Summary:
ZIP code 95003 has one middle school, Aptos Junior High, serving grades 7–8 with 587 students in Pajaro Valley Unified. In 2025–2026, 42% of students were proficient in English Language Arts and 34% in math, both below state rates of 49% and 38%; science proficiency was 37%, slightly above the 36% state rate. The school was above its district in all three subjects. The clearest headline is that English and math are the school’s largest gaps against the state, while science is just above the state benchmark.
There is no other school in this ZIP code to rank against it, so Aptos Junior High is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the local list. Compared with state results, it was 7 percentage points lower in English and 5 points lower in math, but 1 point higher in science. Compared with its district, it was 14 points higher in English, 15 points higher in math and 18 points higher in science. Among its own subject results, science was highest and math lowest, a 3-point difference.
Results moved in different directions over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, English proficiency fell by 1 percentage point, from 43% to 42%, and math fell by 2 points, from 36% to 34%, while science rose by 7 points, from 30% to 37%. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentile declined from the 65th to the 53rd percentile over those three reported years. Chronic absenteeism was 27% in 2025–2026, compared with 21% in the district and 18% statewide. The student-teacher ratio was 22 in 2024–2025, and 51% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. These are useful context, not explanations for results; because the list has only one school, it cannot show how these measures compare with other local schools.
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