Summary:
ZIP code 95131 has three elementary schools: Orchard Elementary serves kindergarten through grade 8, while Vinci Park Elementary and Brooktree Elementary serve kindergarten through grade 5. Their shared grades are 3–5, where comparisons are most direct. The clearest overall finding is that Vinci Park leads the other two in every shared-grade ELA and math result, as well as grade 5 science.
Vinci Park Elementary is the strongest all-around performer: its 2025–26 all-grade proficiency was 66% in ELA, 66% in math and 57% in science—17, 28 and 21 percentage points above the state, respectively. Orchard Elementary had the lowest all-grade ELA and math results, at 39% and 30%, while Brooktree Elementary had the lowest science result, 27%. Grade-level results show exceptions to those overall patterns: Brooktree exceeded the state in grade 3 ELA and math and grade 5 ELA, but had the lowest grade 4 math score, at 21%, just below Orchard’s 21%.
Recent trends also differ. Orchard improved in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26, including a 6-point science gain; Vinci Park’s ELA fell 4 points while its math and science rose 2 and 1 points; Brooktree declined in all three, including an 18-point science drop. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose for Vinci Park, from 80 to 85, and fell for Brooktree, from 68 to 48; Orchard moved from 38 to 34. For context, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 31% at Vinci Park, 41% at Brooktree and 50% at Orchard. Student–teacher ratios that year were 25.1, 21.5 and 16.4, respectively; 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 12%, 19% and 15%.
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