Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 93461 include two schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Shandon Elementary (K–8, 167 students) and Shandon High (grades 9–12, 83 students), with 250 students combined. Their 2025–2026 results show different strengths: High leads in all-grades English language arts (ELA) and science, while Elementary leads in math. Both schools have above-state chronic absenteeism: 27% at Elementary and 20% at High, compared with 18% statewide. The clearest shared academic concern is math, where both schools fell below the state and High’s gap was especially large.
Shandon High stands out in ELA and science: it scored 50% in ELA and 44% in science, compared with 37% and 17% at Shandon Elementary—gaps of 13 and 27 percentage points. High was about 1 point above the state in ELA and 8 points above in science. Elementary led in math, scoring 24% versus High’s 6%, but both were below the state’s 38%: by 14 points at Elementary and 33 points at High. Elementary’s third-grade ELA (63%) and fourth-grade math (50%) were above state results by 19 and 8 points, respectively. High also reported a 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate, compared with 88% and 8% statewide.
Results improved sharply at High from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 29 percentage points, science 32, and math 6. Elementary’s ELA rose 3 points, while math fell 1 point and science fell 9. SchoolDigger placed Elementary at the 42nd percentile in both recent years, up from the 19th percentile in 2023–2024; High moved from the 37th to the 23rd and then the 49th percentile. For 2024–2025, High had a lower student-teacher ratio (12.2 versus 16.1) and a higher reported free/reduced lunch eligible share (71% versus 65%). Because the schools serve different grade spans and tested-student counts are not provided, their all-grades comparisons are not same-grade comparisons.
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