Summary:
ZIP code 95403 has eight elementary schools, serving grades K–2 through K–8; most serve K–6. Six schools have 2025–2026 test scores, and their average proficiency is below the state in ELA, math and science. The most important finding is how sharply results differ from school to school: the six-school score ranges span 46 to 49 percentage points across the three subjects.
San Miguel Elementary is the strongest K–6 school in the latest results, with 60% proficiency in ELA, 50% in math and 45% in science, above the state in all three. Mark West Charter leads all schools in math (56%) and science (50%), respectively 18 and 14 points above the state; its ELA score is 58%, but it serves K–8 rather than K–6. At the lower end, Steele Lane Elementary has the lowest ELA result, 11%—38 points below the state. James Monroe Elementary is lowest in math and science, at 7% and 4%, 31 and 32 points below the state.
Recent changes are mixed: among the same six schools, average science proficiency rose from 21% to 28% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, math slipped from 31% to 30%, and ELA was nearly flat, moving from 36.3% to 36.5%. Mark West Charter had the largest gains—15 points in ELA, 20 in math and 28 in science—while James Monroe Elementary fell 5, 7 and 14 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Mark West Elementary declined from the 72nd to the 51st percentile, while San Miguel Elementary rose from the 69th to the 74th. For context, all eight schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, ranging from 45% at San Miguel to 86% at Monroe; student–teacher ratios include 20.0 at San Miguel and 24.2 at Monroe. Comparisons are limited because Mattie Washburn Elementary has no test scores provided, Morrice Schaefer Charter has no 2025–2026 scores, and schools serve different grade spans.
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