Summary:
ZIP code 93277 has 17 schools: 10 elementary, two middle, four high schools and one alternative school; 15 have 2025–26 results. Across those schools, average proficiency is 48% in English language arts (ELA), 29% in math and 31% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is that one exceptional school lifts the overall picture, while math and science results are below state levels at most schools.
University Preparatory High leads all three subjects, with 92% in ELA, 67% in math and 83% in science—27, 25 and 40 percentage points above the next-highest schools. Its results are also 42, 29 and 47 points above state rates. At the other end, Washington Elementary has the lowest ELA result at 31%, while Visalia Technical Early College is lowest in math at 14% and Charter Home School Academy is lowest in science at 10%. Linwood Elementary is a notable exception: its 42% math result is above state, and its 52% ELA result is also above state. By contrast, El Diamante High has 64% ELA but 23% math.
Recent changes are mixed: average ELA rose by 2 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, bringing the gap with the state from 2 points to 1, while average math changed little and its state gap widened by about 1 point. Average science rose by 3 points, but its gap widened from 4 to 5 points. Individual results differ: La Joya Middle gained 9 points in ELA, while Linwood fell 7 points in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Crestwood Elementary rose from 31 to 47 between 2023–24 and 2025–26; Washington rose from 7 to 19. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure is for 2024–25: it is 90% at Washington and 68% at Linwood, showing that similar measures can accompany very different results. These are observations, not explanations of performance.
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