Summary:
ZIP code 93040 has one school, Piru Elementary, a K–5 school serving 272 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 45% in English language arts (ELA), 34% in math, and 19% in science. Attendance was a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was 10%, compared with 16% in the district and 18% statewide. The most important academic finding is that science was Piru’s largest gap with the state: 19% proficient versus 36%, or 17 percentage points lower.
There is no within-ZIP comparison because Piru is the only school, so it cannot be identified as a local top or bottom performer. Against the state, ELA was Piru’s closest all-grades result, 45% versus 49% (4 points lower); math was 34% versus 38% (5 points lower). The grade-level results show a sharper contrast: fifth-grade ELA was 50%, about 1 point above the state, while fifth-grade math was 17%, 20 points below. Grade 3 and grade 4 math were stronger, at 43% and 40%, respectively. Compared with Fillmore Unified, Piru was ahead by 14 points in ELA and 14 in math, and roughly even in science.
Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects: Piru gained 3 points in ELA, 12 in math, and 9 in science. Because statewide gains were smaller—0 points in ELA, 1 in math, and 3 in science—Piru narrowed its state gaps by 3, 10, and 6 points, respectively, though it remained below the state in all-grades results. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved from the 21st percentile in 2023–24 to the 46th percentile in 2025–26. Other context includes a 22.2:1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 77% of students free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school, but do not explain its test results.
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