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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 95955

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At a glance

School

124

Students

Top rankedMaxwell Elementary2914^th of 5,857 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Maxwell Elementary up 421 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 95955 is home to a single elementary school, Maxwell Elementary, serving grades K-5 in a rural area within the Maxwell Unified school district.

Maxwell Elementary shows positive momentum, having improved its statewide ranking from the 43rd to the 50th percentile in the latest year. The school performs notably well in English Language Arts, with proficiency rates close to the state average and significantly higher than its district. Math performance is also solid, though it varies by grade. A major strength is student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 11.9% that is much better than the California average of 19.4%.

An area for potential growth is science, where proficiency is currently very low. The school serves a community where 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and it consistently outperforms the broader Maxwell Unified district academically. For families in this area, Maxwell Elementary represents a school that is improving and maintaining key strengths in core subjects and student attendance.

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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)	% MMR (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 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Maxwell Elementary	Public	K-5	146 North St.	Maxwell	95955	Colusa County	Maxwell Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 438-2401	124	7	17.7	75.0%	43 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (55.6%)	4 (3.2%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	44.6	2914^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.2%		37.5	3335^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.2%	421	5.9	5.9	47.6	44.4	47.1	46.4	38.1	50.0	29.4	39.3	91.7	91.7	$21,172	$19,372	$1,800

Cities Near Zip Code 95955

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Maxwell	3.25 mi	3	586^th
Colusa	7.74 mi	5	736^th
Williams	8.03 mi	6	807^th
Princeton	10.8 mi	3	795^th
Meridian	15.13 mi	6	371^st

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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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