Summary:
ZIP code 93645 has five schools in Chawanakee Unified: one K–8 elementary school, three high schools and one K–12 alternative school. Four have reported 2025–26 proficiency results; the fifth, Cedar Continuation High, has no test-score figures in the supplied data. Across the four schools with results, English language arts averaged 59%, above the state’s 49%, while science averaged 38%, near the state’s 36%. Math is the clearest shared academic concern: the average was 23%, 16 percentage points below the state’s 38%.
Top results differ by subject, and no school leads across the board. Minarets Charter High led ELA at 80%, 31 points above the state and 28 points above the other three schools’ average; Chawanakee Academy Charter was lowest at 44%, 5 points below the state. In math, Spring Valley Elementary led at 35%, though it remained 4 points below the state, while Minarets High was lowest at 10%, 28 points below the state. Minarets High led science at 42%, 6 points above the state; Chawanakee Academy Charter was lowest at 33%.
Science improved most across the area: the four-school average rose from 23% in 2024–25 to 38% in 2025–26, moving from 10 points below the state to 2 points above it. Math barely changed, rising from 22% to 23%, while its gap to the state widened from 15 to 16 points. School trends vary: Minarets Charter High’s science rose 27 points, but its math fell 7; SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for the school moved from 80 in 2023–24 to 68 in 2025–26, while Spring Valley’s rose from 41 to 54. As context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 48% at Spring Valley to 57% at Chawanakee Academy Charter; these figures describe student populations and do not explain results. Attendance also differs: chronic absenteeism was 25% at Minarets High and 3% at Chawanakee Academy Charter, versus 18% statewide.
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