Summary:
ZIP code 96073 has four schools serving grades K–12: Foothill High and three K–8 schools, Junction Elementary, North Cow Creek Elementary and Chrysalis Charter. The biggest current difference is in science: North Cow Creek was 12 percentage points below the state, while the other two schools with 2025–2026 scores were above it.
In 2025–2026, Foothill led ELA at 63% and science at 43%; North Cow Creek led math at 45.4%, just ahead of Junction at 44.9%. The lowest scores were North Cow Creek’s 48% in ELA and 24% in science, and Foothill’s 39% in math. The science spread between North Cow Creek and Foothill was 19 points; math was much closer, with all three schools above the 38% state rate. Foothill also posted strong high-school outcomes: its graduation rate was 99%, compared with 88% statewide, and its dropout rate was 0%, compared with 8% statewide. Chrysalis has no supplied 2025–2026 scores; in 2024–2025, it had the lowest all-grades results among the four schools in each subject.
Results declined overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 at the three schools with scores in both years: their equal-school averages fell from 61% to 55% in ELA, 47% to 43% in math and 47% to 36% in science, while state results rose. The group’s science advantage over the state narrowed from 14 points to less than one point. Individual results varied: Junction’s ELA rose 2 points, North Cow Creek’s math rose 3 points, but North Cow Creek’s science fell 22 points. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also fell in the latest year for all three: Foothill went from 88 to 74, Junction from 72 to 69, and North Cow Creek from 67 to 58. As context, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 were 45% at Foothill, 35% at Junction, 27% at North Cow Creek and 39% at Chrysalis; these figures do not consistently track the schools’ subject results.
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