Ross Elementary

The Ross area has one K–8 school, Ross Elementary, serving 339 students, so there are no other local schools to compare. In 2025–2026, its all-grade results were above California’s in ELA (84% versus 49%), mathematics (91% versus 38%), and science (49% versus 36%). The most important finding is that the school outperformed the state in all three subjects, with its largest advantage in mathematics: 52 percentage points.

Within the area, Ross Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school simply because it is the only one; the more useful contrasts are between subjects and grades. Mathematics and ELA stand out in grades 5 and 7: grade 7 results were 100% in math and 98% in ELA, while grade 5 reached 98% in math and 95% in ELA. Science varies much more by grade: grade 5 scored 83%, 47 points above California, while grade 8 scored 9%, 26 points below the state. Grade 8 is also a relative ELA weak spot: its result was still above California’s, but by 9 points, the smallest ELA margin across grades.

Results have shifted unevenly. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Ross’s ELA result fell 5 points, math rose 1 point, and science fell 23 points; its science advantage over California narrowed by 27 points, while its ELA advantage narrowed by 5. SchoolDigger gives the school five stars and ranks it 36th of 5,804 schools, in the 99th percentile. Other context includes a 12.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 5% chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide. Its reported low-income measure was 1% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; California’s indicator says all students receive free school meals through Community Eligibility.