Schools in Zip Code 93283

Zip code 93283 has one listed school, South Fork Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 348 students. With no other listed schools, the useful comparisons are with California and across the school’s grades and years. In 2025–26, its all-grade science proficiency was 37%, about 1 percentage point above California’s 36%; ELA was 40% versus 49% statewide, and math was 28% versus 38%. The most important finding is that eighth grade is above state results in ELA and math, while grades 3–7 are below in both.

South Fork Elementary is the only school in the area, so there is no local top or bottom school to compare. Science is its strongest all-grade subject relative to the state, while math has its largest deficit: in 2025–26, the school was 1 point above California in science, 10 points below in ELA, and 10 points below in math. Eighth grade stands out within the school: ELA proficiency was 53% compared with 49% statewide, and math was 51% compared with 36%, advantages of 4 and 15 points. Grades 3–7 were below state results in both subjects; for example, grade 4 ELA was 23% versus 46%, and grade 5 math was 17% versus 38%.

Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the school gained about 1 point in ELA and 5 in science, but lost 2 points in math. Science moved from about 1 point below the state to 1 point above; the ELA gap narrowed slightly, while the math gap widened from 7 to 10 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking declined from the 43rd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–24 to the 28th percentile and 1 star in 2025–26. Context measures include a 19.4:1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25, and 79% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 21%, compared with 18% statewide.