Schools in Zip Code 93601

Zip code 93601 has one school, Wasuma Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade, with 270 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. In 2025–2026, Wasuma’s all-grade proficiency was 37% in ELA, 31% in math and 34% in science, compared with 34%, 23% and 26%, respectively, in the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary district. Wasuma was below California in each subject—by 13 percentage points in ELA, 7 in math and 2 in science—but science was closest to the state. The most important takeaway is that Wasuma exceeded its district in every subject while remaining below the state in all three.

There is no separate top- or bottom-performing school in the ZIP code; the biggest differences are among Wasuma’s grades. Eighth grade stood out positively: 57% were proficient in ELA, 7 points above the state, and 50% in math, 14 points above. Sixth grade was a clear concern, with 14% proficient in ELA, 34 points below the state, and 7% in math, 30 points below. Results varied elsewhere, too: fourth-grade math was 44%, close to the state’s 42%, while third-grade math was 20%, 27 points below the state. These grade-level contrasts mean the all-grade results do not describe every grade equally well.

Across 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA improved from 35% to 37%, narrowing its state gap by 2 points; science rose from 27% to 34%, narrowing its gap by 4 points. Math slipped from 32% to 31%, and its gap with the state widened by 2 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 47th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 30th in 2025–2026. For context, the student–teacher ratio was 20.6:1 in 2024–2025, and 61% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 24% and the state’s 18%. These are observations, not explanations of the results; with just one school listed, there are no local school peers for comparison.