Summary:
Zip code 93201 has two schools in Alpaugh Unified, serving kindergarten through grade 12: Alpaugh Elementary (K–8) and Alpaugh -Senior High (grades 9–12). The area’s reported school results show a mixed picture by subject, but the clearest concern is that both schools’ English and math proficiency results are well below state levels: ELA is 23% and 30%, compared with 49% statewide, while math is 17% and 6%, compared with 38% statewide.
No school leads in every subject. Alpaugh -Senior High has the stronger ELA result, 30% versus 23% at Alpaugh Elementary, and leads in science, 36% versus 9%; its science result is narrowly above the 36% state result. Alpaugh Elementary leads in math, 17% versus 6% at the senior high. The senior high also reports a 100% graduation rate, compared with 88% statewide, and a 0% dropout rate, compared with 8% statewide. SchoolDigger ranks the elementary at the 14th percentile and the senior high at the 41st percentile.
Recent changes are encouraging in some areas but not all: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Alpaugh Elementary improved 8 points in ELA and 9 points in math, while its science result fell 6 points; at Alpaugh -Senior High, ELA fell 3 points and math rose 2 points. SchoolDigger percentiles also rebounded from the prior year: the elementary moved from 2 to 14, and the senior high from 23 to 41. For context, 2024–2025 enrollment was 249 at the elementary and 96 at the senior high, with student–teacher ratios of 22.9 and 14.1. Both schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025—79% and 82%, respectively—and chronic absenteeism above the state rate: 21% at each school versus 18% statewide.
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