Schools in Zip Code 95623

Schools in ZIP code 95623 include one elementary school, Charles F. Brown Elementary, serving grades 2–6, and two high schools serving grades 9–12, Union Mine High and Pacific Crest Academy; there are no middle schools in this list. The clearest headline is that Pacific Crest leads the two high schools sharply in English language arts (ELA) and science, while their math results are nearly tied.

In 2025–26, Pacific Crest had the strongest high-school results: about 81% were proficient in ELA and 56% in science, compared with about 69% and 43% at Union Mine—a 12-point ELA gap and a 13-point science gap. Math was much closer: both schools were around 38%, less than a point apart. Pacific Crest also reported a 100% graduation rate, versus 96% at Union Mine. Brown had a mixed profile: its math proficiency was 40%, above California’s 38%, while its ELA result of 46% and science result of 29% were below the state’s 49% and 36%. Brown’s chronic absenteeism was 13%, below the state’s 18%; Union Mine was at 18%, while Pacific Crest was at 2%.

Results mostly improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: both high schools gained in all three subjects, and Brown gained 3 points in ELA and 11 in math, but its science result fell 9 points. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings placed Pacific Crest at the 86th percentile, Union Mine at the 76th and Brown at the 54th; over three years, Brown rose from the 36th percentile, Union Mine was nearly level, and Pacific Crest declined from the 95th. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible was reported for 21% of Pacific Crest students, 37% at Union Mine and 61% at Brown. Student-teacher ratios that year were 23.9, 21.1 and 17.0, respectively; these figures are context, not explanations for school results. Pacific Crest and Brown have small enrollments, so their results may be more sensitive to the number of students tested.