Summary:
ZIP code 96019 has two schools: Grand Oaks Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5, and Gateway Educational Options, an alternative school serving kindergarten through grade 12. The most important finding is that both schools are below state proficiency levels in all-grades English language arts (ELA) and math: ELA is 31% at Grand Oaks and 32% at Gateway, compared with 49% statewide; math is 26% and 11%, respectively, compared with 38% statewide.
The schools stand out in different subjects: Gateway is ahead in ELA by 2 percentage points, while Grand Oaks leads in math by 15 points. Grand Oaks is 12 points below the state in math, compared with Gateway’s 28-point gap. Grand Oaks also reports 14% proficiency in science, 22 points below the state; Gateway’s all-grades science result is suppressed. Gateway’s 95% graduation rate is a strength, exceeding the state’s 88%, but its chronic absenteeism is 47%, compared with 24% at Grand Oaks. The schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades results are not direct like-for-like comparisons.
Recent trends differ: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Grand Oaks declined by 2 points in ELA, 3 in math and 12 in science, while Gateway improved by 2 points in ELA and 5 in math. SchoolDigger’s ranking for Grand Oaks fell from the 44th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 24th percentile in 2025–2026, and its rating moved from 2 stars to 1. Other context differs, too: in 2024–2025, 84% of Grand Oaks students and 85% of Gateway students were free/reduced lunch eligible; reported student-teacher ratios were 22 at Grand Oaks and 18 at Gateway. These figures describe the schools but do not explain their test-score differences.
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