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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 95838

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At a glance

Schools

20,729

Students

Districts

Top rankedGrant Union High1094^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Michael J. Castori Elementary up 411 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

California Innovative Career Academy 14.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 95838 has 16 schools: eight elementary schools, one middle school, three high schools and four alternative schools, serving students from elementary through high school. The matched school averages for 2025–2026 were about 30% proficient in ELA, 20% in math and 17% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that results vary widely by school, but the average in all three subjects falls well below the state level.

There is no single school at the top in every subject. Norwood Junior High leads ELA at 51%, about 2 percentage points above the state and 8 points ahead of Grant Union High at 43%. At the other end, Vista Nueva Career and Technology High scores 11%, 38 points below the state. In math, Bell Avenue Elementary leads at 34%—still 4 points below the state, but 2 points above Grant Union. California Innovative Career Academy stands out in science at 46%, 10 points above the state and 21 points ahead of Norwood; Vista Nueva is lowest at 4%.

Across the 12 schools with results in all three subjects, average proficiency rose about 1 point in ELA and 2 points in math from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, slightly faster than the state; science rose 3.0 points, compared with 3.3 statewide. Individual trends differ: Grant Union’s science result rose 12 points, while Vista Nueva’s ELA fell 9; Taylor Street Elementary gained 6 points in math but lost 7 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Grant Union rose from 35 to 49 over two years. Context measures do not offer a simple explanation for results: Vista Nueva has a 7.6 student–teacher ratio, compared with Bell Avenue’s 25.1, and their reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 were 94% and 84%, respectively.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Del Paso Heights Elementary	Public	K-6	590 Morey Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3425	477	20	24.4	93.9%	31 (6.5%)	54 (11.3%)	198 (41.5%)	142 (29.8%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	42 (8.8%)	16.2	5123^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	11.9%		14.5	5310^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.3%	187	13.8				13.8	18.2	18.7	20.7	34.9				23.0	16.7	12.0	14.0	30.3				18.2	92%	0%	$19,792	$2,256	$17,536
Fairbanks Elementary	Public	K-6	227 Fairbanks Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3435	320	15	21.3	92.8%	14 (4.4%)	42 (13.1%)	112 (35.0%)	113 (35.3%)	3 (0.9%)	9 (2.8%)	27 (8.4%)	20	4812^th of 5817 public elementary schools	17.3%		21.5	4708^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.6%	104	12.1				12.1	11.4	34.6	33.9	31.7				29.7	11.4	30.9	15.5	16.7				19.2	94%	0%	$22,654	$2,375	$20,279
Grant Union High	Public	9-12	1400 Grand Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3450	1,987	98	20.1	91.3%	100 (5.0%)	311 (15.7%)	987 (49.7%)	397 (20.0%)	3 (0.2%)	69 (3.5%)	114 (5.7%)	47.1	1094^th of 2135 public high schools	48.8%		40.8	1243^rd of 2162 public high schools	42.5%	149			25.2		25.2							42.9	42.9							31.9	31.9			$22,060	$2,440	$19,620
Michael J. Castori Elementary	Public	K-6	1801 South Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3420	545	23	23.6	92.3%	38 (7.0%)	79 (14.5%)	290 (53.2%)	92 (16.9%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	35 (6.4%)	20.7	4750^th of 5817 public elementary schools	18.3%		16.4	5161^st of 5857 public elementary schools	11.9%	411	8.5				8.5	38.9	28.8	19.7	22.6				27.2	36.5	25.7	11.9	22.6				23.9	98%	1%	$19,661	$3,154	$16,507
Keema School for Independent Study	Public, Alternative	K-12	1281 North Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3410	529	28	18.8	91.9%	109 (20.6%)	60 (11.3%)	264 (49.9%)	34 (6.4%)	7 (1.3%)	6 (1.1%)	46 (8.7%)								(n/a)		14.0	13.4		13.0				20.0	40.0	31.8	31.5	32.7				13.3	17.5	9.3	6.0	9.5			$20,261	$1,122	$19,139
Vista Nueva Career and Technology High	Public	9-12	2035 North Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2750	99	13	7.6	93.9%	5 (5.1%)	24 (24.2%)	60 (60.6%)	5 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	3 (3.0%)	11.3	1877^th of 2135 public high schools	12.1%		12.9	1882^nd of 2162 public high schools	13.0%	5			2.9	5.9	3.9							11.1	11.1							5.4	5.4			$44,736	$6,286	$38,450
