Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95660

This analysis covers 12 schools in the North Highlands, CA area (zip code 95660), all part of the Twin Rivers Unified district, serving grades from Transitional Kindergarten through high school in a community with very high economic need.

Among these schools, Creative Connections Arts Academy stands out as the highest performer, with test scores well above the district average, a perfect graduation rate, and attendance close to the state norm. Highlands High also shows strength with a graduation rate above the state average and recent improvement in its state ranking. In contrast, most elementary and TK-8 schools in the area, such as Madison Elementary and Warren A. Allison Elementary, have seen significant drops in their statewide rankings in recent years.

The district faces severe challenges, including chronic absenteeism rates that are nearly double the state average and very low proficiency rates in core subjects like math and science. Notably, high per-student spending at schools like Miles P. Richmond and Pacific Career and Technology High does not correlate with strong academic outcomes, with the latter having the worst attendance and very low test scores despite very small class sizes.