Summary:
ZIP code 95841 has three schools serving grades K–12 across two districts: Pioneer Tk-8 (K–8), Laurel Ruff Transition (grade 12), and La Entrada Continuation High (grades 9–12). Attendance is a concern at all three: chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 44% at Pioneer, 46% at Laurel Ruff, and 93% at La Entrada, compared with 18% statewide. The most serious concern in the reported results is La Entrada, where very low test proficiency coincides with exceptionally high absenteeism and a graduation rate well below state and district levels.
Pioneer leads the available all-grades test results, while La Entrada is at the bottom. In 2025–26, Pioneer had 47% ELA, 35% math, and 26% science proficiency—above its district by 10, 7, and 5 percentage points, respectively, but below the state in each subject. La Entrada had 4% ELA, 0% math, and 10% science proficiency, trailing the state by 45, 38, and 26 points. Pioneer’s all-grades results also hide a grade-level divide: its grade 7 ELA was 23 points above the state, while grade 4 ELA was 18 points below; grade 8 math was 15 points above the state, while grade 6 math was 18 points below. Laurel Ruff has no test-score entries in the supplied data.
Recent score changes were mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Pioneer fell 3 percentage points in ELA and math but rose 2 in science; La Entrada fell 4 points in ELA, stayed at 0% in math, and gained 10 points in science. La Entrada’s science gap with the state narrowed by 7 points, though its other results remain low. SchoolDigger rankings also declined over the longer term: Pioneer moved from the 49th percentile in 2023–24 to the 34th in 2025–26, and La Entrada from the 17th to the 5th, though La Entrada rose 3 points from the previous year. In 2024–25, student-teacher ratios were 25.4 at Pioneer, 16.5 at La Entrada, and 10.0 at Laurel Ruff; free/reduced lunch eligible figures that year were 87%, 62%, and 35%, respectively. These figures provide context, not an explanation for the different results.
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