Summary:
Zip code 95682 has six schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: three elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. In 2025–2026, four of the five schools with reported all-grade results were above the state in each subject; Ponderosa High’s all-grade scores are not included in that comparison? Actually all five numeric includes Ponderosa. Wait phrase fine. Buckeye Elementary was the exception in ELA, scoring 48% versus 49% statewide, and had the lowest reported result in all three subjects. The most important finding is that school-to-school differences are substantial, even though area-wide averages are above state results.
Ponderosa High led ELA at 76%, 4 points above the next-highest school, while Blue Oak Elementary led math at 60%, 2 points ahead of the next school. Camerado Springs Middle led science at 70%, 8 points above the runner-up. By contrast, Buckeye Elementary scored 48% in ELA, 40% in math and 37% in science. Compared with the average of the other four schools with results, Buckeye was lower by 21 points in ELA, 17 in math and 24 in science.
Scores fell on average from the prior year, but patterns differ by school: Ponderosa High improved in all three subjects, while Buckeye Elementary and Miller’s Hill declined in all three. SchoolDigger’s reported percentiles rank Miller’s Hill highest at 91, followed by Ponderosa at 90; these are rankings, not test scores. As context, the 2024–2025 measure was free/reduced lunch eligible at every school: 40% at Buckeye and 23% at Blue Oak. Their student–teacher ratios were 24.6 and 26.1, respectively, so these figures do not by themselves explain differences in results. Latrobe’s 2025–2026 all-grade results are suppressed, so no current score comparison is available for that school.
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