Summary:
Zip code 93962 has one listed school, Spreckels Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5 with 529 students; with no other listed schools, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest picture is a school with stronger-than-state math and science results, but below-state ELA.
In 2025–2026, Spreckels Elementary stood out positively in math and science: its results were 46% in math, 7 points above California, and 40% in science, 4 points above. ELA was the relative weakness at 46%, 3 points below the state. Grade-level results show a notable split: grade 5 ELA was 9 points above California, while grade 4 ELA was 10 points below; grade 5 math was 13 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism was also lower than the comparisons, at 8% versus 9% for Spreckels Union Elementary and 18% statewide.
ELA declined from 54% in 2024–2025 to 46% in 2025–2026, shifting from 5 points above California to 3 points below. Math remained above the state in both years, though its lead narrowed by 1 point; science scores rose by 1 point, while its state lead narrowed by 2 points. SchoolDigger gives Spreckels Elementary 3 stars, and its percentile rank fell from 70 in 2023–2024 to 61 in 2025–2026. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 24 in 2024–2025, and 19% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures describe the school but do not provide a basis for comparing it with similar local schools.
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