Summary:
ZIP code 93560 has one middle school, Tropico Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 815 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. Math is the clearest concern: 15% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide, a 23-point gap.
Because it is the only school in this ZIP-code list, there is no meaningful top-versus-bottom school comparison. Within Tropico Middle, grade 7 ELA was the strongest listed grade-level result at 38%, though still 12 points below the state; grade 7 math was weakest at 10%, 28 points below. Across all grades, results were 34% in ELA, 15% in math, and 21% in science, versus 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The school was also slightly below Southern Kern Unified in all-grades results: ELA was 33.5% versus 34.2%, science 21.0% versus 21.3%, and math 15% versus 20%. By contrast, each listed grade-level result was above its corresponding district result.
Results improved in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose from 30% to 34%, math from 10% to 15%, and science from 12% to 21%. The gaps with California narrowed by 3 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 6 in science, although the school remained below state rates in every subject. SchoolDigger’s percentile rose from 13 to 22, while its rating stayed at one star in each listed year. As context, the student-teacher ratio was 20.4 in 2024–25, and 81% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; chronic absenteeism was 25% in 2025–26, compared with 23% in the district and 18% statewide. With only one school in the list, these figures cannot show how Tropico compares with other local schools.
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