Summary:
Zip code 95205 has eight schools: seven elementary schools serving K–8 and Jane Frederick High, which serves grades 9–12. In 2025–26, the six K–8 schools with current results averaged 24% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), 14% in math and 15% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The average gaps were about 25 points in ELA, 24 in math and 21 in science. The most important finding is that every one of these six K–8 schools fell below the state average in all three subjects.
King Elementary leads in ELA and science, with 32% and 23% proficiency—about 10 and 9 points above the other five schools’ averages in those subjects. Grunsky Elementary leads in math at 21%, about 9 points above the other five schools’ average; its seventh-grade ELA result is also a bright spot at 56%, versus 51% statewide. John C. Fremont Elementary is lowest among the six in all three subjects: 14% ELA, 6% math and 7% science. Jane Frederick High has the lowest latest results overall—8% ELA, 3% math and 4% science—and its 74% graduation rate trails the state’s 88%, while its 18% dropout rate is above the state’s 8%.
Results shifted unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the six-school averages slipped from 25% to 24% in ELA and 16% to 14% in math, while science rose from 13% to 15%; because state results rose in all three subjects, the average gaps widened by about 1, 3 and 2 points, respectively. Science gains at Fillmore Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary—about 8 and 7 points—stand out, while Grunsky Elementary’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile fell from 34 to 11 over two years despite its math lead. Context measures do not mirror achievement consistently: 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rates ranged from 87% at John C. Fremont Elementary to 93% at Dr. Lewis Dolphin Stallworth Senior Charter, while K–8 student–teacher ratios ranged from 21.6 to 26.2. Stallworth’s latest test results are from 2024–25, so it is not included in the current six-school comparison.
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