Summary:
ZIP code 95326 has six schools serving grades K–12, from K–3 at Hughson Elementary to grades 9–12 at its high schools; five are in Hughson Unified, and Barbara Spratling Middle is in Keyes Union. In the latest reported results, the equal-weighted averages for schools with scores were 42% in English language arts (ELA), 30% in math and 26% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that results vary substantially by school, while the reported school averages trail the state in all three subjects.
Different schools lead in different subjects: Hughson High had the highest reported ELA result, 53%, about 4 points above the state; Hughson Elementary led in math at 38%, nearly matching the state; and Emilie J. Ross Middle led in science at 38%, about 2 points above the state. Barbara Spratling Middle had the lowest reported result in each subject: 33% in ELA, 19% in math and 14% in science—about 17, 19 and 22 points below the state, respectively. The state suppressed Dickens (Billy Joe) High’s 2025–2026 test scores.
Recent changes are mixed: Fox Road Elementary improved in all three reported subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, by 4 points in ELA, 3 in math and 8 in science. Hughson High’s ELA fell 11 points even as its math rose 4 and science rose 10; Emilie J. Ross’s science rose 18 points, while Barbara Spratling declined in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Fox Road also rose from 36 to 44, while the listed percentiles for Hughson High and Barbara Spratling each fell 10 points. As context, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025 was 61% at Emilie J. Ross and 90% at Barbara Spratling; their enrollment was 458 and 239, with student-teacher ratios of 21.9 and 21.0. These figures describe differences, not their causes, and the schools’ different grade spans mean their overall scores are not always direct same-grade comparisons.
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