Summary:
ZIP code 95422 has four schools—two elementary, one middle, and one alternative—serving students across elementary through high-school grades, including the K–12 option at Clearlake Creativity. Among the other three schools, which have current numeric test results, average proficiency is 18% in English language arts (ELA), 10% in math, and 14% in science, compared with California rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The most important area-wide finding is that all three tested schools are substantially below state rates in every subject.
Burns Valley leads the three schools in all-grade results, with 20% proficient in ELA, 13% in math, and 18% in science. Its lead over the next-highest school is 2 percentage points in ELA, 3 in math, and 4 in science. The lowest result varies: Pomo is lowest in ELA at 15% and science at 11%, while Obsidian Middle is lowest in math at 8%. Grade-level results show exceptions to the overall ordering: Pomo leads Burns Valley in grade 4 ELA, 25% to 16%, while Burns Valley leads in grade 6 ELA, 22% to 7%.
Science shows the clearest improvement over time: the three-school average rose from 5% in 2024–2025 to 14% in 2025–2026, and the gap with California narrowed by 5 points. ELA was essentially flat at 18% in both years, while the math average rose from 9% to 10% and its state gap was unchanged. SchoolDigger ranks Burns Valley highest among the three, at the 6th percentile, followed by Obsidian Middle at the 4th and Pomo at the 2nd. The reported 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 82% at Burns Valley, 85% at Pomo, and 77% at Obsidian Middle; student-teacher ratios were 24.6, 26.0, and 22.4, respectively. These are context, not explanations for results. Clearlake Creativity’s 2025–2026 test figures are suppressed, so it cannot be compared on current scores.
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