Summary:
Zip code 95437 has one middle school, Fort Bragg Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 376 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 32% in English language arts (ELA), 18% in math and 15% in science; each result was below the state rate, by 17, 20 and 21 percentage points, respectively. Science was the largest gap, making the school’s below-state results across all three subjects the most important finding for families.
Within the school, seventh-grade ELA was a relative bright spot: 38% of students were proficient, compared with 51% statewide, a 12-point gap. Eighth-grade math was also the school’s strongest grade-level math result, at 20%, though it remained 16 points below the state. Sixth-grade math was the lowest reported grade-level result: 16% proficient versus 37% statewide, a 21-point gap. Overall, ELA was closest to the state, while science was farthest behind; compared with Fort Bragg Unified, the school was 2 points higher in ELA, 1 point lower in math and 5 points lower in science. Because this ZIP-code list contains only one school, it cannot identify a top or bottom school for comparison.
Math was the main improvement from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Fort Bragg Middle gained 5 percentage points, while ELA fell 3 points and science fell 3 points; state math and science results rose, so the school’s math gap narrowed by 4 points while its ELA and science gaps widened by 4 and 6 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from the 30th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to the 21st percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism was 27%, above the district’s 25% and the state’s 18%. Context figures include a 17:1 student–teacher ratio (2024–2025) and 78% free/reduced lunch eligible (school year 2024–2025); these describe the school but do not explain its results.
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