Summary:
Zip code 95122 has 16 schools serving 7,831 students across elementary, middle, and high school grades, with enrollment ranging from 141 to 1,612 students. Among the 12 schools with 2025–2026 results, average proficiency was 38% in English language arts (ELA), 26% in math, and 24% in science, below state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The key takeaway is that results vary sharply from school to school, so an area-wide average hides important differences.
College Connection Academy is the clearest current standout: it led the 12 schools in all three subjects, with 80% in ELA, 69% in math, and 59% in science. Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory was next highest in math and science, at 54% and 56%, and scored 64% in ELA. The gap holds in grade-by-grade comparisons: College Connection outscored the other listed grades 7–8 schools in both ELA and math in grades 7 and 8. At the other end, Apollo High had the lowest results: 20% in ELA, 0% in math, and 1% in science. KIPP Heartwood Academy also stands out in its latest reported year, 2024–2025, with 70% in ELA, 64% in math, and 56% in science; SchoolDigger rated it five stars that year.
Across the 12 schools with results in both years, science improved by an average of 5 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math by 1 point, while ELA was essentially unchanged. Gains were uneven: Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary had the largest ELA gain, about 10 points, and Santee Elementary had the largest math gain, about 11 points; Apollo had the largest ELA decline, about 8 points. SchoolDigger placed College Connection at the 94th percentile in its 2025–2026 statewide ranking, compared with the 8th percentile for Apollo and Bridges Academy. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 55% at Cornerstone to 90% at Robert F. Kennedy Elementary; College Connection’s share was 65%. These figures describe school differences, not what causes them.
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