Summary:
ZIP code 95401 has seven elementary schools with 2,438 students total, or about 348 per school on average. Most serve kindergarten through grade 6; Oak Grove Elementary/Willowside Middle serves grades 1–8, and Village Charter serves K–8. Area averages were below California’s in all three subjects in 2024–25, but the most important finding for families is how much results vary from school to school: the seven-school spread was 46 points in ELA, 35 in math and 40 in science.
Oak Grove was the clearest all-around standout in 2025–26, leading the five schools with results at 55% in ELA, 43% in math and 48% in science. It was above the state by 6, 5 and 12 percentage points, respectively. Abraham Lincoln Elementary was lowest among those five in every subject, at 11% in ELA, 9% in math and 9% in science—39, 29 and 27 points below the state. In 2024–25, Oak Grove and Village Charter were the only schools above the state in all three subjects; Village narrowly led Oak Grove in science, 42.9% to 42.7%.
The five schools with results in both years moved closer to state averages overall, by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math and 1 in science, though changes varied by school: Oak Grove’s ELA result fell by 1 point, while Luther Burbank Elementary’s science result fell by 4. SchoolDigger placed Oak Grove at the 75th percentile statewide in 2025–26 and Lincoln at the 1st. As context, in school year 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was 78% at J.X. Wilson Elementary; its results—42% ELA, 27% math and 18% science—were stronger than those of the other schools with eligibility between 81% and 92%. These figures are observations, not an explanation for score differences. Only five schools have 2025–26 results, and the schools serve different grade spans.
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