Schools in Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights’s 9 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 67th percentile among the 5,721 California elementary schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 3 Developing and 5 Needs Support. Citrus Heights’s 4 public middle schools run from the 7th to the 17th percentile among the 2,177 California middle schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 4 Needs Support. Citrus Heights’s 2 public high schools are all at the 4th percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 2 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score; it isn’t a grade. How we score schools.

Elementary: Cambridge Heights Elementary, 67th percentile statewide (Solid). Middle: Lichen K-8, 17th percentile statewide (Needs Support). High: Mesa Verde High, 4th percentile statewide (Needs Support). Each level is ranked separately, and a few percentiles apart is a tie. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

The average Citrus Heights elementary school had 24 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2024–25; the average California elementary school had 18 in 100. The average Citrus Heights middle school had 29 in 100 students chronically absent in 2024–25; the average California middle school had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

No. A city can hold schools from more than one district, and attendance boundaries decide which school serves an address. Confirm the school for your address with the district.

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2025 and chronic-absence rates for 2024–25, both published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations, not official state ratings. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them. Methodology and limitations.