Summary:
Zip code 92257 has one listed school, Grace Smith Elementary, serving kindergarten through Grade 4 in Calipatria Unified. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 13% in English language arts (ELA), compared with 37% in the district and 49% statewide; in math, it was 22%, versus 27% and 38%. Chronic absenteeism was also higher: 31%, compared with 24% in the district and 18% statewide. The most important finding is that the school’s latest results are substantially below state levels in both subjects, with the larger gap in ELA.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom school comparison because Grace Smith is the only school in the area list. Within the school, fourth-grade math is a relative bright spot: 25% were proficient, 4 percentage points above the district, although still 17 points below the state. Third-grade math was 18%, 12 points below the district. ELA proficiency was 9% in Grade 3 and 17% in Grade 4; both results were below the district and state. The available figures describe one school, so they cannot show how it compares with nearby peer schools.
Results dropped sharply from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: all-grades ELA fell from 36% to 13%, a 23-point decline, and math fell from 36% to 22%, a 14-point decline. State results were essentially steady in ELA and rose by about 1 point in math, so Grace Smith’s state gaps widened in both subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also fell from the 61st percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 5th percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026. For context, the school had a 13:1 student-teacher ratio and 92% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.
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