Best Public Schools in Davis, CA

Summary:

The Davis, California school district consists of 16 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district is part of the Davis Joint Unified school system, which is ranked 187 out of 1,560 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The standout schools in the district include Davis Senior High School, which is the largest high school with 1,801 students and consistently ranks very high statewide, as well as Da Vinci Charter Academy, a public charter high school with an impressive 98.9% four-year graduation rate. Additionally, Cesar Chavez Elementary stands out with its very high test scores, with 61-85% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math across grade levels.

The schools in the Davis district show a wide range in student performance and demographics. While some schools like Davis Senior High and Da Vinci Charter Academy have exceptional graduation rates and test scores, others like Marguerite Montgomery Elementary and King (Martin Luther) High have much lower proficiency rates. This variation is also reflected in the student-teacher ratios, free/reduced lunch rates, and racial makeup of the schools, highlighting the need for continued efforts to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students in the Davis Joint Unified school district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				CAST Science (2023)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2023)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Birch Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	1600 Birch Ln.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5395	555	24	23.2	18.6%	287 (51.7%)	14 (2.5%)	95 (17.1%)	89 (16.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (11.4%)	78.8	1214^th of 5874 public elementary schools	79.3%		81.9	1104^th of 5883 public elementary schools	81.2%	110	47.6			47.6	54.1	64.0	57.1	70.1				62.0	54.8	57.3	38.1	60.2				53.7	97.2			97.2		97.2
Davis Senior High	Public	10-12	315 West 14th St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5400	1,801	81	22.2	18.3%	786 (43.6%)	55 (3.1%)	449 (24.9%)	329 (18.3%)	6 (0.3%)	10 (0.6%)	149 (8.3%)	93.5	113^th of 2348 public high schools	95.2%		95.7	101^st of 2123 public high schools	95.2%	12			57.3	57.3							76.5	76.5							61.5	61.5
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High	Public	7-9	2121 Calaveras Ave.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5430	485	30	16.0	12.8%	250 (51.5%)	12 (2.5%)	103 (21.2%)	56 (11.5%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	54 (11.1%)	95.3	141^st of 2802 public middle schools	95.0%		90.8	258^th of 2740 public middle schools	90.6%	117		53.2		53.2					75.6	77.2		76.5					78.2	61.8		69.4
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High	Public	7-9	1220 Drexel Dr.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5445	596	31	19.1	18.1%	266 (44.6%)	20 (3.4%)	91 (15.3%)	157 (26.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.2%)	92.9	211^th of 2802 public middle schools	92.5%		93.5	186^th of 2740 public middle schools	93.2%	25		53.0		53.0					74.9	62.1		68.3					78.4	66.0		72.0
King (Martin Luther) High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	635 B St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5425	58	6	9.9	56.9%	17 (29.3%)	3 (5.2%)	32 (55.2%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.6%)	19.1	1720^th of 2348 public high schools	26.7%		18.2	1703^rd of 2123 public high schools	19.8%	17			6.3	6.3							35.7	35.7							0.0	0.0
North Davis Elementary	Public	K-6	555 East 14th St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5475	540	22	24.7	18.7%	247 (45.7%)	20 (3.7%)	94 (17.4%)	115 (21.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.7%)	90.5	678^th of 5874 public elementary schools	88.5%		88.6	770^th of 5883 public elementary schools	86.9%	92	63.0			63.0	73.3	73.7	76.4	62.2				71.2	76.0	64.9	54.8	59.8				63.8	94.4	96.3	96.3		96.3
