Summary:
Zip code 95957 has one listed school, Meridian Elementary, a K–8 school with 78 students. Its chronic absenteeism rate was about 6% in 2025–26, below the district’s 13% and California’s 18%. With only one school in the list, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. The most important finding is that its 2025–26 proficiency was below the state rate in every subject, with the widest gap in English language arts (ELA).
Meridian Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the list by default, not because it has been shown to outperform or trail nearby schools. Compared with California, its smallest 2025–26 shortfall was in math: 16% proficient at the school versus 38% statewide, a gap of 23 percentage points. ELA was the largest gap, at 11% versus 49% statewide, or 38 points; science was 7% versus 36%, a 29-point gap. The available sixth-grade results also show particular concern: ELA was 0% versus 48% statewide, and math was 7% versus 37%.
Results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, while state results rose or stayed nearly flat, widening the school’s gaps. ELA proficiency dropped 15 percentage points, math 2 points, and science 1 point; the respective gaps with the state widened by 16, 4, and 4 points. SchoolDigger’s longer-term ranking provides a different signal: Meridian Elementary was at the 12th percentile with 1 star in 2024–25, up 4 percentile points from 2015–16, but below its 48th-percentile, 2-star standing in 2009–10. Other context includes a 19.5:1 student–teacher ratio in 2024–25 and 77% free/reduced lunch eligible that year; California provides free school meals to all students statewide. These figures describe the school but do not establish what explains its results.
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