Summary:
Schools in zip code 62916 include three schools serving pre-K through grade 12: Trico Elementary School, Trico Junior High School and Trico Senior High School. Together, they enroll 879 students. The clearest shared concern is math: all eight available grade-level comparisons are below state results, by 7 to 20 percentage points, with an average shortfall of 13 points; ELA averages about the state level across the same grades.
Trico Junior High School stands out in ELA: its all-grades result was 63% proficient versus 56% statewide, a 7-point advantage. Its grade 6 and 7 results were above state, but grade 8 was 4 points below. Science results vary sharply: Trico Senior High School’s grade 9 result was 60% versus 47% statewide, 13 points higher, while Trico Junior High School’s grade 8 result was 37% versus 52%, 15 points lower. Trico Elementary School’s most notable result was fifth-grade science, 52% versus 48% statewide. The largest listed math gap was elementary grade 5: 16% proficient versus 36% statewide, a 20-point shortfall. Senior high’s graduation rate was 83%, compared with 90% statewide.
Some results improved, but not consistently. Elementary all-grades ELA rose 8 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and senior high grade 9 science rose 17 points; by contrast, senior high grade 10 math fell slightly, and its state gap widened from 14 to 16 points. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile rankings were 35 for elementary, 36 for junior high and 40 for senior high; junior high fell 24 points from the prior year, while senior high rebounded 9 points. As context, in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 68% at elementary, 58% at junior high and 56% at senior high; student–teacher ratios were 15.3, 13.1 and 10.4, respectively. These are observations about school context, not explanations for results. Because the schools serve different grade spans, comparisons are most useful within matching grades.
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