Summary:
ZIP code 93656 has two elementary schools: Fipps Primary, serving kindergarten through grade 3 with 394 students, and Burrel Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 with 94 students (enrollment in 2024–2025). In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades ELA and math results were below California’s rates, but Fipps led the two-school comparison in both subjects.
Fipps Primary stands out on all-grades results: it had 35% proficiency in ELA and 23% in math, versus 26% and 21% at Burrel Elementary—advantages of 9 points in ELA and 2 in math. Both schools remained below state results of 49% in ELA and 38% in math. Burrel’s clearest strength was eighth grade, where 55% were proficient in both subjects, above the state by 5 points in ELA and 18 in math; its fifth-grade results were 13% in ELA and 7% in math. Because the schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are not fully like-for-like.
Results over time show a shared ELA improvement but different math patterns: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 5 points at Fipps and 4 at Burrel, while math rose 2 points at Fipps and fell 3 at Burrel; the average math gap from the state widened by 1 point. Burrel’s science score also climbed 14 points, to 19%, but remained below the state. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 93% at Fipps and 85% at Burrel; student–teacher ratios were 18.7 and 11.7, respectively. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 11% at Fipps and 14% at Burrel, compared with 18% statewide. SchoolDigger lists the schools’ districts at 644 of 968 for Riverdale Joint Unified and 790 of 968 for Burrel Union Elementary; these are district, not school, rankings.
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