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Christa McAuliffe

Public Grades K-8

237^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of California elementary schools

Summary

Christa McAuliffe Elementary is a highly-rated K-8 school serving 358 students in the affluent, high-achieving Cupertino Union school district in Saratoga, California.

Academically, the school is exceptional by state standards, ranking in the 96th percentile with strong test scores, but it finds itself in a unique position among its immediate neighbors. Within the same top-tier district, schools like Murdock-Portal Elementary and John Muir Elementary achieve even higher academic results, meaning McAuliffe is a top-performing school surrounded by some of the state's very elite institutions. Its K-8 structure, which includes middle school grades, also sets it apart from most nearby K-5 schools.

The school's performance shows some variation across grade levels, particularly in middle school science, and it has a slightly higher rate of chronic student absenteeism compared to its highest-performing district peers. Interestingly, McAuliffe spends more per student than some of those higher-achieving schools, highlighting that factors beyond funding contribute to school performance. Compared to schools in other districts, such as Argonaut Elementary in the Saratoga Union Elementary district, McAuliffe serves a slightly more diverse student population socioeconomically while maintaining consistently high marks and a stable 5-star rating over the past decade.

358

Students ?

19.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,874

Per pupil spending ?

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12211 Titus Ave.
Saratoga, CA 95070-3456

(408) 253-4696

District: Cupertino Union

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

43.6%

White:

32.7%

Two or more races:

14.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 97th percentile in 2015 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (80% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school80%

District avg82%

California avg41%

Elementary school

237^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

139^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 18Elementary Schools in the Cupertino Union

52^nd of 1,543Cupertino Union among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.1	237 of 5857	96.0%	★★★★★
2024	93.7	451 of 5869	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.4	242 of 5859	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	96.5	249 of 5883	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	98.0	29 of 1417	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	95.8	238 of 5789	95.9%	★★★★★
2018	90.5	608 of 5662	89.3%	★★★★☆
2017	98.0	89 of 5692	98.4%	★★★★★
2016	95.4	282 of 5614	95.0%	★★★★★
2015	97.3	161 of 5611	97.1%	★★★★★
2013	79.2	1102 of 5530	80.1%	★★★★☆
2012	75.0	1271 of 5390	76.4%	★★★★☆
2011	64.2	1794 of 5377	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	67.5	1597 of 5314	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2009	77.4	1116 of 5193	78.5%	★★★★☆
2008	87.6	619 of 5113	87.9%	★★★★☆
2007	90.9	473 of 5113	90.7%	★★★★★
2006	85.8	697 of 4818	85.5%	★★★★☆
2005	81.3	877 of 4822	81.8%	★★★★☆
2004	83.5	772 of 4809	83.9%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.2	134 of 1203	88.9%	★★★★☆
2024	70.1	408 of 1205	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.9	430 of 1190	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.4	335 of 1154	71.0%	★★★★☆
2019	60.5	557 of 1149	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.6	616 of 1071	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	257 of 5597	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	95.4	259 of 5612	95.4%	★★★★★
2023	93.0	437 of 5609	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	95.8	235 of 5635	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	97.7	25 of 1267	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	90.9	505 of 5492	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	84.1	861 of 5413	84.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.5	229 of 5628	95.9%	★★★★★
2024	93.4	396 of 5643	93.0%	★★★★★
2023	96.8	164 of 5638	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.7	259 of 5663	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	96.2	57 of 1272	95.5%	★★★★★
2019	97.5	81 of 5510	98.5%	★★★★★
2018	92.7	406 of 5431	92.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.5	465 of 2598	82.1%	★★★★☆
2024	77.5	520 of 2651	80.4%	★★★★☆
2022	80.7	423 of 2726	84.5%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.4	139 of 2761	95.0%	★★★★★
2024	92.4	221 of 2783	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	98.8	24 of 2781	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	97.9	50 of 2740	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	97.6	53 of 2715	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	97.9	32 of 2480	98.7%	★★★★★
2017	98.8	15 of 2508	99.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.6	22 of 2497	99.1%	★★★★★
2015	96.3	68 of 2477	97.3%	★★★★★
2013	89.4	102 of 2379	95.7%	★★★★★
2012	93.8	20 of 2259	99.1%	★★★★★
2011	84.4	211 of 2236	90.6%	★★★★★
2010	92.0	60 of 2179	97.2%	★★★★★
2009	91.7	71 of 2063	96.6%	★★★★★
2008	95.7	21 of 2005	99.0%	★★★★★
2007	94.9	38 of 1999	98.1%	★★★★★
2006	86.9	171 of 1804	90.5%	★★★★★
2005	92.5	73 of 1777	95.9%	★★★★★
2004	84.6	208 of 1769	88.2%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	50.9	422 of 745	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	86.0	28 of 700	96.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	97.2	59 of 2509	97.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.7	5 of 2534	99.8%	★★★★★
2024	99.7	7 of 2552	99.7%	★★★★★
2019	99.5	9 of 2407	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	99.1	14 of 2273	99.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)89th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)82nd percentile-14 vs school

