Summary:
Schools in zip code 95670 include 21 options: 10 elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools and six alternative schools. The area offers a broad mix of school types, but the latest results show a sharp divide: the 18 schools with 2025–2026 scores averaged 34% in ELA, 23% in math and 25% in science, all below state results. The most important finding is that these averages hide very different school experiences, with one school far above state results while several are far below.
Riverview STEM Elementary is the clearest standout, leading the latest group with 80% ELA, 75% math and 75% science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Its advantages over the state are about 31, 37 and 39 percentage points, respectively. At the other end, Prospect Community Day had 0% in ELA and science, while Kinney High had 0% in math and 4% in science. Attendance also differs greatly: chronic absenteeism was 2% at Riverview, 87% at Kinney and 79% at Prospect, versus 18% statewide.
Recent averages show modest ELA improvement but no average progress in math or science: among schools with results in both years, ELA rose by about 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math fell by about 1 point and science was nearly unchanged. The ELA gap to the state narrowed from about 16 to 15 points, but the math gap widened from 13 to 15 points and the science gap from 9 to 12. Results also vary among Folsom-Cordova Unified elementary schools: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 17% at Riverview to 89% at White Rock Elementary; in 2025–2026, their ELA scores were 80% and 21%. Peter J. Shields Elementary shows why that measure is context, not a simple predictor: with a 67% free/reduced lunch eligible share in 2024–2025, it scored 49% in ELA and 51% in math the following year. The supplied 2024–2025 scores for Feather River Charter, Clarksville Charter and Visions In Education are from an earlier year than the other schools’ latest results.
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