Summary:
ZIP code 93654 has 13 schools: 7 elementary, 2 middle, 3 high and 1 alternative, serving students from elementary through high school in the Kings Canyon Joint Unified area. In 2025–26, the average of the schools’ results was above the state rate in English language arts (ELA) and math, but below it in science. The most important finding is how widely results differ from school to school: the highest-to-lowest spread was 78 percentage points in ELA, 59 in math and 74 in science.
Reedley Middle College High stands out in ELA and science, with 95% and 75% proficiency—the highest rates in the area. Its scores were 46 points above the state in ELA and 39 points above in science. Alta Elementary led math at 63%, 24 points above the state. At the other end, Mountain View (Alternative) had the lowest scores in all three subjects: 17% in ELA, 4% in math and 2% in science. General Grant Middle and Silas Bartsch were above the state in all three subjects; Lincoln Elementary was also above the state in all three.
Across the 13 schools, average scores rose from 2024–25 by 4 points in ELA, 4 in math and 1 in science, but science fell farther behind the state average. Washington Elementary declined in every subject, including 22 points in math and 27 in science, while Kings Canyon Continuation gained 37 points in ELA but scored just 8% in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking history also rose for Kings Canyon Continuation, from the 18th to the 42nd percentile, while Washington fell from the 64th to the 46th. As context, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, ranging from 71% at Reedley Middle College to 96% at Jefferson Elementary; the measure describes school context, not the cause of results. Reedley Middle College’s student-teacher ratio was 31.8, compared with 14.6 at Mountain View, so these figures do not by themselves indicate which school is the better fit.
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