Summary:
ZIP code 95202 has two high schools in Stockton Early College Academy and Stockton High; both serve grades 9–12, with enrollments of 428 and 191. The most important finding for families is the sharp difference between their results: in 2025–2026, the schools’ proficiency gaps were 79 percentage points in ELA, 57 in math and 58 in science.
Stockton Early College Academy stands out at the top, with 90% proficiency in ELA, 59% in math and 64% in science, compared with 11%, 2% and 6% at Stockton High. Early College was above state results in all three subjects, while Stockton High was below them in all three. The contrast also appears in other outcomes: graduation was 100% at Early College and 49% at Stockton High; chronic absenteeism was 3% and 92%, respectively. SchoolDigger ranked Early College 89th of 2,137 California schools, in the 96th percentile with five stars, and Stockton High 1,992nd, in the 7th percentile with no stars.
Recent proficiency results mostly declined at both schools, even as state results rose in all three subjects: five of the six school-subject results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with Stockton High math the exception, rising from 0% to 2%. On a simple, unweighted comparison, the schools’ combined average moved from 2 percentage points above the state in 2024–2025 to 3 points below in 2025–2026. Early College has a higher reported student-teacher ratio despite its stronger results: 30.2, compared with 25.5 at Stockton High. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, at 65% and 90%, respectively; these are context, not an explanation for results. The schools are relatively small, so results can be sensitive to the number of students represented.
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