Schools in Zip Code 95136

ZIP code 95136 has six schools: four elementary schools and two high schools, including one alternative school serving grades 6–12. The schools’ average proficiency in 2025–2026 was 34% in English, 23% in math and 23% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. Results vary substantially from school to school, so the ZIP code’s averages do not describe every school equally well. Most importantly, math has the widest divide: results range from 2% at Liberty Alternative to 36% at Hayes Elementary, against a six-school average of 23%.

Different schools lead in different subjects. Gunderson High has the strongest all-grades English result at 42%, about 10 percentage points above the other five schools’ average; Hayes leads in math at 36%, about 15 points above the others’ average; and Rachel Carson Elementary leads in science at 33%, about 12 points above the others’ average. At the other end, Liberty records 28% in English, 2% in math and 6% in science—22, 36 and 30 points below state results. Grade-level results add useful distinctions: Carson leads Terrell Elementary in fifth-grade English, 41% to 14%, while Hayes leads Parkview Elementary in sixth-grade English, 50% to 34%.

Recent results show no single direction of change: the six-school English average rose 3 percentage points from the prior year, math slipped 1 point and science rose 3 points. Science’s gain was especially notable at Carson, up 15 points to 33%; its result is now 3 points below the state. SchoolDigger rankings also moved in different directions from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026: Liberty and Terrell rose 3 percentile points, while Gunderson fell 20. All six schools report free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, ranging from 47% at Carson to 65% at Parkview; this is context about their student populations, not an explanation for results. Attendance also varies: chronic absenteeism is 55% at Liberty and 14% at Carson, compared with 18% statewide. Because schools serve different grades, grade-specific comparisons are more like-for-like.