Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93274

Schools in ZIP code 93274 include 30 schools—18 elementary, five middle and seven high schools—serving students across a wide range of grade levels. In 2025–2026 All Grades results, the average across schools with reported scores was 37% in ELA, 25% in math and 23% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is how widely results vary: the highest and lowest reported scores differ by 58 points in ELA, 54 in math and 40 in science, and those extremes include specialized schools that are not direct peers.

The leaders depend on the subject: Mission Oak High had the highest All Grades ELA result at 66%, ahead of Tulare Western High at 63% and Sundale Elementary at 60%. At the low end, Tulare Support reported 8%, Tulare Technical Preparatory High 9% and Accelerated Charter High 10%. In math, Alpine Vista led at 54%, followed by Sundale at 52% and Pleasant Elementary at 51%; three schools reported 0%. Sundale led science at 40%, with Oak Valley Elementary at 38% and Buena Vista Elementary at 36%. Same-grade results also highlight Pleasant: its third-grade ELA and math scores were 16 and 20 points above state results.

Matched-school averages improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose from 37.5% to 38.3%, math from 24% to 26%, and science from 20% to 23%. The average ELA and math gaps with the state narrowed slightly, while the science gap widened from 12.5 to 13.4 points. School-level changes differed: Mission Oak’s ELA rose 12 points, while Sierra Vista Charter High fell 23 points; Waukena Joint Union Elementary’s ELA fell 9 points. The reported low-income measure is free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: Pleasant was 84% eligible and Sundale 39%, while their All Grades ELA results were 56% and 60%, respectively—context that does not explain scores. Several high schools also report graduation rates of 97% to 100%, above the state’s 88%, even though their math proficiency results range from 0% to 32%, below the state’s 38%.