Schools in Zip Code 93662

ZIP code 93662 has 11 schools—7 elementary, 1 middle and 3 high schools, including a continuation school and an independent school—with enrollment from 72 to 1,721 and about 5,902 students in all. The 2025–2026 school averages were below state results in ELA, math and science, but performance varies sharply from school to school; that difference between schools is the area’s most important finding.

James Garfield Elementary stands out across subjects: it leads in math at 62% and science at 41%, and is second in ELA at 53%. Selma High leads ELA with 56%, about 4 points above Garfield and 7 points above the state. At the other end, Heartland High (Continuation) has the lowest ELA result, 8%—41 points below the state—while Selma Independent reports 0% in math and science. Among elementary schools, Terry Elementary is lowest in ELA and math, at 23% and 15%. Across all 11 schools, average results were 34% in ELA, 25% in math and 17% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%.

From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school average rose 3 points in math, but fell 3 points in ELA and 2 points in science; the math gap with the state narrowed, while the ELA and science gaps widened. SchoolDigger rankings rose for Garfield, from the 66th to the 74th percentile, and for Heartland, from the 3rd to the 15th; Indianola Elementary and Abraham Lincoln Middle fell from the 30th to 21st and 52nd to 40th percentiles, respectively. Garfield and Terry have similar enrollment, yet Garfield leads by 30 points in ELA, 46 in math and 29 in science. Their 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 21.7 and 24.5, and their reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 95% and 97% for sy 2024–2025; these are context, not explanations for score differences. Schools serve different grades and settings, so comparisons are not like-for-like.