Summary:
Zip code 96041 has one listed elementary school, Hayfork Elementary, serving grades K–8 with 245 students; the latest test results are for 2025–2026. Because it is the only school listed, the data cannot show which school is stronger within the ZIP code. Its clearest overall strength is science: proficiency was 46%, compared with 36% statewide, a lead of about 10 percentage points.
The school’s results vary substantially by subject and grade. All-grades ELA proficiency was 46%, 3 points below California’s 49%, while math was essentially level with the state at 39% versus 38%. The largest grade-level contrast is in math: fourth grade was 10%, 32 points below the state, while eighth grade was 57%, 21 points above; results across those grades span 47 points. ELA also varied: fourth- and sixth-grade results trailed the state by 12 and 9 points, while fifth and seventh grades were ahead by 14 and 9 points. Science was more consistent across tested grades, ranging from 44% in fifth grade to 48% in eighth grade, with both results above their state comparisons.
Hayfork’s all-grades scores declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: by 5 points in ELA, 9 in math and 9 in science, while state results rose in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down over the three years shown, from the 75th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 50th percentile in 2025–2026; its star rating changed from 4 stars to 3. These rankings are a separate measure from proficiency scores. For context, in 2024–2025 the school had a student–teacher ratio of 24.5 and 74% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; these figures describe the school, but do not explain its results.
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