Summary:
The 10 schools in Newark Unified include six elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools, with 4,661 students enrolled. In 2025–26, the average school proficiency rate was below the state figure in ELA by 5 percentage points, math by 3 and science by 4. But those averages conceal a much bigger story: results vary sharply from one school to another.
John F. Kennedy Elementary leads in all-grades math and science, at 60% and 49%; Newark Memorial High has the top ELA result at 61%, just ahead of Kennedy at 61% (61.4% versus 61.0%). Birch Grove Intermediate is another strong elementary option, with 57% ELA, 57% math and 46% science. At the lower end, Bridgepoint High records 19% ELA, 0% math and 14% science; August Schilling Elementary is lowest among elementary schools with results in all three subjects. Crossroads High’s 2025–26 test scores are suppressed, and Birch Grove Primary has no scores listed.
Results improved in some areas, though not everywhere: across the same eight schools, the unweighted ELA average rose from 41% in 2024–25 to 44% in 2025–26, and science rose from 27% to 32%; the math average moved from 35% to 36%, with its gap to the state essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings place Kennedy at the 80th percentile and Birch Grove Intermediate at the 76th among California elementary schools, while Schilling is at the 8th percentile. Other factors offer context, not explanations: for 2024–25, reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 31% at Kennedy and 52% at Coyote Hills Elementary, whose all-grades scores are lower; their student-teacher ratios were similar at 26.7 and 25.8. Bridgepoint also reports 47% chronic absenteeism and a 71% graduation rate, compared with state figures of 18% and 88%.
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