Summary:
ZIP code 92646 has nine schools: six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, serving a range of grade levels. In 2025–2026, every school’s reported all-grades proficiency results were above the state in the subjects summarized, though elementary scores varied much more from school to school than middle-school scores. The biggest difference for families comparing local elementary options is the wide spread in results, with John R. Peterson Elementary consistently at the low end.
Newland (William T.) Elementary led the elementary schools in ELA and math, with 87% and 89% proficient; those results were 37 and 38 points above Peterson, the elementary low in both subjects at 51% and 51%. John H. Eader Elementary led elementary science at 71%, 25 points above Peterson’s 46%. Among the middle schools, Talbert (Samuel E.) Middle led ELA and math at 77% and 65%, while Isaac L. Sowers Middle led science at 62%. Edison High, the only high school listed, was above the state in all three subjects, but its math advantage was just 5 points.
Recent results are mixed: across the nine schools, average proficiency slipped by about 1 point in each subject between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while state results rose by about 0 points in ELA, 1 in math and 3 in science. Some schools improved notably: Oka (Isojiro) Elementary gained 4 points in ELA, Talbert gained 5 in math, and Eader gained 13 in science; S. A. Moffett Elementary fell 15 points in science. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile ranking rose for Oka, from 93 to 97, and fell for Peterson, from 88 to 69; Newland stayed at 99. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 14% at Newland to 46% at Peterson, useful context but not a simple guide to results: Oka had 34% and still posted the second-highest elementary ELA and math scores. Middle-school ratios were 20.4 at Talbert and 24.2 at Sowers, whose science result was higher despite its larger ratio.
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