Summary:
ZIP code 95686 has one listed school, New Hope Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 164 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades results were below California’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science: about 40% versus 49% in ELA, 21% versus 38% in math, and 27% versus 36% in science. The clearest concern is math: the school was 17 points below the state overall and below the state in every grade reported.
There are no other listed schools to rank against, but results vary considerably across grades at New Hope Elementary. Eighth-grade ELA stood out positively: 76% of students met the standard, 27 points above California; seventh-grade ELA was also above the state, by 3 points. Eighth-grade science was 2 points above the state. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 27 points below California, and sixth-grade math was 28 points below. Math was below the state across all six grades shown, from 5 points below in grade 8 to 28 points below in grade 6.
Results improved year over year, especially in science: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, New Hope Elementary gained about 1 point in ELA, 2 in math, and 20 in science, narrowing its gaps with the state by about 1, 1, and 17 points, respectively. SchoolDigger ranks it at the 15th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026; its percentile ranking rose from 12th the prior year but remained below the 24th percentile in 2023–2024. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 18.9 in 2024–2025, and 78% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–2026, about 5 points below the state. With only one school listed, these figures cannot support school-to-school comparisons.
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