Summary:
ZIP code 96114 has one listed school, Janesville Elementary, a K–8 school with 313 students, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 46% in ELA, 33% in math and 33% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38% and 36%. That puts the school below the state by 3 percentage points in ELA, 5 in math and 3 in science. The most important finding is that these overall results hide sharp differences by grade, with 5th grade the clearest concern.
Because it is the only school listed, Janesville is both the area’s highest and lowest performer; its most useful standouts are comparisons with state results. Its relative bright spots are 3rd-grade ELA, 9 points above California, and 8th-grade science, 7 points above. Seventh grade was also above the state in ELA by 4 points and math by 6. At the other end, 5th-grade math was 13% proficient versus 37% statewide, a gap of 24 points; 5th-grade ELA was 34% versus 49%, 15 points lower, and science was 26% versus 35%, 9 points lower. This spread means families may find grade-specific results more useful than the school’s all-grades figures.
Recent results moved in different directions: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose by 1 percentage point and science by 5, while math fell by 4; Janesville’s gap with the state narrowed in ELA and science but widened by 5 points in math. SchoolDigger ranked Janesville in the 44th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, after the 52nd percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025; it was at the 32nd percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024. Other context includes an 18.3 student–teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 51% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 15% in 2025–2026, about 4 points below California’s rate.
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