Summary:
Zip code 95630 has 17 schools—12 elementary, two middle and three high schools—all in Folsom-Cordova Unified. The latest supplied proficiency results are for 2025–26. Across the 16 schools with results, average proficiency was 72% in ELA, 66% in math and 57% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that local averages are well above state results, and even the lowest-scoring schools in each subject are above the state rate.
Russell Ranch Elementary leads in ELA and math, with 81% and 75% proficient; Carl H. Sundahl Elementary leads science at 72%. At the other end, Blanche Sprentz Elementary is lowest in ELA (54%) and math (51%), while Gold Ridge Elementary is lowest in science (39%). The gaps between the top and bottom schools are 27 points in ELA, 24 in math and 33 in science. Among the comprehensive high schools, Vista del Lago High is ahead of Folsom High by 3 points in ELA, 2 in math and 3 in science. SchoolDigger ranks Vista del Lago and Folsom High at the 93rd and 91st percentiles statewide; it places Empire Oaks Elementary at the 94th percentile.
Recent results have mostly slipped: across the same 16 schools, average scores fell 1 point in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the average lead over the state narrowed by 2, 2 and 5 points, respectively. Individual schools differ: Sundahl’s science result rose 14 points, while Russell Ranch’s fell 15. School context measures do not neatly predict results: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 40% at Blanche Sprentz and 32% at Theodore Judah Elementary, whose results were substantially higher; Russell Ranch’s rate was 10%. Folsom Lake High is a notable contrast on other measures, with 83% graduation, 17% dropout and 70% chronic absenteeism in 2025–26, but has no reported latest ELA or math result and a suppressed science result.
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