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Donald L. Rheem Elementary

Public Grades K-5

205^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of California elementary schools

Summary

Donald L. Rheem Elementary is a public elementary school in Moraga, California, serving 440 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Moraga Elementary School District, which is ranked 44 out of 1,565 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Donald L. Rheem Elementary consistently ranks among the top 5% of elementary schools in California, with exceptional academic performance. In the 2024-2025 school year, 84.83% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, and 80.75% were proficient or better in Mathematics, significantly outperforming the state and district averages. The school's performance is particularly strong in specific grade levels, such as 3rd grade Mathematics (87.14% proficient or better) and 4th grade English Language Arts/Literacy (89.06% proficient or better).

Compared to nearby schools like Camino Pablo Elementary and Los Perales Elementary, Donald L. Rheem Elementary consistently outperforms them on key metrics, including academic achievement, student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending. This suggests that Donald L. Rheem Elementary is a standout school within the local area, providing a high-quality educational experience for its students.

441

Students ?

23.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,138

Per pupil spending ?

8.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

90 Laird Dr.
Moraga, CA 94556-1407

(925) 376-4441

District: Moraga Elementary

Students who attend Donald L. Rheem Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Joaquin Moraga Intermediate
High:	Campolindo High

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.8%

Two or more races:

20.9%

Asian:

18.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2013 → 96th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (79% 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

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school79%

District avg77%

California avg41%

205^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Elementary Schools in the Moraga Elementary

45^th of 1,543Moraga Elementary 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.4	205 of 5857	96.5%	★★★★★
2024	97.4	127 of 5869	97.8%	★★★★★
2023	96.6	225 of 5859	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.8	218 of 5883	96.3%	★★★★★
2019	96.4	190 of 5789	96.7%	★★★★★
2018	96.8	161 of 5662	97.2%	★★★★★
2017	97.3	148 of 5692	97.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.2	132 of 5614	97.6%	★★★★★
2015	97.7	129 of 5611	97.7%	★★★★★
2013	95.6	77 of 5530	98.6%	★★★★★
2012	96.2	28 of 5390	99.5%	★★★★★
2011	97.2	16 of 5377	99.7%	★★★★★
2010	97.1	25 of 5314	99.5%	★★★★★
2009	97.2	42 of 5193	99.2%	★★★★★
2008	98.1	25 of 5113	99.5%	★★★★★
2007	97.5	80 of 5113	98.4%	★★★★★
2006	98.2	42 of 4818	99.1%	★★★★★
2005	97.2	94 of 4822	98.1%	★★★★★
2004	97.0	130 of 4809	97.3%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.4	409 of 1203	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	84.5	66 of 1205	94.5%	★★★★★
2023	84.8	43 of 1190	96.4%	★★★★★
2022	62.1	560 of 1154	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	74.2	269 of 1149	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	64.1	474 of 1071	55.7%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	97.9	50 of 2227	97.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.1	256 of 5597	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	97.5	77 of 5612	98.6%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	164 of 5609	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	97.0	145 of 5635	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	211 of 5492	96.2%	★★★★★
2018	95.8	170 of 5413	96.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	98.1	80 of 5363	98.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.3	175 of 5628	96.9%	★★★★★
2024	95.4	236 of 5643	95.8%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	279 of 5638	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	95.0	302 of 5663	94.7%	★★★★★
2019	96.1	175 of 5510	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	95.8	207 of 5431	96.2%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	64 of 718	91.1%	★★★★★
2024	78.3	134 of 670	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	112 of 669	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	83.5	57 of 610	90.7%	★★★★★
2019	80.0	63 of 445	85.8%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.8	48 of 2847	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	96.6	79 of 2635	97.0%	★★★★★
2023	93.7	120 of 2420	95.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.0	379 of 2598	85.4%	★★★★☆
2024	88.9	118 of 2651	95.5%	★★★★★
2023	83.4	292 of 2661	89.0%	★★★★☆
2022	82.5	357 of 2726	86.9%	★★★★☆
2019	84.4	293 of 2834	89.7%	★★★★☆
2018	88.0	153 of 2737	94.4%	★★★★★

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)99th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)98th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)91st percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)85th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2025)66th percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy85%+36 vs state

Mathematics81%+43 vs state

Science62%+29 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent on FaceBook
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

I LOVE this school. We are moving out of state and I wanted to give a review of my experiences here over the past 5 years.

We transferred to Rheem from Camino Pablo, another Moraga school. The two are like night and day.

Rheem has an EXCEPTIONAL principal. She is completely engaged, knows every child, their siblings, their parents, their cars, their pets, their details. She's fantastic, and it all flows from there.

The teachers are kind and do the best they can within the confines of the american educational system. There is ZERO bullying at this school, which speaks volumes. Everyone is kind to everyone. Even spoiled, bratty kids are simply not allowed to be jerks. It's great.

It is a very small school, at the end of a cul-de-sac, in a beautiful valley. It feels safe and warm and you can feel good about leaving your kids there.

