Summary:
Zip code 93631 has two middle schools in Kingsburg Elementary Charter: Ronald W. Reagan Elementary serves grades 4–6, and Rafer Johnson Junior High serves grades 7–8. Their different grade spans make the school-wide results a broad comparison, while grade-level results help show how students’ results differ by grade. The clearest area-wide concern is science: the schools’ average was 23%, compared with 36% statewide.
Ronald W. Reagan Elementary led the two-school comparison in all three 2025–26 subjects, with 50% in ELA, 39% in math, and 25% in science; Rafer Johnson Junior High had 47%, 30%, and 21%, respectively. Reagan’s lead was 3 percentage points in ELA, 9 in math, and 4 in science. Reagan was about 1 point above the state in ELA and math, but 11 points below in science; Rafer was below the state in all three subjects, including 15 points below in science. Grade results add nuance: Reagan’s fourth-grade ELA and math were above state rates, while its fifth-grade results were below; Rafer’s eighth-grade ELA was about level with the state, but math was below state rates in both tested grades.
Recent trends were mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Reagan’s ELA rose by 1 point and math by 4, while science fell by 4; Rafer’s ELA fell by 6 points and math by 4, while science rose by 2. Even so, Rafer’s science remained well below the state. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Rafer declined from the 67th percentile in 2023–24 to the 47th in 2025–26, and its rating went from three stars to two. As context, 2024–25 student-teacher ratios were 29.4 at Reagan and 20.9 at Rafer; free/reduced lunch eligible rates that year were 73% and 69%, respectively. California also reports that all students receive free school meals. These measures describe the schools but do not explain their test results.
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