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Compare school districts

Pick one to three districts to see how their elementary and middle schools do on the state tests, how that compares with what their families’ backgrounds would predict, and where their high school graduates go.

Sort and filter every California elementary and middle school we have results for, or choose one to three districts above to compare them side by side.

Top schools

Across all California schools at this level with at least 50 students tested. Ranked by the share of tested students.

Top 5 exceeding the standard

  1. 1Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion CharterBuckeye Union Elementary85.4%
  2. 2William Faria ElementaryCupertino Union81.8%
  3. 3Cold Spring ElementaryCold Spring Elementary80.3%
  4. 4Murdock-Portal ElementaryCupertino Union80.2%
  5. 5Herbert Hoover ElementaryPalo Alto Unified79.4%

Top 5 meeting the standard

  1. 1Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion CharterBuckeye Union Elementary97.9%
  2. 2Cold Spring ElementaryCold Spring Elementary97.1%
  3. 3William Faria ElementaryCupertino Union95.5%
  4. 4Murdock-Portal ElementaryCupertino Union95.3%
  5. 5North Star AcademyRedwood City Elementary93.9%

All California schools

Test scores mostly follow how much money families have. “Vs similar schools” is a fairer way to sort: it shows which schools do better than similar schools (full report).

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What this page cannot tell you

  • Test results are outcomes, not teaching quality. A school can do well because of who enrolls as well as what happens in class.
  • Family background is only partly controlled for. The comparison with expectation uses a few measures (low income, English learners, parents’ education); it cannot account for everything.
  • State groups such as “Asian” are broad and hide very different communities.
  • Results for small groups are noisy: with few students tested, a few students can move the figure a lot.
  • Progress follows the same grade group from one year to the next, so kids moving in and out of a school affect it. The window is two years, which is short.
  • The college link is district-wide, not specific to any one school.
  • Attendance boundaries change. Confirm a home’s assigned school with the district.