Schools in Zip Code 95603

The 11 schools in zip code 95603 include four elementary, three high schools and four alternative schools, with a range of grade spans. Eight report 2025–26 scores in both English language arts (ELA) and math, and seven report science scores. The most important finding is the wide variation: schools in this area do not offer one typical academic picture, and the school a child attends makes a substantial difference to the results represented here.

Placer High leads reported all-grades ELA at 73% and science at 48%, respectively 24 and 12 percentage points above state results; Placer County Pathways Charter leads math at 55%, 17 points above the state. Among K–8 schools, Bowman Charter leads all three subjects, with 62% in ELA, 53% in math and 43% in science. At the other end, Confluence Continuation High has the lowest reported results: 6% in ELA, 3% in math and 7% in science, 43, 35 and 29 points below state scores. Its chronic absenteeism is also high at 75%, compared with 18% statewide. SchoolDigger ranks Placer High at the 80th statewide percentile and Bowman Charter at the 78th; Auburn Elementary and Confluence are both at the 6th.

Recent results show different directions by subject: across schools with scores in both years, the average rose about 2 percentage points in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science fell about 3 points as the state gained about 3. SchoolDigger rankings also moved differently: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Placer High rose 5 percentile points, while Bowman Charter fell 6 and Auburn Elementary fell 8. Among the K–8 schools, 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 25% at Bowman, 49% at Skyridge Elementary, 69% at EV Cain Elementary and 84% at Auburn; these are contextual measures, not explanations for score differences, and do not indicate who receives free meals in California’s statewide-free-meals program. School grade spans differ, so all-grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.