Summary:
ZIP code 94560 has one middle school, Newark Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 980 students; the available comparisons are with California and Newark Unified. In 2025–2026, the school’s ELA proficiency was 47%, close to California’s 49%, and math was 38%, essentially level with the state’s 38%. Science was the clear concern: 18% met the standard, compared with 36% statewide.
There is no second school in the ZIP code to rank above or below Newark Middle, but its results show a clear subject and grade-level contrast. Math was its strongest all-grades result, close to both the state and district; ELA was 2 percentage points below the state and also slightly below the district. Science was weakest, 18 percentage points below the state and 14 below the district. Grade 6 results were stronger: ELA was 54%, 6 points above the state, and math was 44%, also 6 points above. By grade 8, ELA was 38%, 12 points below the state, math was 32%, 4 points below, and science was 18%, 17 points below. These grade differences make the all-grades results less representative of the stronger grade 6 picture.
Recent trends reinforce science as the main area to watch: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Newark Middle’s science proficiency fell 8 points while the state result rose 3 points, widening the school’s state gap by 11 points. ELA fell 4 points, shifting from above the state to 2 points below; math rose 2 points and moved closer to the state. SchoolDigger gave the school 3 stars in each of the three years shown; its statewide percentile was 56 in 2025–2026, down 7 points from the prior year. The student–teacher ratio was 22.5 in 2024–2025, and 40% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 15% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 18% and around the district’s 15%.
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