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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 95603

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Schools

1,979

Students

Districts

Top rankedBowman Charter1278^th of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bowman Charter up 56 spots statewide this year

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Newly ranked this year

EV Cain Elementary

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Summary:

ZIP code 95603 has four K–8 elementary schools: Bowman Charter, Auburn Elementary, Skyridge Elementary and EV Cain Elementary. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 40% in English language arts (ELA), 33% in math and 32% in science, below state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The most important finding is how widely results differ between schools, with the highest and lowest scores separated by 42 percentage points in ELA, 37 in math and 29 in science.

Bowman Charter led all three subjects, with 62% proficient in ELA, 53% in math and 43% in science; it exceeded state results by 12, 15 and 7 percentage points, respectively. Skyridge Elementary was near the state in ELA at 49% and above it in math (42%) and science (43%). At the other end, Auburn Elementary had the lowest results in every subject: 20% in ELA, 16% in math and 14% in science. EV Cain Elementary also fell below the state in all three, but scored higher than Auburn by 9 points in ELA, 3 in math and 16 in science. SchoolDigger gives Bowman a 4-star rating, Skyridge 3 stars, EV Cain 1 star and Auburn 0 stars.

Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the four-school mean fell 3 points in ELA and 2 in science, while math was essentially unchanged. Bowman’s science result dropped 18 points, even as Skyridge rose 5; Skyridge also improved in ELA and math. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 25% at Bowman to 84% at Auburn; Skyridge was at 49% and EV Cain at 69%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide percentiles were 78 for Bowman, 63 for Skyridge and 6 for Auburn; EV Cain has a 1-star rating, but no multi-year percentile trend is provided in the supplied data.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bowman Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	13777 Bowman Rd.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Ackerman Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-1974	606	28	21.9	25.1%	422 (69.6%)	3 (0.5%)	109 (18.0%)	10 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.1%)	76.9	1278^th of 5804 public elementary schools	78.0%		75.9	1334^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.2%	56	56.5	30.9	43.1	67.7	52.3	64.5	53.9	67.2	64.7	61.7	59.7	60.0	43.6	56.9	43.8	54.4	53.1	97.5						$21,391	$20,480	$911
EV Cain Elementary	Public	K-8	150 Palm Ave.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Auburn Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 823-6106	411	24	17.0	69.1%	228 (55.5%)	4 (1.0%)	139 (33.8%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.1%)	28.3	4130^th of 5804 public elementary schools	28.8%					(n/a)	47.4	17.9	29.8	27.5	20.0	52.6	17.0	32.5	28.6	29.1	25.0	25.0	31.6	8.5	12.5	16.4	19.2							$15,750	$14,256	$1,494
Auburn Elementary	Public	K-8	11400 Lariat Ranch Rd.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Auburn Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 887-1958	501	23	21.7	84.4%	176 (35.1%)	6 (1.2%)	283 (56.5%)	12 (2.4%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.4%)	12.1	5451^st of 5804 public elementary schools	6.1%		14.7	5286^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.7%	165	12.0	18.4	14.2	16.7	21.4	18.7	19.6	23.9	21.1	20.1	21.4	25.0	8.0	13.7	21.3	7.9	15.9	52.4	64.3	85.7	52.4	59.5	59.5	$15,750	$14,256	$1,494
Skyridge Elementary	Public	K-8	800 Perkins Way	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Auburn Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-7019	461	23	19.7	49.2%	345 (74.8%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (17.8%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	22 (4.8%)	58.3	2143^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	63.1%		58	2167^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.0%	24	41.8	44.1	42.7	57.1	50.0	42.6	49.1	39.5	55.9	48.8	51.0	44.2	32.1	45.5	34.9	44.1	41.9	87.9	90.1	93.4	89.0	90.1	89.0	$15,613	$14,256	$1,357

Cities Near Zip Code 95603

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Auburn	0.75 mi	11	401^st
Newcastle	2.3 mi	6	126^th
Cool	5.32 mi	1	197^th
Meadow Vista	6.14 mi	1
Penryn	6.23 mi	1	59^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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