Summary:
ZIP code 95436 has three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Forestville Elementary serves K–1, Forestville Academy serves grades 2–8, and Laguna High serves grades 9–12. The available results show different strengths by subject and grade, rather than a reliable overall ranking: Forestville Elementary has no test scores listed, and Laguna’s latest ELA and math results are unavailable. The clearest area-wide concern is Laguna’s combination of 0% science proficiency and 86% chronic absenteeism in 2025–26, compared with 36% science proficiency and 18% chronic absenteeism statewide.
Forestville Academy stands out for stronger early-grade ELA, but weaker all-grades math: in grade 4, ELA was 55% versus 46% statewide, while its all-grades math result was 19% versus 38%, a 19-point gap. Its all-grades ELA was 41%, 8 points below the state. Laguna High is the clearest concern across reported measures: science proficiency was 0% in both reported years, and its 2025–26 graduation rate was 75%, 13 points below the state; its dropout rate was 25%, 17 points above. Forestville Elementary’s test-score performance cannot be assessed from these data.
Forestville Academy’s results moved farther below state results from 2024–25 to 2025–26: its ELA, math, and science gaps widened by 2, 7, and 9 points, respectively. Still, grade-level results offer useful distinctions: ELA exceeded state results in grades 3 and 4, while math was below state results in every reported grade, with grade 8 math 33 points below. SchoolDigger ranked Forestville Academy at the 17th percentile in 2025–26; Laguna was at the 4th percentile in 2024–25. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 10.9 at Laguna, 14.8 at Forestville Academy, and 18 at Forestville Elementary. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–25 were 56% at Laguna, 40% at the Academy, and 39% at the elementary school; these are context, not explanations for outcomes.
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