DOWNEY — At Stauffer Middle School, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California student test scores for the 2025-2026 school year, which show continued statewide progress across all three subject areas for the third straight year.

This year, California students also achieved:

?Graduation rate at a 10-year high

?Higher college and career readiness

?Chronic absenteeism continuing to decline across ALL grade levels

? Suspension rates at their lowest levels since 2019, outside the pandemic.

California students are improving year after year, with increasing percentages of students scoring Proficient or Advanced across the board in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science—with science gains above pre-pandemic levels. In total, students scoring Developing, Proficient, or Advanced (the percentage of students demonstrating grade-level performance with increasing accuracy and complexity) also grew to 71% in ELA, 61.8% in mathematics, and 86.5% in science.