Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 95304

The five elementary schools in zip code 95304 enroll 714 students and span kindergarten through grade 8; four schools report test scores, while New Jerusalem Elementary serves kindergarten only. New Jerusalem is a separate school from New Jerusalem Elementary, despite their shared address and district. The clearest takeaway is the wide achievement gap: in 2025–26, Lammersville Elementary was above the state in all three subjects, while each of the other three schools with scores was below it in every subject.

Lammersville Elementary leads the tested schools in ELA, math, and science, scoring 57%, 47%, and 42%, respectively. Its ELA result was 21 percentage points above the next-highest school, New Jerusalem (36%), and 7 points above the state; its math lead over New Jerusalem was 26 points, and its science lead over Banta Elementary was 15 points. Banta Elementary had the lowest ELA and math results, at 28% and 14%—21 and 24 points below the state. New Jerusalem had the lowest science score, 13%, 23 points below the state.

Results are changing unevenly: the four-school ELA average rose from 33% to 37% between 2024–25 and 2025–26, narrowing its gap with the state from 16 to 12 points, while the math average stayed near 24% and its gap widened from 13 to 14 points. In science, the three schools with results in both years averaged 26% then 27%, but their gap with the state widened from 7 to 9 points. Individual results varied: Lammersville Elementary improved in ELA and math but declined in science, while Banta Elementary gained 14 points in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentiles rose from the 1st to the 27th for New Jerusalem and from the 51st to the 70th for Lammersville Elementary, while Banta Elementary moved from the 10th to the 6th. Lammersville Elementary also had the lowest reported student-teacher ratio among the tested schools, 16.8 in 2024–25. Its free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 37% that year, compared with 63% at Banta Elementary and 81% at Banta Charter; these are contextual measures, not explanations for test results. New Jerusalem Elementary has no test scores in the supplied data, so it cannot be compared on achievement.