Summary:
ZIP code 96028 has one elementary school, Fall River Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 6 and enrolling 275 students. Its latest results show a mixed picture rather than a consistent lead or lag: the most important finding is that science is its strongest subject relative to California, while all-grades English language arts and math are below state results.
There is no other school in the ZIP-code list to rank above or below it, so the useful comparison is with California. In 2025–2026, Fall River’s science proficiency was 41%, compared with 36% statewide—a 5-point advantage. ELA was 45%, 4 points below the state, and math was 35%, 3 points below. Grade results show important differences: grade 3 math was 5 points above the state, but grade 6 math was 11 points below; grade 5 ELA was 5 points above California, while grades 3, 4 and 6 were below.
Results changed differently by subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Science rose 6 points at Fall River, compared with a 3-point state increase, growing its lead from 2 points to 5. ELA fell 4 points while the state rose about 1, shifting Fall River from slightly above California to 4 points below; math was nearly unchanged, while the state improved about 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking was at the 53rd percentile in 2025–2026, down from the 56th percentile the prior year but above the 44th percentile in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism was 28%, below the district’s 32% but above California’s 18%. The student–teacher ratio was 18.4 in 2024–2025, and 54% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context figures, not explanations for achievement.
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