Elementary Schools in Gifford CCSD 188

Elementary schools in Gifford CCSD 188 consist of one school, Gifford Grade School, which serves grades K–8 and has 151 students. Its 2025–2026 all-grades results were above state results in both subjects, with the largest advantage in math: 55% at Gifford compared with 40% statewide, a 15-point lead.

There is no second school in the data to compare against Gifford, so the clearest differences are between its reported grades and state results. In 2025–2026, Gifford’s ELA result was 64% versus 56% statewide, a 7-point advantage; its math result was 55% versus 40%, a 15-point advantage—8 points larger than its ELA lead. Grade 6 stood out in ELA, at 76% versus 59% statewide, an 18-point advantage. Grade 4 was the strongest reported math comparison, at 67% versus 42%, a 25-point advantage. Results varied by grade: reported ELA scores ranged from 52% to 76%, and math scores from 52% to 67%.

Gifford Grade School widened its advantage over the state from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in both subjects. Its ELA score rose from 56% to 64%, while the state result increased from 53% to 56%; its lead grew from 3 points to 7. Math rose from 39% to 55%, compared with a state increase from 39% to 40%; the school’s lead grew from 1 point to 15. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 68th percentile with 3 stars in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, up from the 47th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024. Other context includes a 10.7 student–teacher ratio and 34% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 17%, compared with 24% statewide.