Piedmont City Unified

Piedmont City Unified includes six schools—three elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, including an alternative high school—with enrollment ranging from 61 to 733 students. In 2025–26, the five schools other than Millennium High Alternative averaged 88% proficient in ELA, 84% in math and 76% in science—39, 46 and 40 percentage points above California, respectively. The most important finding is that these five schools form a strong-performing group, while Millennium’s results make the district’s overall picture much more varied.

Leaders differ by subject: Piedmont High led ELA at 95%, 7 points ahead of the next school, Wildwood Elementary; Beach Elementary led math at 89%, 2 points ahead of Wildwood; and Havens Elementary led science at 81%, 2 points ahead of Piedmont High. By contrast, Millennium scored 65% in ELA, 33% in math and 29% in science; compared with the other five schools’ averages, it was lower by 24, 51 and 47 points. Its 25% chronic absenteeism was also higher than California’s 18%, though its graduation rate was 100%.

Recent progress varies: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, the six-school average rose 4 points in ELA, was essentially unchanged in math and rose 3 points in science. Havens and Wildwood improved in all three subjects, while Beach declined in all three, including 12 points in science. SchoolDigger rankings also show different paths: Piedmont High moved from 20th to 16th among state high schools from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while Beach moved from 10th to 76th among elementary schools. In 2024–25, the free/reduced lunch eligible share was 18% at Millennium and 2% to 6% at the other schools; this is useful context, not a simple guide to their results. Millennium’s student-teacher ratio was 13.4, yet its math and science results were the lowest.