Summary:
Schools in zip code 96130 include 9 schools: 4 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high, and 2 alternative schools, serving families from elementary through high school. Across the six schools with reported 2025–2026 all-grades results, average scores were 39% in ELA, 25% in math, and 30% in science, compared with statewide averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The area’s clearest shared concern is math, where the school average was 13 points below the state average.
Richmond Elementary stands out in ELA and math, scoring 50% and 43%—about even with the state in ELA and 4 points above it in math. Johnstonville Elementary led in science at 39%, 3 points above the state; its strength in that subject contrasts with Richmond’s 38%. At the lower end, Lassen High scored 33% in ELA, 16 points below the state, while Thompson Peak Charter scored 7% in math, 31 points below. Richmond also had the highest SchoolDigger ranking among the schools with current histories, at the 50th percentile; Diamond View Middle and Johnstonville were at the 44th percentile.
Across the six schools with results in both years, average ELA fell 5 points and math fell 1 point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while science rose 2 points; statewide, ELA was about unchanged, math rose 1 point, and science rose 3. Individual patterns differ: Diamond View improved in all three subjects, and Johnstonville science rose 15 points, while Lassen High ELA fell 18. Richmond and Johnstonville both serve K–8; in 2024–2025, their free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 22% and 55%, and their student-teacher ratios were 19.2 and 21.1. These are contextual differences, not explanations for test results. Attendance and graduation measures also diverge: Richmond’s chronic absenteeism was 8%, while Thompson Peak’s was 2% despite its graduation rate of 76% versus Lassen High’s 95%. Because schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are not grade-for-grade.
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