Summary:
Five public schools serve ZIP code 95692, spanning kindergarten through grade 12: Wheatland Elementary (K–3), Bear River (4–8), and three high-school programs. Across schools with numeric 2025–26 results, the unweighted averages were 36% in ELA, 26% in math, and 24% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Wheatland Community Day High has no numeric current test results, and schools serve different grade spans. The clearest overall takeaway is that reported school averages are below state averages in all three subjects, despite some subject-level leaders.
Wheatland Union High leads reported all-grades ELA at 54%, about 5 percentage points above the state; Bear River leads math at 40% and science at 38%, about 2 points above the state in each. At the other end, Edward P. Duplex has the lowest numeric all-grades results: 0% in ELA and math and 4% in science. Grade-level results add useful detail: Bear River’s grade 8 scores exceed state rates in ELA, math, and science by about 4, 8, and 9 points, respectively. In 11th grade, Wheatland Union High also leads Edward P. Duplex in each reported subject: 54% versus 0% in ELA, 23% versus 0% in math, and 30% versus 5% in science.
Recent changes differ by school and subject. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Wheatland Union High’s proficiency fell in all three subjects, including 8 points in ELA and 9 in science, while Bear River’s science result rose 15 points; its ELA and math were nearly unchanged. Across the matched schools, the gap below California widened in ELA and math, while the science gap stayed about the same. SchoolDigger ranks Bear River at the 65th percentile, Wheatland Union High at the 52nd, and Edward P. Duplex at the 2nd; Wheatland Union High’s rank fell from the 64th percentile in 2023–24. For 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible rates were 59% at Bear River, 75% at Wheatland Union High, and 71% at Edward P. Duplex. Ratios range from 6.5 students per teacher at Community Day to 26.1 at Edward P. Duplex; these figures offer context, not an explanation for score differences.
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