Summary:
Zip code 95320 has six schools serving kindergarten through grade 12, with a reported total enrollment of 2,787; five are in Escalon Unified, while Escalon Charter Academy belongs to a separate district. In 2025–2026, the four schools with complete current-year results averaged 47% in ELA, 37% in math and 33% in science—about 2, 1 and 3 percentage points below California, respectively. The most important finding is that this near-state average hides substantial differences between schools.
Van Allen Elementary stands out in math and science, with 51% and 42% proficient; those results were 26 and 12 points above the lowest school in each subject. El Portal Middle had the lowest math result, 25%, and ELA result, 35%; its ELA was 21 points below Van Allen’s. Escalon High led ELA at 56%, 7 points above the state, but its math and science results were 8 and 6 points below California. Dent Elementary had the lowest science result, 30%.
Results improved on average across the same four schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: about 3 points in ELA, 4 in math and 4 in science, narrowing the gap with California in all three. The gains were not uniform: Dent improved by 9 points in ELA, 9 in math and 16 in science, while Van Allen’s science result fell by 12 points. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings also moved in different directions: Dent rose from 46 to 57, Escalon High from 53 to 59, Van Allen stayed at 66, and El Portal fell from 52 to 37. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 49% at Van Allen and 50% at Dent; their student–teacher ratios were 21.6 and 20.3. Vista High (Continuation) had 50% chronic absenteeism versus 18% statewide, and its current-year test values are suppressed.
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