Best Public Schools in Chula Vista, CA

Chula Vista has 68 schools—43 elementary, 7 middle, 13 high and 5 alternative—serving students from elementary through high school, with most of the latest scores from 2025–2026. The records provided cover only part of the city’s schools, so these comparisons describe the schools with data here. Results vary widely even among schools serving similar grades: the high-school proficiency ranges are 37 percentage points in English language arts (ELA), 44 in math and 47 in science; the K–6 ranges are 37, 49 and 51 points, respectively. The clearest takeaway for families is that school results differ substantially within the same grade span.

Eastlake High leads the standard high schools in all three subjects, with 82% proficiency in ELA, 56% in math and 72% in science; Chula Vista Senior High scores 46%, 12% and 24%, gaps of 37, 44 and 47 points. Among middle schools, Rancho del Rey Middle leads ELA, while Eastlake Middle leads math and science. For K–6 schools, Parkview Elementary leads ELA and math at 72% and 74%, and Salt Creek Elementary leads science at 68%. At the lower end, Harborside Elementary has 35% ELA and 17% science, while Valle Lindo Elementary has 24% math.

Across the eight standard high schools, average ELA proficiency declined by 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math rose by 1 point and science by 6; current averages are 65% in ELA, 33% in math and 40% in science. Eastlake High also stands out in SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 ranking, placing 113th of 2,137 schools, in the 95th percentile; Chula Vista Senior High ranked 1,244th, in the 42nd percentile. Their reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025 were 23% and 80%, respectively—useful context, but not an explanation for their different results.