Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95468

Zip code 95468 has four schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Arena Elementary (K–8), Point Arena High (9–12), Pacific Community Charter (K–12, alternative), and South Coast Continuation (9–12). In 2025–26, the two schools with all-grades results were well below state proficiency overall, with math the clearest shared concern: their average was 6% in math, compared with 38% statewide.

Pacific Community Charter had the strongest reported 2024–25 results, exceeding the state by 3 points in ELA (52% vs. 49%) and 2 points in math (39% vs. 37%). At the other end, Point Arena High had the lowest 2024–25 ELA and math results among schools with scores: 9% and 3%, respectively. In 2025–26, results differed by subject: Point Arena High had higher ELA proficiency than Arena Elementary (46% vs. 24%), while Arena was higher in math (9% vs. 3%) and science (17% vs. 3%). SchoolDigger ranked Point Arena High at the 23rd percentile statewide in 2025–26, compared with Arena at the 8th percentile.

Results changed unevenly: Point Arena High’s ELA proficiency rose 37 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while Arena’s fell 3 points. Across those same two schools, the ELA average increased from 18% to 35%, but their math and science averages fell from 8% to 6% and from 14% to 10%. Attendance and completion figures at Point Arena High also tell different stories: chronic absenteeism was 91% in 2025–26, versus 18% statewide, while graduation was 100% and dropout was 0%. For context, in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 67% at Pacific, 61% at Arena, and 48% at Point Arena High; Pacific’s student-teacher ratio was 9.6, compared with 10.4 at Point Arena High. Comparisons need caution because schools serve different grades; Pacific has no 2025–26 test results listed, and South Coast Continuation’s all-grades science result was suppressed.