Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 92806 include five schools serving 5,331 students across elementary, middle and high school grades. Across all grades, the schools averaged 32% proficient in English language arts, 20% in math and 20% in science, compared with state figures of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest standout is Juarez (Benito) Elementary, whose 37% science result was about 1 percentage point above the state figure.
Katella High led in all-grades English language arts at 45%, while Juarez led in math at 33% and science at 37%; Juarez also had the strongest English language arts score among the elementary schools, at 42%. Juarez’s science result was 14 points above the next-highest school, Katella, and 27 points above South Junior High, which had the lowest math and science results at 11% and 10%. Sunkist Elementary had the lowest English language arts result, at 23%; South was next-lowest at 25%.
Results generally rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the changes varied: the five-school average was nearly unchanged in English language arts, up about 3 points in math and up about 2 points in science. Juarez improved in all three subjects—about 4 points in English language arts, 6 in math and 15 in science—while Guinn (James M.) Elementary fell about 5 points in science and Sunkist fell about 3 points in English language arts. SchoolDigger ranked Juarez highest in this group, at the 48th percentile, followed by Katella at the 37th, Guinn at the 14th, Sunkist at the 13th and South at the 8th. As context, in 2024–25 the elementary schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates of 60% at Juarez, 62% at Guinn and 84% at Sunkist; student-teacher ratios were 20.7, 23.0 and 24.1, respectively. These characteristics are context, not explanations for score differences.
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