Summary:
ZIP code 95973 has two schools: Nord Country, an elementary school serving kindergarten through grade 8, and Oak Bridge Academy, an alternative school serving kindergarten through grade 12. In 2024–2025, the latest year with results for both schools, Nord scored 70% in ELA, 56% in math and 72% in science; Oak scored 47%, 15% and 17%, respectively. The all-grade comparison is not perfectly like-for-like because the schools have different grade spans and types. The clearest finding is that Nord led Oak in all three subjects, by 23 percentage points in ELA, 41 in math and 55 in science.
Nord Country stands out in the shared-year results: it was above state scores by 21 points in ELA, 19 in math and 39 in science. Oak Bridge Academy was below the state in all three subjects—by 2 points in ELA, 22 in math and 16 in science. Nord’s strong overall results have a notable exception: in grade 7, it was 7 points below the state in ELA and 27 points below in math. Oak’s 2025–2026 grade 11 scores were also weak, especially its 4% in math, 28 points below the state; its ELA was 48% and science 18%, respectively 9 and 21 points below the state.
Oak’s all-grade results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose by 1 point, math by 7 and science by 4, though all remained below state results. Nord’s SchoolDigger ranking also improved, from the 80th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 88th percentile and four stars in 2024–2025; no comparable SchoolDigger school ranking is supplied for Oak. In 2024–2025, Oak had a lower student-teacher ratio than Nord (18.9 versus 22.3), while its free/reduced lunch eligible share was higher (58% versus 15%). These are contextual measures, not explanations for the score differences.
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