Schools in Zip Code 96064

ZIP code 96064 has six elementary schools, and all serve kindergarten through grade 8. In 2025–26, the average of the reported school results was below the state average in English language arts (ELA), math, and science: 35% versus 49% in ELA, 32% versus 38% in math, and 31% versus 36% in science. Science was closest to the state average and ELA farthest away, but school-to-school differences are the clearest finding: Big Springs Elementary had the lowest reported result in all three subjects, while different schools led each subject.

Delphic Elementary led ELA at 45%, while Big Springs had 19%, a 26-point gap. In math, Little Shasta Elementary led at 42% and Big Springs had 7%, a 35-point gap; Little Shasta was also 3 points above the state average. Willow Creek Elementary led science at 45%, compared with Big Springs’ 13%, a 32-point gap. Montague Elementary was near the state in math at 38%, but below it in ELA at 38% and science at 21%. Its grade-level math results also ranged from 0% in grade 5 to 62% in grade 8.

Across schools with results in both years, ELA and math moved somewhat closer to state averages, while science moved farther away: the ELA average rose from 34% to 35%, and its gap narrowed from 14.4 to 14.2 points; math rose from 25% to 29%, narrowing its gap from 13 to 9 points; science fell from 27% to 26%, widening its gap from 6 to 10 points. School paths differed: Delphic improved in all three subjects, while Montague’s science result fell 20 points. SchoolDigger ranks Montague 3,357th of 5,804 schools (42nd percentile) and Big Springs 5,712th (2nd percentile). For context, both report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25: 66% at Delphic and 60% at Big Springs; their student-teacher ratios are 20.3 and 27.9. Bogus Elementary’s 2025–26 all-grades scores are suppressed, so its earlier results cannot show its current standing.