Summary:
ZIP code 95138 has two K–6 elementary schools, Silver Oak Elementary and Ledesma (Rita) Elementary. In 2025–2026, both were above California’s results in all-grades English language arts (ELA), math and science. Math was the strongest subject relative to the state for both schools: Silver Oak was 42 percentage points above California, and Ledesma was 23 points above. The most important difference for families comparing these schools is that Silver Oak led overall, but the size of its lead varied by subject and grade.
Silver Oak stands out at the top of the pair: its all-grades results were 79% in ELA, 81% in math and 62% in science, compared with 60%, 61% and 54% at Ledesma. That amounts to school-to-school gaps of 19 percentage points in ELA, 19 in math and 8 in science. SchoolDigger also ranks Silver Oak higher: 332nd of 5,804 schools, in the 94th percentile with five stars, versus Ledesma’s 1,164th, 80th percentile and four stars. Ledesma has a notable fifth-grade exception: its math result was 72%, ahead of Silver Oak’s 68%, while their fifth-grade ELA results were nearly tied at about 70%.
Results declined at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in every all-grades subject, while California’s results rose. The average across the two schools fell by 3 percentage points in ELA, 2 in math and 2 in science; the pair’s advantage over the state narrowed by 4, 3 and 5 points, respectively. Other differences may help families compare the schools but do not explain their scores: in 2024–2025, Silver Oak’s student–teacher ratio was 24.6, compared with 25.0 at Ledesma, and their free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 9% and 35%. These figures are observations, not evidence of cause and effect.
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