Best High Schools in Zip Code 95627

ZIP code 95627 has two public high schools, both serving grades 9–12: Esparto High enrolls 287 students, while Madison Community High enrolls 10. Their results differ sharply on attendance: in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 25% at Esparto and 82% at Madison, compared with 18% statewide. The clearest concern in this area is Madison’s exceptionally high absenteeism—57 percentage points above Esparto.

Esparto High stands out for graduation, with a 100% rate in 2025–2026, 12 points above the state’s 88%; it also has the only reportable test scores. Those scores were below the state in every subject: 42% in ELA (7 points below), 13% in math (26 points below), and 17% in science (19 points below). ELA is Esparto’s strongest subject relative to the state, and math its weakest. Madison Community High stands out for absenteeism, but its current-year graduation rate was not reported. Madison’s test results are suppressed, so the schools’ achievement cannot be ranked against each other.

Esparto’s results moved in different directions over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its ELA proficiency fell 9 percentage points and math fell 6, while science rose 4. SchoolDigger ranked Esparto in the 31st percentile with two stars in 2025–2026, down 9 percentile points from the prior year; these rankings are separate from proficiency scores. The schools’ 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios were nearly identical at 19.1:1 and 19.2:1. Both reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: 81% at Esparto and 70% at Madison, an 11-point difference. Madison’s reported spending was $27,238 per student, compared with $21,186 at Esparto.