Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93534

Schools in ZIP code 93534 include nine schools—six elementary, two middle, and one high school—with eight reporting 2025–2026 results. The area’s equal-weighted averages across those eight schools were 26% in ELA, 18% in math, and 17% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Because grade spans differ, all-grades results are a broad comparison rather than a like-for-like measure. The clearest finding is that Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering was the only school above the state in all three subjects.

Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering led with 61% in ELA, 40% in math, and 43% in science—12, 2, and 7 percentage points above state results. It also led the other seven schools’ average scores by 40 points in ELA, 25 in math, and 29 in science. At the other end, Rise had the lowest reported results: 3% in ELA and 0% in math and science, respectively 46, 38, and 36 points below state results. Some grade-level results at Rise are state-suppressed. Grade-level strengths offer additional context: Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies fifth graders scored 48% in math, 11 points above the state for that grade, while Sunnydale Elementary third graders scored 46% in ELA, 2 points above the state.

Recent changes are mixed: the eight-school math average rose about 1 point from 2024–2025, while science fell about 1 point as the state result rose 3, widening the science gap by 4 points. Fulton and Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering and Sunnydale Elementary improved in all three subjects; Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies’ science result fell 10 points. SchoolDigger gives Fulton a four-star rating and a 73rd-percentile rank; its rank history shows a 19-point percentile rise for Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies since 2023–2024. The schools’ reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025 ranged from 77% at Fulton to 94% at Mariposa Elementary. Fulton’s student-teacher ratio was 31.9, compared with 21.3 at Sunnydale—contextual differences, not explanations for achievement.