Summary:
ZIP code 95203 has two high schools in Stockton Unified: Health Careers Academy and Weber Institute, both serving grades 9–12. Their enrollments are 410 and 358, respectively. The clearest shared academic concern is mathematics: in 2025–2026, proficiency was 12% at Health Careers Academy and 20% at Weber, compared with 38% statewide; the schools’ average was 22 points below the state.
Which school leads depends on the subject: Health Careers Academy stands out in ELA and science, while Weber leads in math. Health Careers Academy’s ELA result was 60%, 11 points above the state and 14 points above Weber’s 46%; in science, it scored 42%, 6 points above the state and 17 points above Weber’s 25%. Weber’s math result was 8 points higher than Health Careers Academy’s, though still 18 points below the state. Both schools also report strong graduation and attendance outcomes: graduation was 99% at Health Careers Academy and 100% at Weber, while chronic absenteeism was 9% and 10%, respectively, versus 18% statewide.
Recent academic trends are mixed, with declines in ELA and science at both schools but a notable math gain at Weber. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA proficiency fell 19 points at Health Careers Academy and 15 at Weber, while the state rose by less than 1 point; science fell 2 points at Health Careers Academy and by less than 1 at Weber, while the state gained 3. In math, Weber rose 9 points and Health Careers Academy fell 11. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile also declined between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, from 63 to 56 for Health Careers Academy and from 77 to 42 for Weber, though Health Careers Academy ranks higher in the latest year. As context, both reported similar free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025—79.0% at Health Careers Academy and 78.5% at Weber—and student-teacher ratios of 17.7 and 15.5.
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