Best High Schools in Zip Code 95441

ZIP code 95441 has two high schools in Geyserville Unified: Geyserville New Technical Academy serves grades 6–12 and enrolls 97 students, while Buena Vista High serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 8; only Geyserville has reported proficiency results, so the data cannot establish which school performs better academically. In 2025–2026, Geyserville’s all-grades proficiency was below state results in every subject: by 28 points in English language arts (ELA), 25 in math and 29 in science—the clearest finding about local academic results.

The schools stand out in different ways, but not as a supported academic ranking: Buena Vista is much smaller, while Geyserville has the available test results and a graduation rate above the state. At Geyserville, the strongest grade-and-subject result relative to the state was seventh-grade math, with 31% proficient versus 38%, a 6-point gap; the weakest was eighth-grade ELA, at 8% versus 49%, a 42-point gap. Geyserville’s graduation rate was 91%, compared with 88% statewide, while its chronic absenteeism was higher at 29% versus 18%. For 2024–2025, student-teacher ratios were 10.2 at Geyserville and 16.6 at Buena Vista.

Geyserville’s all-grades results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while state proficiency rose or held roughly steady: the school went from 38% to 21% in ELA, 19% to 13% in math and 24% to 7% in science. Its school–state gaps consequently widened by 18 points in ELA, 7 in math and 20 in science. SchoolDigger gives Geyserville one star and ranks it 1,523rd of 2,137 schools, in the 29th percentile; its listing was in the 80th percentile in 2022–2023, a 51-point decline. As context, Geyserville’s free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 55% in 2024–2025, while Buena Vista’s was 67% in 2022–2023; those different-year figures are not a same-year comparison. Enrollment, spending and these income measures describe different school contexts but do not explain achievement results.