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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 95948

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Schools

1,191

Students

Districts

Top rankedManzanita Elementary2653^rd of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Summary:

Three elementary schools serve zip code 95948 in Gridley, California: Wilson Elementary (grades 2-5) and McKinley Elementary (grades K-1) in the Gridley Unified district, and Manzanita Elementary (grades K-8) in the Manzanita Elementary district, all rated in the 68th percentile statewide.

Manzanita Elementary stands out with the strongest academic performance, exceeding state averages in English and science, and has a remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 10.4%. In contrast, Wilson Elementary shows a recent decline in its statewide ranking and has the lowest math proficiency, while McKinley Elementary has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 26.5%.

Notably, Manzanita Elementary achieves these better outcomes with the lowest per-student spending among the three schools. A key area for parents to note is the significant variation in math performance by grade at Manzanita, with 3rd grade scoring very high but 5th grade much lower, suggesting a potential focus area. The wide gap in student attendance between the schools is a striking difference within the same community.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% DTP (2022)	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-1	1045 Sycamore St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-5686	341	16	21.3	80.9%	120 (35.2%)	1 (0.3%)	198 (58.1%)	12 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)								(n/a)																		97.1	97.1	$24,966	$23,458	$1,508
Wilson Elementary	Public	2-5	409 Magnolia St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-3675	544	24	22.6	79.6%	181 (33.3%)	6 (1.1%)	311 (57.2%)	19 (3.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.0%)	41.7	3098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.1%		51.4	2483^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	57.7%	615	31.5		31.5	40.9	39.9	46.5				42.2	34.5	34.3	30.7				33.3			$21,672	$20,508	$1,164
Manzanita Elementary	Public	K-8	627 East Evans-Reimer Rd.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Manzanita Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-5594	306	16	18.6	42.8%	131 (42.8%)	2 (0.7%)	142 (46.4%)	8 (2.6%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.6%)	48.8	2653^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	54.7%		51.1	2499^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.4%	154	16.7	65.2	37.7	51.6	48.4	40.0	54.1	51.7	65.2	51.4	62.5	35.5	17.2	32.4	37.9	40.9	37.8			$27,433	$27,126	$307

Cities Near Zip Code 95948

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gridley	0.34 mi	6	282^nd
Biggs	4.01 mi	2	725^th
Live Oak	5.74 mi	9	445^th
Oroville	8.84 mi	32	739^th
Palermo	9.63 mi	3	713^th

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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.

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