Summary:
ZIP code 93662 has three high schools: Selma High serves grades 9–12, while Heartland High (Continuation) and Selma Independent serve grades 7–12. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 25% in ELA, 13% in math and 12% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that results vary sharply among schools, with Selma High far ahead of the other two.
Selma High leads in every all-grade subject, with 56% proficiency in ELA, 33% in math and 22% in science; its ELA result is 7 percentage points above the state, while math is 6 points below and science 14 points below. The other schools have much lower results: Heartland records 8% in ELA, 5% in math and 14% in science, while Selma Independent has 11% in ELA and 0% in both math and science. Selma High also has the strongest graduation and attendance figures: 98% graduate and 18% are chronically absent, compared with 85% graduation and 66% chronic absenteeism at Heartland, and 81% and 77% at Selma Independent.
Recent changes are mixed. Selma High improved in all three subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, including a 9-point gain in math. Heartland’s science rose 11 points, but its ELA fell 22 points; Selma Independent’s ELA rose 2 points while math and science declined. SchoolDigger ranks Selma High at the 54th percentile, Heartland at the 15th and Selma Independent at the 3rd for 2025–2026. Selma High has the highest student–teacher ratio, 19.4, versus 15.2 at Heartland and 17.7 at Selma Independent. All three report free/reduced lunch eligibility for 2024–2025: 90% at Selma High, 95% at Heartland and 93% at Selma Independent. The schools differ in grade span and type, and the two smaller schools have enrollments of 105 and 72, compared with 1,721 at Selma High.
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