Summary:
ZIP code 95116 has five elementary schools with 1,567 students combined: four serve kindergarten through grade 5, while Adelante Dual Language Academy II serves kindergarten through grade 8. The clearest area-wide concern is that proficiency averages are well below California’s in every subject: the schools average 25% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math, and 18% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important finding is that all five schools trail the state in all three subjects.
Leaders differ by subject: Learning in an Urban Community with High Achievement (L.U.C.H.A.) leads ELA at 28% and science at 30%, while Aptitud Community Academy at Goss leads math at 25%. At the other end, San Antonio Elementary has the lowest ELA and math results, at 18% and 16%; Selma Olinder Elementary has the lowest science result, 8%. Science varies most, with a 22-point gap between L.U.C.H.A. and Selma Olinder. Attendance also separates schools: Adelante’s chronic absenteeism is 5%, versus 28% at Selma Olinder and 18% statewide.
Recent results show mixed movement, not consistent catch-up: the five-school ELA average was essentially unchanged, while math rose about 1 point and science rose about 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. L.U.C.H.A.’s science result rose 26 points, while Selma Olinder’s fell 11 points. SchoolDigger places the schools between the 7th and 22nd statewide percentiles; Aptitud’s percentile fell from 30 to 16 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while L.U.C.H.A.’s was 22 in 2025–2026. Student-teacher ratios range from 16.3 at Selma Olinder to 23.2 at San Antonio. All five report free/reduced lunch eligible measures for 2024–2025, ranging from 80% to 92%; these are context, not an explanation for achievement. Adelante’s K–8 grade mix also makes its all-grade results less directly comparable with the K–5 schools.
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