Schools in Zip Code 93066

Schools in zip code 93066 include two K–8 elementary schools: Mesa Elementary and Somis Elementary. They serve the same grade span, but Mesa enrolls more than twice as many students as Somis (597 versus 270). The clearest difference in 2025–2026 results is science: Mesa scored 43%, compared with 17% at Somis, a 26-point gap; their math results, by contrast, were virtually tied. The most important takeaway is that these schools have very different science outcomes despite their nearly identical math results.

Mesa stands out overall in ELA and science, with 60% in ELA and 43% in science, compared with 42% and 17% at Somis. Both were above the state in math, at 43.6% and 43.7%, respectively, while the state result was 38%. Somis has notable grade-level strengths: fourth-grade math reached 63%, 21 points above the state. Mesa’s eighth graders scored 80% in ELA and 56% in math—31 and 20 points above state results. At the other end, Somis’s sixth-grade ELA result was 15%, 33 points below the state.

Recent results moved in different directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Mesa improved in all three subjects, while Somis’s ELA fell 10 points to 42%, math was nearly unchanged, and science rose 4 points to 17%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Mesa edged up from 54 to 57; Somis’s fell from 72 to 49. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 20.3 at Mesa and 22.3 at Somis; free/reduced lunch eligible figures that year were 41% and 81%, respectively. The data also flag that all California students receive free school meals. These are context measures, not explanations for school results; grade-level results can also vary with cohort size.