Summary:
The 95376 zip code area of Tracy, California is home to 20 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 11 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 5 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The data reveals a mix of high-performing and underperforming schools, with Millennium Charter, Primary Charter, and Discovery Charter standing out as the top-performing schools in the area.
The charter schools consistently outperform their traditional public school counterparts, with higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and better performance on state assessments. For example, Millennium Charter has a 97.2% four-year graduation rate and a 0.9% dropout rate, compared to the Tracy Joint Unified district averages of 88.1% and 9.0%, respectively. In contrast, the alternative and continuation high schools in the area, such as Tracy Independent Study Charter and George and Evelyn Stein Continuation, struggle with much lower performance metrics.
The data also highlights the socioeconomic diversity in the area, with the percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch ranging from 19.15% at Primary Charter to 85.5% at Central Elementary. This socioeconomic factor appears to play a role in the academic performance of the schools, with the higher-poverty schools generally underperforming their more affluent counterparts.
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