We are excited to move, but we realize no school is going to be as wonderful for my son as Rheem has been. We will miss this place! Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Our son is pretty capable. He was in 1st grade before transfer to Rheem. I called to the office before I moved, they said they could place my son in either 1st grade or Kindergarten according to our preference. But, the principle disregards parents opinion, teachers´ assessment, comments from previous school, she simply put him in K based on the age. The teachers are unable to give separate material to gifted kids. They are learning nothing from the school and get bored. The principle is pretty rude comparing with other schools we went. Talked with several parents in the school, they are not happy with the principle and some of the teachers neither.
we didn´t do a thorough investigation before we came, too late to move out or transfer to a private.
Recommend the new parents to talk with the school parents, don´t just look at the test score or API to decide where to put your kids. 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)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (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 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Donald L. Rheem Elementary	Public	K-5	90 Laird Dr.	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 376-4441	441	19	23.2	8.4%	202 (45.8%)	6 (1.4%)	59 (13.4%)	82 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (20.9%)	96.4	205^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.5%		97.4	127^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.8%	78	61.5	61.5	84.3	89.1	81.8	84.8	87.1	86.2	70.5	80.8	96.9	96.9	96.9	$17,138	$1,021	$16,117
Los Perales Elementary	Public	K-5	22 Wakefield Dr.	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 631-0105	366	16	22.8	2.5%	167 (45.6%)	2 (0.5%)	36 (9.8%)	84 (23.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	75 (20.5%)	93.7	420^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.8%		97.1	158^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.3%	262	74.7	74.7	67.6	75.0	81.7	74.7	69.0	80.8	77.5	75.3				$16,505	$968	$15,537
Del Rey Elementary	Public	K-5	25 El Camino Moraga	Orinda	94563	Contra Costa County	Orinda Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 258-3099	435	20	21.7	4.1%	231 (53.1%)	6 (1.4%)	33 (7.6%)	72 (16.6%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	89 (20.5%)	98.1	65^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.9%		97.9	83^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	98.6%	18	73.6	73.6	87.0	85.3	86.1	86.1	88.4	88.2	83.3	86.6				$18,738	$158	$18,580
Glorietta Elementary	Public	K-5	15 Martha Rd.	Orinda	94563	Contra Costa County	Orinda Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 254-8770	445	19	23.4	1.8%	222 (49.9%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.8%)	82 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (22.7%)	97.8	88^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.5%		97.9	81^st of 5869 public elementary schools	98.6%	7	78.1	78.1	77.8	82.6	93.9	85.3	87.3	81.4	89.0	85.7				$18,968	$144	$18,824
Burton Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	561 Merriewood Dr.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 927-3550	653	28	23.3	2.1%	322 (49.3%)	3 (0.5%)	73 (11.2%)	81 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	174 (26.6%)	96.7	175^th of 5857 public elementary schools	97.0%		97.6	111^th of 5869 public elementary schools	98.1%	64	73.6	73.6	75.8	78.3	88.2	80.6	84.0	79.2	87.3	83.4				$17,829	$1,144	$16,685
Lafayette Early Intervention Preschool	Public	K	561 Merriwood	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 927-3550	3				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (100.0%)								(n/a)
Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Moraga Rd.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 927-3570	515	21	24.5	9.7%	232 (45.0%)	7 (1.4%)	61 (11.8%)	75 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	140 (27.2%)	96.7	178^th of 5857 public elementary schools	97.0%		97.5	122^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	97.9%	56	63.9	63.9	88.3	83.5	85.5	85.9	87.4	81.5	69.9	79.9				$17,659	$777	$16,882
Camino Pablo Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 Camino Pablo	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 376-4435	340	17	20.0	4.4%	173 (50.9%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.2%)	45 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (24.7%)	95.1	322^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	94.5%		94.7	370^th of 5869 public elementary schools	93.7%	48	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.6	80.4	77.1	77.1	75.0	75.0	75.8				$18,087	$968	$17,119
Canyon Elementary	Public	K-8	187 Pinehurst Rd.	Canyon	94516	Contra Costa County	Canyon Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 376-4671	68	2	30.9	20.6%	45 (66.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (14.7%)								(n/a)		30.8				53.7				51.2				$17,465	$575	$16,890
Happy Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	3855 Happy Valley Rd.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 927-3560	463	20	23.1	3.2%	262 (56.6%)	3 (0.6%)	41 (8.9%)	57 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (21.6%)	98.6	31^st of 5857 public elementary schools	99.5%		98.9	22^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	99.6%	9	82.1	82.1	89.6	85.1	92.5	89.0	94.8	83.8	85.1	88.1				$17,878	$459	$17,419

Frequently Asked Questions about Donald L. Rheem Elementary

What district is Donald L. Rheem Elementary in?

Moraga Elementary

What schools do graduates of Donald L. Rheem Elementary attend?

Students who attend Donald L. Rheem Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Joaquin Moraga Intermediate
High : Campolindo High

What is the racial makeup of Donald L. Rheem Elementary?

Students at Donald L. Rheem Elementary are 46% White, 21% Two or more races, 19% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 1% African American.

Is Donald L. Rheem Elementary a good school?

Yes! Donald L. Rheem Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 205^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

How many students attend Donald L. Rheem Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 441 students attended Donald L. Rheem Elementary.

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