Summary:
Santa Clara, California, has 24 listed schools: 16 elementary schools, two middle schools, five high schools and one alternative school, with results spanning elementary through high school. In 2025–26, school averages were about 57% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 49% in math and 48% in science—roughly 8, 10 and 12 percentage points above state results. But school-to-school differences are much larger than those average advantages: the most important finding is that families will find very different academic profiles across the city.
Millikin Elementary and Mission Early College High stand out at the top. Millikin scored 88% in ELA, 88% in math and 79% in science; its math and science results were about 50 and 43 points above state results. Mission led all schools in ELA at 90%, with 76% in math and 69% in science, and reported a 100% graduation rate. At the other end, New Valley Continuation High scored 12% in ELA, 0% in math and 10% in science—about 38, 38 and 26 points below state results. Scott Lane Elementary also had low results, at 28% in ELA, 25% in math and 20% in science.
School averages improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: about 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 5 in science, though individual schools moved in different directions. Mission Early College math rose 27 points, while Wilson Alternative ELA fell 10 points. SchoolDigger placed Millikin in the 99th percentile and Mission in the 98th statewide. Low-income figures are reported as free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 4% at Millikin, 31% at Mission and 55% at Scott Lane; these figures offer context, not an explanation for results. Because schools serve different grade spans and include specialized programs, all-grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.
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