Summary:
ZIP code 95351 has one high school, Modesto High, serving grades 9–12 with 2,292 students. Because it is the only school in this area, families have no local school-to-school comparison; the clearest concern is that its 2025–2026 proficiency was below California in all three subjects, with the largest gaps in math and science.
Modesto High is both the top and bottom school in this one-school group, rather than a proven local leader or trailer. Its strongest subject relative to the state was ELA: 46% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 3-point gap. Math proficiency was 21% versus 38% statewide, and science was 20% versus 36%, gaps of 17 and 16 points. Other outcomes were more favorable: the graduation rate was 92%, 5 points above the state’s 88%, and the dropout rate was 3%, 5 points below the state’s 8%. Chronic absenteeism was a concern at 25%, compared with 18% statewide.
Results moved in different directions over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose from 45% to 46% and math from 20% to 21%, while science fell from 23% to 20%; statewide science rose from 33% to 36%. Grade-level science results also vary sharply: proficiency was 8% in grade 10, 24% in grade 11, and 0% in the reported grade 12 result. SchoolDigger ranked the school 1,289th of 2,137 in 2025–2026, in the 40th percentile; its reported percentile was 37 in 2023–2024 and 45 in 2024–2025. As context, the student-teacher ratio was 22 in 2024–2025, and 84% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; California is identified as a state where all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility).
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