Summary:
Zip code 96065 has one listed school, Montgomery Creek Elementary, serving kindergarten through eighth grade and enrolling 68 students. With no other listed local school, families have no nearby school-to-school comparison in these data. The most important current finding is that the school’s all-grade ELA proficiency is 20 percentage points below the state result.
Montgomery Creek Elementary is both the area’s highest- and lowest-performing school by default, rather than a proven local leader or trailer. In 2025–2026, math was closest to the state: 35% of students were proficient, versus 38% statewide, a 3-point gap. Science was 24%, compared with 36% statewide, a 12-point gap; ELA was 30%, versus 49%, a 20-point gap. Eighth-grade science was a bright spot: 36% proficient, about 1 point above the state’s 35%. However, eighth-grade ELA was 27%, compared with 49% statewide, and eighth-grade math was 27%, versus 36%.
Results changed in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math rose from 24% to 35% and science from 0% to 24%, narrowing their gaps with the state, while ELA fell from 33% to 30% and its state gap widened from 15 to 20 points. SchoolDigger’s listed statewide ranking also declined, from the 79th percentile in 2007–2008 to the 48th in 2023–2024; its rating changed from four stars to two. For additional context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 11.2, and 75% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 42%, versus 18% statewide. These are observations about the one school, not evidence that any factor explains its results.
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