Summary:
ZIP code 93723 has six schools in Central Unified: four elementary schools serving K–6, one middle school, and one high school, together spanning kindergarten through grade 12. Their 2025–26 average results were 46% in ELA, 32% in math, and 21% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important shared concern is science: the schools’ average was 15 percentage points below the state.
Herndon-Barstow is the strongest all-around performer, with 53% in ELA and 49% in math—4 and 11 points above the state—and the lowest chronic absenteeism, at 12%. Justin Garza leads ELA at 66%, 17 points above the state, and science at 36%, just under the state rate; its math result is 26%, 12 points below the state. At the lower end, Roosevelt has the lowest ELA result, 33%, 16 points below the state, while Biola-Pershing has the lowest science result, 8%, 28 points below the state. Glacier Point is lowest in math at 24%, 14 points below the state.
Group-average ELA and math improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26, narrowing their gaps to the state from 6 to 3 points and from 8 to 6 points, respectively; science moved the other way, with its gap widening from 6 to 15 points. Individual results varied: Justin Garza’s ELA rose 13 points, while Biola-Pershing’s science fell 21 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Herndon-Barstow at the 67th percentile and Justin Garza at the 64th; Roosevelt gained 16 percentile points over three years, while Biola-Pershing lost 20. The schools report free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL) for 2024–25, with shares from 69% at Herndon-Barstow to 92% at Biola-Pershing; these figures are context, not an explanation for results.
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