Summary
Steven Millard Elementary serves 455 students in grades K–5 in Fremont, California, in the Fremont Unified district. In 2025–2026, its proficiency rates were above California’s in English language arts (ELA), math and science, but below district rates in all three. The most important local takeaway is that science is Millard’s clearest strength, while its ELA and math results trail nearby-school averages.
Millard’s science proficiency was 58%, 6 percentage points above the nearby average of 51%; it ranked fourth among Millard and the ten nearby schools. ELA was 58%, 4 points below the nearby average, and math was 59%, 3 points below. The school was also below district proficiency rates: by 14 points in ELA, 9 in math and 4 in science. Against state rates, however, Millard was ahead by 8 points in ELA, 20 in math and 22 in science. Third grade is a particular area to ask about: ELA proficiency was 51%, compared with 63% in fifth grade, and third-grade ELA and math results each exceeded only three of the ten nearby schools.
Results have fallen overall since 2022–2023: ELA proficiency declined 7 percentage points, math 5 and science 5. Science nevertheless rebounded by 12 points in the latest year, while math fell 5 and ELA rose 1. SchoolDigger rated Millard at the 79th statewide percentile with four stars in 2025–2026, down from the 88th percentile in 2021–2022; its nearby-school percentile average was 78. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 22.7, below the nearby average of 23.9, and 31% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide subgroup rankings were notably lower than the overall ranking for Hispanic students, at the 24th percentile, and Special Education students, at the 39th percentile; the overall school ranking was at the 79th percentile.
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