Summary:
High schools in ZIP code 96055 consist of one school serving grades 9–12: Los Molinos High, with 203 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades results were above California’s in English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA), mathematics, and science: 62% versus 49% in ELA, 40% versus 38% in math, and 38% versus 36% in science. The school also exceeded results in Los Molinos Unified in all three subjects. ELA is the clearest strength, with the largest state advantage at 13 percentage points; math and science were each about 2 points above the state.
Because there is only one listed high school, it is both the area’s top and bottom school by default, so there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Grade 11 results were also above state results in all three subjects: by 4 points in ELA, 9 points in math, and 1 point in science. Completion measures look positive: graduation was 92%, compared with 88% statewide, while dropout was 4%, compared with 8%. Attendance is a concern by comparison: chronic absenteeism was 22%, 3 points above the state and 3 points above the district.
Math showed the strongest recent improvement, rising from 32% in 2024–25 to 40% in 2025–26, while the state result increased from 37% to 38%; the school moved from 5 points below the state to 2 points above. ELA’s state advantage stayed about the same, while science’s narrowed from about 4 points to about 2. SchoolDigger lists the school at rank 600 of 2,137, in the 72nd percentile with 4 stars for 2025–26, an improvement from rank 925, the 57th percentile, and 3 stars in 2023–24. The school reports 58% free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, and its student–teacher ratio is 16.4:1.
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