Barry Elementary, Yuba City CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Barry Elementary

Barry Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Yuba City, a mid-sized Central Valley city anchored by agriculture, healthcare, and retail. The school sits within Yuba City Unified, a district that has recently built out dual-enrollment pathways allowing high schoolers to earn an associate degree from Yuba College alongside their high school diploma, a pathway that could matter for families thinking about high school ahead. The district is also implementing California's universal transitional kindergarten program, expanding free public schooling for four-year-olds.

Barry's enrollment is modest for the grade span it covers, with roughly similar numbers across each grade level. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body reflects the broader Yuba City demographic: roughly equally split between Hispanic and white students, with a meaningful share of Asian students and smaller numbers of Black, multiracial, and Native American students.

Academic performance at Barry is below the midpoint for tested schools in Sutter County. State testing from spring 2025 shows proficiency rates in English language arts clustering in the low-to-mid range across grades three through eight, with some grade-to-grade variation. Math proficiency is notably lower, with results in the low thirtieth percentile for the elementary grades and dropping sharply in middle grades. Science results at grades five and eight are similarly low. The school's overall proficiency index sits below the county median, and a parent may want to look into the school's current academic support strategies and how the school identifies and serves students who are falling behind. The lack of recent trend data makes it impossible to know whether these results represent a stable condition or a change, so asking the school directly about trajectory would be worthwhile.

The school operates as a regular public school with no magnet, charter, or alternative designation. It draws its peer group from the residential neighborhoods surrounding it in Yuba City, a city that is growing steadily through new single-family subdivisions and affordable housing development, with projects like Johnson Ranch Estates and Dunn Ranch adding substantial inventory. Housing values in the Yuba City zip code sit below both state and national benchmarks, and rent is correspondingly affordable for the region, making the area accessible to families seeking lower housing costs. Yuba-Sutter Transit provides hourly or half-hourly bus service on weekdays and Saturdays, though service ends in early evening and there is no Sunday service.

Yuba City itself has a downtown Plumas Street corridor that is more walkable and hosts regular street events and a farmers market, though the broader city is car-dependent. The Sutter County Library serves as a civic anchor and is easily accessible by transit. Parks including Alta Park, Maple Park, and the newer Didar S. Bains Park offer recreational access. The region's identity remains tied to agriculture and food processing, with Sunsweet Growers operating the world's largest dried-fruit processing plant here, alongside healthcare systems, retail, government, and education as the dominant employers.

Data on English learner enrollment, special education enrollment, attendance, discipline, and staff composition were not available in the school's public reporting. The school's website information, program offerings beyond core academics, and details about staffing and teacher qualifications were not included in the sourced data, so a parent seeking those specifics should contact the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 35% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 31% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 28% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 21% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 21% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 20% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 33% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 35% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 40% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 648%

School 48% · District 33% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 37% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 36% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 27% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 20% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 49% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

This schoolYuba City Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income36%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income60%19 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income68%27 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income47%Higher-income40%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income21%Higher-income57%36 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income57%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income45%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income60%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income13%Higher-income20%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income10%Higher-income21%11 pp gap