Norwood Junior High	Public	7-8	4601 Norwood Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2710	450	22	20.6	83.1%	24 (5.3%)	69 (15.3%)	170 (37.8%)	136 (30.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	38 (8.4%)	43.4	1385^th of 2740 public middle schools	49.5%		42.3	1419^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.6%	34		25.6			25.6					43.2	58.7		51.1					23.7	28.6		26.2			$21,897	$2,314	$19,583
Futures High	Public, Charter	9-12	900 Grace Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Futures High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-1902	469	22	21.2	79.3%	335 (71.4%)	35 (7.5%)	57 (12.2%)	32 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.9%)	44.8	1146^th of 2135 public high schools	46.3%		44.4	1157^th of 2162 public high schools	46.5%	11			32.5		32.1							46.6	46.6							18.2	18.2			$18,530	$832	$17,698
Higher Learning Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	900 Grace Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Higher Learning Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-5183	519	16	33.0	78.2%	64 (12.3%)	85 (16.4%)	206 (39.7%)	103 (19.8%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (4.8%)	33 (6.4%)								(n/a)	21.4	9.1			15.3	16.4	23.2	32.1	12.0	30.9	38.2		25.7	16.4	16.1	14.3	8.0	12.7	7.3		12.5	97%	0%	$15,904	$703	$15,201
Highlands Community Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	1-12	1333 Grand Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Highlands Community Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 844-2283	11,713	127	92.1	97.4%	5,530 (47.2%)	130 (1.1%)	1,637 (14.0%)	2,893 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (0.2%)	1,503 (12.8%)								(n/a)				12.9	12.9
California Innovative Career Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	1-12	1333 Grand Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	California Innovative Career Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 436-5770	1,729	121	14.2	93.2%	838 (48.5%)	160 (9.3%)	278 (16.1%)	220 (12.7%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	224 (13.0%)								(n/a)				46.3	46.3
Glenwood Elementary	Public	K-6	201 Jessie Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 922-2767	481	20	24.0	81.7%	23 (4.8%)	54 (11.2%)	356 (74.0%)	36 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	14	5314^th of 5817 public elementary schools	8.6%		11.3	5547^th of 5857 public elementary schools	5.3%	233	18.8				18.8	25.4	16.7	26.1	30.5				24.3	20.9	6.9	11.6	11.7				12.7	≥ 98%		$19,890	$2,315	$17,575
Main Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1400 Main Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 929-9559	361	16	22.5	84.8%	38 (10.5%)	58 (16.1%)	167 (46.3%)	72 (19.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	21 (5.8%)	13.3	5372^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	7.6%		13.8	5365^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.4%	7	14.6				14.6	26.8	17.4	30.9	25.8				25.4	19.5	10.9	9.1	6.5				11.6	94%	0%	$22,105	$2,207	$19,898
Bell Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1900 Bell Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 922-0202	377	15	25.1	83.6%	71 (18.8%)	29 (7.7%)	178 (47.2%)	88 (23.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.9%)	36.6	3468^th of 5817 public elementary schools	40.4%		33.2	3702^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	36.8%	234	25.0				25.0	23.9	24.0	43.2	53.3				35.7	30.4	34.0	36.4	35.6				34.1	≥ 98%		$21,545	$2,372	$19,173
Robla Elementary	Public	K-6	5200 Marysville Blvd.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 649-5200	343	15	22.8	81.9%	49 (14.3%)	41 (12.0%)	165 (48.1%)	74 (21.6%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	21.2	4702^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	19.2%		26.4	4288^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.8%	414	22.8				22.8	23.2	38.7	28.1	27.8				29.7	30.4	10.9	21.1	16.4				19.4	≥ 95%		$22,249	$2,393	$19,856
Taylor Street Elementary	Public	K-6	4350 Taylor St.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 927-5340	330	14	23.5	88.8%	53 (16.1%)	66 (20.0%)	121 (36.7%)	69 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	9 (2.7%)	28.9	4086^th of 5817 public elementary schools	29.8%		26.6	4264^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.2%	178	14.9				14.9	25.5	40.4	22.4	37.9				31.1	29.8	43.8	19.4	34.5				30.9	≥ 95%		$22,255	$2,417	$19,838

Cities Near Zip Code 95838

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sacramento	0.42 mi	226	609^th
Rio Linda	2.41 mi	8	387^th
McClellan	3.59 mi	4
North Highlands	3.6 mi	13	752^nd
Elverta	4.74 mi	2	703^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.