Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95638

Zip code 95638 in the rural Herald, CA area contains one public school, Arcohe Elementary, a K-8 school serving 560 students in the Arcohe Union Elementary District.

Arcohe Elementary serves as the only public school option for families in this area for grades kindergarten through eighth. The school shows a mix of strengths and challenges, with student attendance rates better than the state average but academic performance that has declined recently. Its statewide ranking fell significantly over the past year, placing it in the bottom 40% of California schools, and it performs below state averages in English, math, and science.

Notable patterns include stronger performance in 7th-grade math and weaker results in 6th-grade English, with math scores overall being closer to the state average than English scores. The school spends slightly more per student than the state average. For high school, students must attend schools outside this zip code, making the performance and trajectory of this sole local K-8 school particularly important for the community it serves.