Summary:
ZIP code 96097 has two elementary schools: Evergreen Elementary, serving grades 1–4, and Gold Street Elementary, serving kindergarten. Their grade spans and available academic information differ, so families will want to consider each school’s specific context. In 2025–2026, Evergreen’s proficiency was below California’s in both subjects, and its results fell from the prior year while state results edged up.
The available information does not establish an academic top or bottom: Evergreen is the only school with reported test scores, and Gold Street has no test-score rows. The schools stand out differently on other measures. Gold Street had the lower student–teacher ratio, 17.9 compared with 20.2, and lower per-student spending, $21,429 compared with $30,379. Its chronic absenteeism was higher, however: 24% versus 20%. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 78% at Gold Street and 74% at Evergreen. These are school-context observations, not explanations for academic results.
Evergreen’s results declined sharply year over year: ELA proficiency dropped 9 percentage points, from 34% to 25%, while math fell 21 points, from 55% to 33%. California’s ELA rose by about half a point and math by 1 point. In 2025–2026, Evergreen was 24 points below the state in ELA and 5 points below in math; its stronger relative subject was math. Fourth-grade results were farther below state results than third-grade results, especially in ELA. SchoolDigger gives Evergreen a rank of 4,340 out of 5,804, at the 25th percentile, with 1 star. Those rankings are another point of reference, but they do not compare Evergreen with Gold Street.
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