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Union Hill Elementary

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At a glance

426^thof 968 California districts▲ 160

Better than 56% of California districts

Elementary 1 Middle 1Grades K-8

10879 Bartlett Dr.
Grass Valley, CA 95945-8730·(530) 273-0647·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 56% of districts

Schools

688

Students

Top rankedUnion Hill Elementary2645^th of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Union Hill Elementary up 221 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The two schools in Union Hill Elementary serve kindergarten through grade 6, and Union Hill Middle serves grades 7 and 8. In the latest results, both schools were above the state in math and below it in English language arts (ELA) and science. Averaging the two schools equally, math was 40% compared with 38% statewide, while ELA was 42% versus 49% and science 28% versus 36%. Most importantly, math is the clearest strength across these schools, while ELA and especially science are the main areas where their combined results trail the state.

Neither school leads in every subject: Union Hill Elementary was ahead by 6 percentage points in ELA and 4 points in science, while Union Hill Middle led by 1 point in math. Grade-level results show notable highs and lows: elementary grade 3 math was 19 points above the state, and middle-school grade 7 math was also 19 points above. At the lower end, elementary grade 6 ELA was 21 points below its state comparison, the largest shortfall shown; middle-school grade 8 was below the state in all three tested subjects. The schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades scores are not like-grade comparisons, and the two-school average is not an enrollment-weighted area estimate.

Recent trends differ by school and subject. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, elementary all-grades results rose 2 points in ELA, 2 in math and 7 in science. Middle-school math rose 6 points, but ELA fell 11 points and science fell 12. SchoolDigger’s rankings also declined over the three reported years: the elementary school went from the 60th to the 54th percentile, with a small latest-year rebound, while the middle school fell from the 75th to the 51st percentile and from 4 stars to 3. Both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state in 2025–2026: 8% at the elementary school and 10% at the middle school, versus 18% statewide. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students were 46% at the elementary school and 32% at the middle school; enrollment was 542 and 146, and student-teacher ratios were 20.2:1 and 19.7:1, respectively. These figures describe school context, not what explains test results.

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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)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Union Hill Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	11638 Colfax Hwy.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Union Hill Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 273-8456	542	27	20.2	45.8%	429 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (11.1%)	49.3	2645^th of 5804 public elementary schools	54.4%		45.3	2866^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.1%	221	30.6		30.6	54.7	44.3	56.3	27.5			44.9	65.6	41.8	36.6	20.0			39.8	96.2	97.2	97.2	98.1	$26,410	$25,880	$530
Union Hill Middle	Public	7-8	11638 Colfax Hwy.	Grass Valley	94945	Marin County	Union Hill Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 273-8456	146	7	19.7	32.2%	106 (72.6%)	1 (0.7%)	17 (11.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (14.4%)	44.6	1322^nd of 2703 public middle schools	51.1%		58.1	947^th of 2761 public middle schools	65.7%	375		26.1	26.1					46.0	31.9	39.2					56.2	24.6	40.9					$26,660	$26,220	$440

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Grass Valley Elementary	1.42 mi	5	488^th
Nevada Joint Union High	1.43 mi	6	380^th
John Muir Charter District	1.91 mi	1
Nevada County Office of Education	1.94 mi	11
Bitney Prep High District	1.94 mi	1

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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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