Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93651

ZIP code 93651 has one school, Foothill Elementary, serving grades K–6 with 609 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was higher than California’s in science and math, but lower in English language arts (ELA). The most important pattern is the sharp contrast between strong fifth-grade results and much weaker sixth-grade results.

As the area’s only school, Foothill Elementary is both the local standout and the only school to consider. Overall, 47% of students were proficient in science, 11 percentage points above California, and 40% in math, 2 points above the state; ELA was 43%, 6 points below. The school’s science and math results were also above Sierra Unified, while ELA was 6 points below the district. Grade-level results show the biggest strength in fifth grade: ELA was 10 points and math 16 points above the state. In sixth grade, ELA was 21 points below and math 11 points below. Across grades 3–6, results varied by 32 points in ELA and 27 in math.

Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: Foothill Elementary gained 3 points in ELA, 10 in math, and 24 in science, outpacing statewide gains in each subject. Its math result moved from 7 points below the state to 2 points above, and science from 10 below to 11 above; ELA remains below the state. SchoolDigger raised its rating from the 42nd percentile and 2 stars to the 57th percentile and 3 stars. Other context: chronic absenteeism was 30% in 2025–26, versus 27% in the district and 18% statewide; the student–teacher ratio was 20.3 in 2024–25, and 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25.