Summary:
ZIP code 95207 has one middle school, Sierra Middle, serving grades 7–8 with 591 students; the one-school list does not allow a comparison among local schools. In 2025–2026, Sierra’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 51%, 2 percentage points above California’s 49%, while math was 35%, 4 points below the state’s 38%, and science was 29%, 7 points below the state’s 36%. The clearest overall takeaway is that ELA is Sierra’s relative strength, while science is its largest gap with the state.
There is no separate top- or bottom-performing school in the ZIP code list; within Sierra, grade 8 ELA is the standout result, at 55% compared with 49% statewide, a 5-point advantage. Grade 7 ELA was 48%, 3 points below the state’s 51%, so the all-grades ELA lead does not describe both grades equally. Math proficiency was below the state in both grades: grade 7 was 36% versus 38% statewide, and grade 8 was 33% versus 36%. Sierra’s overall science result was also 1 point below Lincoln Unified—29% compared with 30%.
Math and science results improved year over year, while ELA slipped slightly: Sierra’s math rose 6 percentage points and science rose 9, while ELA fell 1 point. The state gap narrowed in math, from 8 points below the state in 2024–2025 to 4 points below in 2025–2026, and in science, from 13 points below to 7; Sierra’s ELA lead narrowed from 3 points to 2. SchoolDigger gives Sierra 3 stars and ranks it at the 58th percentile statewide, 1,135 of 2,703 schools, up from the 56th percentile in 2023–2024 and 55th in 2024–2025. Other context: Sierra’s student–teacher ratio was 21 in 2024–2025, and 72% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate was 22%, below the district’s 24% but above California’s 18%.
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