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Alpine Union Elementary

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At a glance

359^thof 968 California districts▲ 195

Better than 62% of California districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1Grades K-8

2001 Tavern Rd
Alpine, CA 91901-2104·(619) 445-3236·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 63% of districts

Schools

1,440

Students

Top rankedShadow Hills Elementary1583^rd of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Joan MacQueen Middle up 23 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Joan MacQueen Middle 18.9 students per teacher

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Summary:

Alpine Union Elementary includes five schools: four elementary schools and one middle school, with offerings spanning kindergarten through grade 8; Creekside Early Learning Center serves kindergarten only and has no test results. Because school grade spans differ, all-grades scores offer a broad overview rather than a direct comparison for every family. Across the four schools with 2025–2026 results, the clearest districtwide pattern is stronger performance relative to the state in math, but weaker performance in ELA: the average was 44% in math, 6 points above the state, and 45% in ELA, 4 points below.

Shadow Hills Elementary stands out at the top, leading the tested schools in all three subjects with 53% in ELA, 53% in math, and 53% in science, above state results in each. The clearest contrast is with Boulder Oaks Elementary: its science score was 22%, 14 points below the state and 31 points below Shadow Hills. Joan MacQueen Middle had the lowest ELA and math results, at 41% and 36%—8 and 2 points below the state. Mountain View Learning Academy had above-state all-grades math and science, but its grade 6 math result was just 8%, compared with 37% statewide.

Results shifted unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the group’s ELA average fell 2 points, math was nearly unchanged, and science was also nearly flat even as the state’s science score rose 3 points. School changes varied considerably: Shadow Hills science rose 11 points, while Boulder Oaks science fell 19. SchoolDigger rates Shadow Hills at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars, Boulder Oaks at the 49th percentile with 2 stars, and Joan MacQueen at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars; Mountain View’s latest listed rating is the 46th percentile with 2 stars for 2024–2025. All five schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, ranging from 33% at Shadow Hills to 40% at Boulder Oaks; these are context, not an explanation of scores. Reported student-teacher ratios range from 18.9 at Joan MacQueen to 22.9 at Boulder Oaks.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Joan MacQueen Middle	Public	6-8	2001 Tavern Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 445-3245	405	21	18.9	36.8%	204 (50.4%)	4 (1.0%)	125 (30.9%)	7 (1.7%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (11.6%)	46.2	1285^th of 2703 public middle schools	52.5%		45.6	1308^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.6%	23		31.5	31.5				37.5	41.6	45.4	41.3				34.2	43.6	33.1	36.3	$26,546	$25,126	$1,420
Mountain View Learning Academy	Public	K-8	8770 Harbison Canyon Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 659-2854	64	3	21.3	39.1%	33 (51.6%)	5 (7.8%)	18 (28.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.7%)								(n/a)			41.7				33.3			43.9				8.3			46.3	$19,138	$18,356	$782
Shadow Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	8770 Harbison Canyon Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 445-2977	377	18	20.9	33.4%	158 (41.9%)	5 (1.3%)	161 (42.7%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.3%)	70.1	1583^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	72.7%		78	1242^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	78.8%	341	52.8		52.8	43.1	56.0	60.4				53.2	51.7	53.3	54.7				53.2	$21,667	$20,486	$1,181
Boulder Oaks Elementary	Public	1-5	2320 Tavern Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 445-8676	367	16	22.9	39.8%	214 (58.3%)	2 (0.5%)	92 (25.1%)	3 (0.8%)	17 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.1%)	44.3	2961^st of 5804 public elementary schools	49.0%		57	2214^th of 5857 public elementary schools	62.2%	747	21.9		21.9	50.0	44.1	31.5				42.5	47.8	41.2	30.1				40.3	$25,474	$24,342	$1,132
Creekside Early Learning Center	Public	K	8818 Harbison Canyon Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 659-8250	227	10	22.7	33.9%	118 (52.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (34.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (11.5%)								(n/a)																		$32,901	$31,720	$1,181

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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.

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