Summary:
ZIP code 96028 has one listed school, Fall River Elementary, serving grades K–6 with 275 students. There is no other listed school in the ZIP code to compare it with. In 2025–2026, its all-grades science proficiency was 41%, above California’s 36%, while its math proficiency was 35%, below the state’s 38%. The most important takeaway is that science is a relative strength, while sixth-grade math is the clearest academic concern.
Within the school, fifth grade stands out positively, and sixth-grade math is the weakest result relative to its state benchmark. Fifth-grade ELA was 54%, 5 percentage points above the same-grade state result; fifth-grade science was 41%, also 5 points above the state. In contrast, sixth-grade math was 26%, 11 points below the state’s 37%. All-grades results show the same subject differences: science was 5 points above the state, while ELA was 4 points below and math 3 points below. Chronic absenteeism was 28%—4 points lower than in Fall River Joint Unified, but 10 points higher than statewide.
Recent results are mixed rather than showing a broad improvement: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, science proficiency rose 6 percentage points, ELA fell 4 points, and math was nearly unchanged. The school’s science advantage over the state widened by 3 points, while its math shortfall widened by 1 point and its ELA position shifted 4 points away from the state. SchoolDigger ranks Fall River Elementary 2,711th of 5,804 schools, in the 53rd percentile, with 3 stars for 2025–2026; its percentile rose from 44 in 2023–2024 to 56 in 2024–2025 before dipping to 53. As context, its student-teacher ratio was 18.4 in 2024–2025, and 54% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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