Summary:
ZIP code 95367 has one middle school, Cardozo Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 544 students in Riverbank Unified. In 2025–2026, its all-grades results were 31% in ELA, 15% in mathematics, and 16% in science. The main takeaway is that Cardozo scored below state rates in all three subjects, with its largest shortfall in mathematics.
There is no separate local top or bottom school because Cardozo is the only school listed; comparisons with the district and state are more useful. Cardozo was 18 percentage points below the state in ELA (31% versus 49%), 23 points below in mathematics (15% versus 38%), and 20 points below in science (16% versus 36%). ELA was its closest result to the state, while mathematics was furthest behind. Results also varied by grade: the ELA gap to the state grew from 9 points in grade 6 to 26 points in grade 8, where Cardozo’s rate was 23% versus 49% statewide.
Results moved in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 3 percentage points, while mathematics rose 2 and science rose 3; overall, the average gap to the state widened by about 1 point. SchoolDigger rated Cardozo 1 star and placed it at the 18th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, ranking it 2,204 of 2,703 schools; its percentile was 20 in 2023–2024 and 21 in 2024–2025. For context, 82.5% of Cardozo students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 19.4. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 23% at Cardozo, compared with 21% in the district and 18% statewide. Since this list includes only one school, it cannot show how results vary among other local schools.
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