Summary:
ZIP code 95953 has seven schools—three elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools and one alternative school—serving students from elementary through high school. Six schools have reported 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency results; results for Valley Oak Continuation High are suppressed. The main finding is a wide spread across schools: reported proficiency ranges from 15% to 69% in English language arts (ELA), 4% to 57% in math and 8% to 45% in science.
Encinal Elementary is the strongest all-around performer: it is the only school with a four-star SchoolDigger rating and leads the reported results, at 69% in ELA, 57% in math and 45% in science—19, 18 and 9 percentage points above state results, respectively. At the other end, Live Oak Alternative is lowest in all three subjects, at 15%, 4% and 8%, or 34, 35 and 28 points below the state. Across the six reporting schools, averages are 46% in ELA, 32% in math and 29% in science, compared with 49%, 38% and 36% statewide.
Average results improved from the prior year by 1 point in ELA, 3 in math and 2 in science; state results rose by 0, 1 and 3 points, so the area’s gap narrowed in ELA and math but widened in science. Individual results differ: Encinal improved in all three subjects, while Live Oak High’s math rose 3 points and science 12, even as ELA fell 11. SchoolDigger’s rankings also moved in different directions: Encinal rose from the 70th to the 72nd percentile, while Live Oak Middle rose from the 57th to the 65th and Luther Elementary fell from the 69th to the 60th. School size, ratios and income measures do not follow a simple pattern with results: Encinal has 111 students, a 22.2:1 student-teacher ratio and 52% free/reduced lunch eligible (2024–2025); Nuestro Elementary has 170 students, an 18.8:1 ratio and 56% free/reduced lunch eligible (2024–2025).
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