Summary:
ZIP code 95062 has two middle schools, Shoreline Middle and Branciforte Middle, both serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 887 students combined. In 2025–26, the schools’ average proficiency was 55% in ELA, 40% in math and 45% in science; those averages were 6, 1 and 9 percentage points above the state, respectively. Results vary most in math, where one school is above the state and the other is below. The clearest overall finding is that Branciforte leads Shoreline in all three subjects, while science is the area’s strongest result relative to the state.
Branciforte Middle stands out at the top: it scored 61% in ELA, 47% in math and 48% in science, beating Shoreline Middle by 13, 14 and 4 percentage points, respectively. Branciforte was also above the state in every subject, by 12 points in ELA, 9 in math and 12 in science. Shoreline scored 49% in ELA, 33% in math and 43% in science; its math result was 6 points below the state, while its science result was 7 points above. SchoolDigger ranks Branciforte 571st of 2,703 schools, in the 79th percentile with 4 stars, compared with Shoreline at 1,104th, in the 59th percentile with 3 stars.
Recent trends also favor Branciforte: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, its scores rose 1 point in ELA, 7 in math and 7 in science, while Shoreline’s fell 1, 4 and 10 points. Shoreline’s science score remains a relative strength, but its sharp decline is worth noting; its grade 7 results are also stronger relative to the state than its grade 6 math or ELA results. The schools differ in context, too: for 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was 65% at Shoreline and 38% at Branciforte, while student-teacher ratios were 18.3 and 17.8. Shoreline had lower chronic absenteeism in 2025–26, 12% versus 16%, despite lower scores in every subject. These are observations, not explanations for the differences; results cover only these two schools.
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