Pioneer Elementary	Public	K-6	5215 Hamel St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5480	582	24	24.7	16.3%	249 (42.8%)	22 (3.8%)	78 (13.4%)	156 (26.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (12.7%)	93	501^st of 5874 public elementary schools	91.5%		94.3	414^th of 5883 public elementary schools	93.0%	87	68.8			68.8	59.1	77.5	74.0	79.0				73.0	62.7	81.7	71.4	76.8				73.7	95.5	95.5	96.6	95.5	95.5	95.5
Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	1221 Anderson Rd.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5490	499	22	22.7	9.8%	210 (42.1%)	7 (1.4%)	178 (35.7%)	39 (7.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (12.4%)	93.8	454^th of 5874 public elementary schools	92.3%		95	369^th of 5883 public elementary schools	93.7%	85	69.2			69.2	61.7	62.1	82.1	85.5				73.9	76.7	71.2	76.6	85.3				77.7	97.3
Robert E. Willett Elementary	Public	K-6	1207 Sycamore Ln.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5460	530	21	24.8	13.8%	246 (46.4%)	10 (1.9%)	66 (12.5%)	142 (26.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	61 (11.5%)	91.4	611^th of 5874 public elementary schools	89.6%		96.3	254^th of 5883 public elementary schools	95.7%	357	59.3			59.3	63.6	80.0	69.1	74.2				72.0	67.1	82.8	53.8	74.2				69.9
Patwin Elementary	Public	K-6	2222 Shasta Dr.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5383	394	18	22.2	21.1%	215 (54.6%)	18 (4.6%)	83 (21.1%)	36 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.9%)	85.9	919^th of 5874 public elementary schools	84.4%		88.9	749^th of 5883 public elementary schools	87.3%	170	63.2			63.2	64.7	57.9	80.7	64.9				67.1	58.8	57.9	54.4	61.4				58.1	94.4		95.8	97.2	97.2	97.2
Davis School for Independent Study	Public, Alternative	K-12	526 B St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5333	168	13	13.1	22.6%	79 (47.0%)	7 (4.2%)	40 (23.8%)	17 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	15 (8.9%)								(n/a)			83.3	68.4							92.3	73.5							69.2	54.6
Marguerite Montgomery Elementary	Public	K-6	1441 Danbury Dr.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 759-2100	423	20	21.4	33.6%	112 (26.5%)	10 (2.4%)	250 (59.1%)	23 (5.4%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.2%)	54.1	2330^th of 5874 public elementary schools	60.3%		38.7	3189^th of 5883 public elementary schools	45.8%	859	47.8			47.8	41.3	41.7	52.2	24.1				39.3	54.6	43.8	45.7	24.1				41.9
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High	Public	7-9	4000 East Covell Blvd.	Davis	95618	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5330	564	27	20.5	28.5%	201 (35.6%)	31 (5.5%)	188 (33.3%)	98 (17.4%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	40 (7.1%)	77.7	535^th of 2802 public middle schools	80.9%		82.7	425^th of 2740 public middle schools	84.5%	110		51.8		51.8					46.5	62.1		54.2					46.2	47.7		47.0
Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch	Public	K-6	3100 Loyola Dr.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5358	540	23	23.5	28.1%	239 (44.3%)	26 (4.8%)	102 (18.9%)	106 (19.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	65 (12.0%)	79.5	1184^th of 5874 public elementary schools	79.8%		82.9	1049^th of 5883 public elementary schools	82.2%	135	45.9			45.9	65.7	53.3	60.7	76.4				63.1	68.7	41.0	55.7	65.5				56.7	96.8
Da Vinci Charter Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	1400 East Eighth St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-7154	611	31	19.9	15.9%	347 (56.8%)	12 (2.0%)	131 (21.4%)	42 (6.9%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	59 (9.7%)	83.5	260^th of 2348 public high schools	88.9%		92	172^nd of 2123 public high schools	91.9%	88		39.5	47.2	42.9					65.5	61.7	69.1	65.3					57.5	49.4	49.3	52.9
Fairfield Elementary	Public	K-3	26960 County Road 96	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5370	41	2	20.5	9.8%	26 (63.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.9%)	2 (4.9%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (24.4%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Davis

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Woodland	6.05 mi	20	571^st
Dixon	8.01 mi	10	455^th
West Sacramento	9.72 mi	20	574^th
Sacramento	11.12 mi	226	625^th
Winters	12.45 mi	5	567^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.