Best High Schools in Zip Code 95621

ZIP code 95621 has one high school, Mesa Verde High, serving grades 9–12 with 894 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades English proficiency was about level with California’s (49% at the school and statewide), while science was 32% compared with 36% statewide. Math is the clearest concern: 15% of students were proficient, versus 38% statewide and 29% in the San Juan Unified district—a 23-point gap from the state.

Because this is the only listed high school, there is no school-to-school top or bottom; compared with state measures, the school’s strongest results are graduation and dropout, while attendance and math are its weakest. Its graduation rate was 94%, 6 points above the state’s 88%, and its dropout rate was 2%, 6 points below the state’s 8%. In contrast, chronic absenteeism was 33%, 15 points higher than the state’s 18% and 12 points above the district’s 21%. These measures show that favorable graduation and dropout figures coexist with a significant attendance challenge.

All-grades proficiency rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA increased 19 points, from 31% to 49%; math rose 5 points, from 10% to 15%; and science climbed 16 points, from 16% to 32%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved overall, from the 36th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 46th in 2025–2026, after dipping to the 27th percentile in between. For context, the reported student–teacher ratio was 19.9:1, and 58% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but do not explain its results.