Summary:
ZIP code 94561 has 11 schools: eight elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, serving grades from kindergarten through high school, with Orchard Park serving K–8. In 2025–26, the schools’ unweighted average proficiency was about 37% in English language arts (ELA), 26% in math and 24% in science—roughly 13, 12 and 12 percentage points below state levels, respectively. Ten of 11 schools fell below the state in ELA and math, and all 11 did in science; the most important takeaway is that most schools in the area are below state proficiency levels across subjects.
Results vary considerably by school. Freedom High led all-grades ELA at 50%, while Laurel Elementary was lowest at 22—a 28-point difference. In math, Almond Grove Elementary led at 39%, compared with 15% at O’Hara Park Middle, a 24-point gap. Summer Lake Elementary had the strongest science result at 33%; Laurel was lowest at 11%, a 22-point spread. These all-grades comparisons include schools serving different grade spans.
The group’s average proficiency declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, while state results rose, widening the average gap by about 2 points in ELA, 2 in math and 4 in science. SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentiles also shifted: Orchard Park rose 12 points from 22 to 34 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while Almond Grove fell 29 points, from 71 to 42. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure is for 2024–25: Almond Grove was at 36% and Orchard Park at 73%, but those figures do not form a simple pattern with test results. The school averages are unweighted, and school grade spans differ.
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