Summary:
Zip code 95485 contains one elementary school, Upper Lake Elementary, serving grades K-5 for the local community within the Upper Lake Unified district.
This school serves a community with significant economic need, with over 83% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite a very high per-student spending of $23,500, which is well above the state average, the school faces considerable academic challenges. Proficiency rates in English, math, and science are substantially below state averages, and the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of all California elementary schools over the past several years.
Key areas for attention include a chronic absenteeism rate of 30.3%, which is much higher than the state average and can severely impact learning. There are also extreme variations in performance between grade levels, particularly in math, where 5th-grade proficiency is critically low at 5.71%. For parents, this indicates a school with significant resources but one that is grappling with deep-seated challenges affecting student attendance and academic achievement.
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