Summary:
ZIP code 95010 has one listed public middle school, New Brighton Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 585 students. In 2025–2026, its results were mixed by subject: English language arts (ELA) and science were above California rates, while mathematics was below. Because this is the only school in the list, families can’t compare it with another local school here. The clearest finding is that science is the school’s strongest result relative to the state, while mathematics is its main academic weakness.
New Brighton stands out most in science: 52% of students met the standard, compared with 36% statewide, a 17-point advantage. ELA was also above the state rate, at 57% versus 49%, or 8 points higher. Mathematics was 36%, 2 points below the state’s 38%. The grade-level results show that math performance varied: Grade 6 was 27% compared with 37% statewide, while Grade 8 was 43% compared with 36%. ELA was above the state in each grade, and Grade 8 science was 17 points above its state comparison.
Results changed in different directions over the two years. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 58% to 57%, narrowing the school’s advantage over the state from 9 to 8 points. Math fell from 42% to 36%, moving from 4 points above the state to 2 points below; science rose from 43% to 52%, increasing its lead from 10 to 17 points. SchoolDigger ranked New Brighton at the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024, the 75th in 2024–2025, and the 70th in 2025–2026 (804th of 2,703 California schools in the latest year). Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 20.9 in 2024–2025 and 30% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 12%, compared with 11% in the district and 18% statewide. These figures describe the school but do not provide comparisons with other schools in the ZIP code.
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