates Pine four stars and places it at the 75th percentile in 2025–2026; Finley has two stars and is at the 48th percentile. Pine also has a lower 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio (18.8 versus 21.5) and a lower share of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year (66% versus 80%). These are differences between the schools, not explanations for their test results.
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