Summary:
ZIP code 93206 has one listed school, Buttonwillow Elementary, a K–8 school serving 288 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 34% in English language arts (ELA), 19% in math and 18% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The most important takeaway is that results improved from the prior year, but the school remains below state averages in all three subjects, with the largest gap in math.
There is no meaningful school-to-school ranking in this ZIP code because only one school is listed; Buttonwillow Elementary is therefore both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the local list. ELA is its strongest all-grade subject and the closest to the state result: the gap is 16 percentage points, versus 19 points in math and 18 in science. Grade-level results show an important exception to the broader pattern: fourth-grade ELA reached 50%, 4 points above the state’s 46%. At the other extreme, sixth-grade math was 0%, compared with 37% statewide.
Results rose in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, especially in science: ELA increased by 8 percentage points, math by 1 and science by 14. Science’s gap with the state narrowed by 10 points, though it remains below the state result. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking moved from 5 in 2023–2024 to 23 in 2024–2025 and 20 in 2025–2026; its rating rose from zero stars to one star in 2024–2025 and stayed there. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide, and the student–teacher ratio was 12.4 in 2024–2025. In 2024–2025, 91% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch; this is context about the school, not an explanation for its results.
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