Best High Schools in Zip Code 95630

The three high schools listed in zip code 95630 are Folsom High, Vista del Lago High and Folsom Lake High; all serve grades 9–12 in Folsom-Cordova Unified. The schools differ greatly in size: enrollment ranges from 47 at Folsom Lake to 2,901 at Folsom High. The central finding is that the two larger schools averaged 77% proficiency in ELA, 56% in math and 60% in science in 2025–2026—28, 18 and 24 percentage points above the state, respectively.

Vista del Lago edges Folsom High in all three current subjects, but their differences are modest: about 3 percentage points in ELA, 2 in math and 3 in science. Vista’s results were 78%, 57% and 61%; Folsom High’s were 75%, 55% and 59%. Both also report graduation rates near 99% and dropout rates below 1%. Folsom Lake stands apart on the available measures: its 2024–2025 ELA and math proficiency was 7% and 0%, and its 2025–2026 graduation rate was 83%, dropout rate 17% and chronic absenteeism 70%. Its small enrollment of 47 is important context for interpreting those figures.

Recent results at the larger schools are strong, though their leads over the state narrowed from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 3 points in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science. Individual subject changes varied, so the narrowing does not mean both schools’ scores fell across the board. SchoolDigger ranked Vista 154th of 2,137 schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars) and Folsom High 196th (91st percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–2026; Folsom Lake’s latest supplied ranking was 2,123rd of 2,162 (2nd percentile, 0 stars) in 2024–2025. The larger schools’ student-teacher ratios are nearly alike—24.3 at Vista and 24.6 at Folsom High—while Folsom Lake’s is 10.5. For context, the 2024–2025 measure was free/reduced lunch eligible: 7% at Vista, 21% at Folsom High and 51% at Folsom Lake; these differences describe school contexts, not causes of outcomes. Folsom Lake has no supplied 2025–2026 ELA or math scores, and its science result is suppressed.