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Best High Schools in Zip Code 95360

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Schools

966

Students

Top rankedOrestimba High1247^th of 2,137 California high schools

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Orestimba High up 42 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 95360 has two public high schools serving grades 9–12 in Newman-Crows Landing Unified: Orestimba High, with 925 students, and West Side Valley High (Continuation), with 41. The clearest difference is that Orestimba has higher reported proficiency in every subject, while West Side Valley has much higher chronic absenteeism: the schools differ by 53 percentage points in ELA, 19 in math, and 20 in science, and absenteeism is 85% at West Side Valley versus 9% at Orestimba.

Orestimba stands out academically among the two schools and is above the state in ELA, but its math and science results trail state rates. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 53% in ELA, 19% in math, and 20% in science; those results are 4 points above the state in ELA, 20 below in math, and 16 below in science. West Side Valley reported 0% proficiency in all three subjects. Other outcomes also favor Orestimba: graduation was 97% versus 89%, and dropout was 0% versus 9%. West Side Valley’s absenteeism rate is also far above the statewide 18%.

Orestimba improved in math and science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, gaining 4 percentage points in each, while ELA slipped by 1 point; West Side Valley’s reported proficiency stayed at 0%. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Orestimba improved from 1,347 of 2,159 schools (38th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 1,247 of 2,137 (42nd percentile) in 2025–2026; West Side Valley ranked 2,135 of 2,137 (0th percentile) in 2025–2026. The schools’ 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were similar, 20.1 at Orestimba and 20.5 at West Side Valley; both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for that school year, at 61% and 78%, respectively. One caution is that West Side Valley’s enrollment is small, and every supplied 11th-grade proficiency figure exactly matches its corresponding all-grades figure.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Orestimba High	Public	9-12	707 Hardin Rd.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2916	925	46	20.1	60.9%	118 (12.8%)	22 (2.4%)	748 (80.9%)	15 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.2%)	41	1247^th of 2137 public high schools	41.6%		39.1	1289^th of 2162 public high schools	40.4%	42	19.9	19.9	53.3	53.3	18.8	18.8	$25,794	$23,558	$2,236
West Side Valley High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	908 Main St.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2309	41	2	20.5	78.0%	4 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (85.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	6.1	2135^th of 2137 public high schools	0.1%		7	2156^th of 2162 public high schools	0.3%	21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	$43,288	$39,104	$4,184

Cities Near Zip Code 95360

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Newman	2.95 mi	7	747^th
Crows Landing	3.15 mi	1	317^th
Gustine	7.07 mi	5	797^th
Patterson	9.07 mi	9	766^th
Turlock	10.97 mi	20	676^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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