Orinda Union

The five schools in Orinda Union serve four elementary schools in grades K–5 and one middle school in grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the five-school averages were 87% in ELA, 85% in math, and 80% in science, compared with California results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Every school was above the state in all three subjects. The biggest difference among schools was in science: results spanned 27 percentage points, compared with 6 points in ELA and 10 in math.

Wagner Ranch Elementary led all five schools in every subject, with 90% in ELA, 91% in math, and 91% in science—about 41, 52, and 55 points above the state, respectively. Glorietta Elementary had the lowest ELA result at 84% and the lowest science result at 65%; its science score was 19 points below the other four schools’ average, though still 29 points above the state. Orinda Intermediate had the lowest math result, 81%, but remained 42 points above the state. Grade-level results add useful nuance: Sleepy Hollow Elementary had the highest elementary grade 4 ELA score, 91%, despite being among the lowest schools in all-grades ELA.

Area averages moved in different directions between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: ELA fell about 1 point, math fell about 1 point, and science rose about 3 points. School trends also varied: Orinda Intermediate improved in all three subjects, including an 11-point science increase, while Glorietta declined in all three, including a 13-point science drop. SchoolDigger ranks the district eighth of 968 California districts; it ranks Wagner Ranch 25th of 5,804 schools and Orinda Intermediate 24th of 2,703. The reported low-income measure for all five schools is free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; shares ranged from 2% at Wagner Ranch to 5% at Sleepy Hollow. Elementary student-teacher ratios ranged from 21.0 at Sleepy Hollow to 23.4 at Glorietta, while Wagner Ranch’s ratio was 22.2. These figures provide context, not an explanation for achievement differences; results cover only two reported school years.