Summary:
ZIP code 95135 has three schools in the Evergreen Elementary district: two elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 6 and one middle school serving grades 7–8. In 2025–2026, all three schools scored well above California’s results: their average was 78% in ELA, 77% in math and 68% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The school-to-school spread was widest in science—20 percentage points, versus 7 in math and 4 in ELA. The most important finding is that the area’s strong science average masks a large difference between schools.
Evergreen Elementary stands out in math and science, with 81% proficiency in math and 79% in science; it is 6 points above the other schools’ average in math and 17 points above it in science. Chaboya Middle leads ELA at 80%, 3 points above the other two schools’ average. Tom Matsumoto Elementary has the lowest all-grades result in each subject: compared with the other schools’ average, it is lower by 3 points in ELA, 5 in math and 14 in science. Even so, each school is above the state in all three subjects.
Across 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, average school results fell by 1 point in ELA and 2 in math, while science rose by 1 point; the school-to-state gap narrowed in all three subjects. Individual results varied: Evergreen’s science proficiency jumped 15 points, while Tom Matsumoto’s fell 9 points. SchoolDigger gives all three schools five stars; its statewide rankings are 96th for Chaboya, 92nd for Tom Matsumoto and 96th for Evergreen. Student-teacher ratios range from 22.5 at Chaboya to 24.2 at Tom Matsumoto. Each school reports free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025: 16% at Chaboya, 13% at Tom Matsumoto and 15% at Evergreen. All-grades comparisons include schools serving different grade spans, so grade-level results can add context when comparing the elementary schools.
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