Middle school

Male (2025)100th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2022)98th percentile~ school

Asian (2019)43rd percentile-55 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics84%+47 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy77%+28 vs state

Science75%+42 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Our middle school child, who has been at McAuliffe since Kindergarten has thrived both academically and socially at school. The small group instruction facilitates individualized learning and critical thinking skills. She was able to do advanced work because in most cases the curriculum is set up for students to work at whatever level they are at. Most importantly, students are motivated to learn more because they enjoy the educational hands-on activities and the integrated fashion in which topics are presented and covered. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Christa McAuliffe	Public	K-8	12211 Titus Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 253-4696	358	18	19.7	9.8%	117 (32.7%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (8.7%)	156 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (14.8%)	96.1	237^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.0%		93.7	451^st of 5869 public elementary schools	92.3%	214	82.9	57.9	75.0	76.0	71.1	86.8	72.2	81.8	75.0	77.1	92.0	80.0	84.6	72.2	84.6	90.5	83.9	96.4	96.4		$18,874	$483	$18,391
John Muir Elementary	Public	K-5	6560 Hanover Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-5265	557	22	25.5	8.4%	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	436 (78.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	109 (19.6%)	99.1	11^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.8%		99	19^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.7%	8	84.9		84.9	90.6	93.1	89.5				91.1	95.8	93.1	90.7				93.3	93.2		93.2	$15,240	$244	$14,996
Blue Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	12300 De Sanka Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 257-9282	424	18	23.4	16.3%	49 (11.6%)	4 (0.9%)	18 (4.2%)	305 (71.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.4%)	96.8	173^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	97.0%		97.4	134^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.7%	39	69.0		69.0	75.0	77.8	84.5				79.1	87.5	84.5	91.3				87.7				$17,440	$361	$17,079
Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Strayer Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 253-2850	547	24	22.9	19.6%	37 (6.8%)	3 (0.5%)	23 (4.2%)	434 (79.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (8.8%)	98.2	57^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.0%		98.6	44^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.3%	13	73.9		73.9	80.0	91.7	89.5				87.3	85.1	95.4	84.4				87.9				$14,490	$266	$14,224
Murdock-Portal Elementary	Public	K-5	1188 Wunderlich Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 973-8191	551	23	24.1	8.5%	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	479 (86.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (10.9%)	99.4	4^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.9%		99.4	6^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.9%	2	94.1		94.1	92.5	92.9	97.6				94.3	96.8	95.3	95.2				95.8				$15,563	$305	$15,258
Country Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	5140 Country Ln.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3400	444	21	21.1	30.0%	78 (17.6%)	13 (2.9%)	107 (24.1%)	194 (43.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (11.3%)	92.4	511^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.3%		92	573^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	90.2%	62	65.3		65.3	72.6	80.7	73.2				75.2	69.7	74.2	66.7				70.1				$16,318	$1,656	$14,662
Argonaut Elementary	Public	K-5	13200 Shadow Mountain Rd.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Saratoga Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 867-4773	367	16	22.9	2.5%	37 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	271 (73.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (13.6%)	98.5	34^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.4%		99.2	8^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.9%	26	82.9		82.9	80.6	90.0	86.8				85.9	92.7	94.3	89.5				92.1				$22,754	$1,090	$21,664
Gussie M. Baker Elementary	Public	K-5	4845 Bucknall Rd.	San Jose	95130	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3200	400	20	20.0	19.0%	69 (17.3%)	15 (3.8%)	94 (23.5%)	153 (38.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (16.8%)	86.4	857^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.4%		90.9	641^st of 5869 public elementary schools	89.1%	216	58.5		58.5	71.2	65.0	64.6				67.0	67.7	63.3	60.0				63.7				$15,739	$1,426	$14,313
Easterbrook Discovery	Public	K-8	4835 Doyle Rd.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3500	952	43	22.2	22.2%	180 (18.9%)	20 (2.1%)	193 (20.3%)	464 (48.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	88 (9.2%)	91.2	595^th of 5857 public elementary schools	89.8%		92.2	560^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.5%	35	66.0	70.0	68.1	69.2	70.5	72.2	67.0	80.3	81.1	73.5	75.5	75.4	70.4	61.7	75.2	73.2	71.8				$7,661	$1,394	$6,267
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary	Public	K-5	19200 Phil Ln.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-3103	407	19	21.5	27.0%	31 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.1%)	298 (73.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (10.1%)	95.2	313^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.7%		96.1	259^th of 5869 public elementary schools	95.6%	54	66.7		66.7	86.8	71.4	79.1				79.0	84.3	73.6	77.8				78.5				$22,551	$892	$21,659

Frequently Asked Questions about Christa McAuliffe

What is the racial makeup of Christa McAuliffe?

Students at Christa McAuliffe are 44% Asian, 33% White, 15% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic.

How many students attend Christa McAuliffe?

In the 2024-25 school year, 358 students attended Christa McAuliffe.

What district is Christa McAuliffe in?

Cupertino Union

Is Christa McAuliffe a good school?

Yes! Christa McAuliffe is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 237^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

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