Summary:
Zip code 95361 has one middle school, Oakdale Junior High, serving grades 7–8, with 780 students and a 22:1 student–teacher ratio. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency was below California’s in all three reported subjects, with the largest gap in science.
Because it is the only school in the list, there is no local school-to-school comparison or local top and bottom. Against the state, Oakdale Junior High was closest in mathematics: 33% proficient versus 38% statewide, a gap of 6 percentage points. ELA was 42% versus 49%, a 7-point gap, while science was 28% versus 36%, an 8-point gap. So mathematics is the strongest of the three subjects relative to the state, and science is the furthest behind.
Results moved in different directions over the two reported years: mathematics rose from 26% to 33%, narrowing its gap with the state by 6 points, while ELA fell from 45% to 42% and its gap widened by 3 points. Science fell from 34% to 28%, shifting from 1 point above the state to 8 points below. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also declined, from the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 52nd in 2024–2025 and the 48th in 2025–2026, a 15-percentile-point drop. Chronic absenteeism was 16% at the school, compared with 15% in the Oakdale Joint Unified district and 18% statewide. As context, 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.
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