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Santa Rita Elementary

Public Grades K-6

423^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of California elementary schools

Summary

Santa Rita Elementary is a well-regarded K-6 public school serving 326 students in the high-performing Los Altos Elementary district, consistently ranking in the top 10% of all California elementary schools.

While Santa Rita is a strong school by statewide standards, it's important for parents to understand the local context. Within its own district, Santa Rita's test scores in English, Math, and Science are somewhat lower than those at neighboring schools like Covington Elementary and Gardner Bullis Elementary. The school also serves a higher percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch than these peers. Notably, the school has made significant progress in reducing chronic student absenteeism, bringing it down to 8.5% from 16.7% just two years prior.

Santa Rita demonstrates particular strengths in supporting specific student groups, with a history of exceptional results for English Language Learners and students with disabilities. The school's performance varies by grade, with sixth graders excelling, especially in math, while fourth-grade scores show a dip. The surrounding area features extreme contrasts, from the elite Bullis Charter school less than half a mile away to Mariano Castro Elementary in the neighboring Mountain View Whisman district, highlighting how educational outcomes can differ dramatically even within the same community.

326

Students ?

18.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,713

Per pupil spending ?

18.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

700 Los Altos Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94022-1631

(650) 559-1600

District: Los Altos Elementary

Students who attend Santa Rita Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Ardis G. Egan Junior High
High:	Los Altos High

Racial breakdown:

White:

34.4%

Asian:

31.3%

Hispanic:

24.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 95th percentile in 2013 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (76% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Los Altos Elementary's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school76%

District avg85%

California avg41%

423^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Los Altos Elementary

21^st of 1,543Los Altos Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.7	423 of 5857	92.8%	★★★★★
2024	93.7	450 of 5869	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	91.9	581 of 5859	90.1%	★★★★★
2022	93.7	467 of 5883	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	92.1	511 of 5789	91.2%	★★★★★
2018	95.6	239 of 5662	95.8%	★★★★★
2017	96.2	243 of 5692	95.7%	★★★★★
2016	95.2	301 of 5614	94.6%	★★★★★
2015	97.8	121 of 5611	97.8%	★★★★★
2013	92.4	290 of 5530	94.8%	★★★★★
2012	94.6	112 of 5390	97.9%	★★★★★
2011	93.4	225 of 5377	95.8%	★★★★★
2010	96.0	78 of 5314	98.5%	★★★★★
2009	96.4	79 of 5193	98.5%	★★★★★
2008	97.1	73 of 5113	98.6%	★★★★★
2007	97.8	62 of 5113	98.8%	★★★★★
2006	98.1	49 of 4818	99.0%	★★★★★
2005	97.7	72 of 4822	98.5%	★★★★★
2004	98.8	28 of 4809	99.4%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	77.7	225 of 1203	81.3%	★★★★☆
2024	76.2	260 of 1205	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	81.8	114 of 1190	90.4%	★★★★★
2022	76.7	235 of 1154	79.6%	★★★★☆
2019	71.7	335 of 1149	70.8%	★★★★☆
2018	78.0	180 of 1071	83.2%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	99.3	21 of 2585	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.3	40 of 2128	98.1%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	91.1	124 of 3245	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	82.4	263 of 3311	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	64.6	692 of 3275	78.9%	★★★★☆
2018	89.5	188 of 3246	94.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.4	418 of 5597	92.5%	★★★★★
2024	93.8	380 of 5612	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	89.1	687 of 5609	87.8%	★★★★☆
2022	91.7	538 of 5635	90.5%	★★★★★
2019	91.8	451 of 5492	91.8%	★★★★★
2018	95.2	212 of 5413	96.1%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.6	1274 of 5107	75.1%	★★★★☆
2024	86.0	510 of 5107	90.0%	★★★★★
2023	68.4	1256 of 5087	75.3%	★★★★☆
2022	71.1	1101 of 5084	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	22.8	4197 of 4963	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	73.0	1136 of 5517	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	49.6	2393 of 5363	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.7	1485 of 5264	71.8%	★★★★☆
2019	25.4	4204 of 5173	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	74.2	973 of 5084	80.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.6	417 of 5628	92.6%	★★★★★
2024	91.5	519 of 5643	90.8%	★★★★★
2023	91.8	514 of 5638	90.9%	★★★★★
2022	93.0	448 of 5663	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	90.6	537 of 5510	90.3%	★★★★★
2018	94.3	298 of 5431	94.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.5	256 of 2598	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	81.0	384 of 2651	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	79.0	470 of 2661	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	81.8	378 of 2726	86.1%	★★★★☆
2019	76.9	570 of 2834	79.9%	★★★★☆
2018	87.9	157 of 2737	94.3%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2019)99th percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)96th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)93rd percentile~ school

White (2025)90th percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)81st percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)79th percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)75th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy78%+30 vs state

Mathematics77%+39 vs state

Science66%+33 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, December 2, 2016

This school is all about fund-raising. If you are not one of the major players in the school, the staff are not very keen about who you are. There're countless fund-raising events at the school-level. At the class level, there are at least 3 gifting seasons. I'd love to be a teacher at this school. Here's what is going on: In addition to gifting during the Christmas season and the end of the academic year, the school has begun a trend where parents are asked to contribute towards birthday gifts for the teachers. It did not use to be the case, but in recent years, this is happening, and parents are informed (unsolicited/without asking) about the teachers' birthdays and given suggestions about gift cards to buy via semi-official channels, i.e. other members of the staff from within the school.

My second major peeve and concern is about a few of the teachers (not all) based on observations as a parent who cares to go through my kids' school work/assignments and do cross-checking with other parents and students: 1) They had 2 long-term subs this Fall for 2 teachers on maternity leave - 3rd and 4th grade. Hiring decision for the 3rd grade sub was questionable, and I can only speak for this one since I don't know about the 4th grade sub. One of the 2 long-term subs have problems with spelling and actual academic teaching. For instance, she can't spell many basic words right, and the students learned it wrong from her, e.g. "boundaries" spelled as "boundries" and "allowed" spelled as "aloud." Parents have found mistakes in assignments and confirmed it as the teacher's mistakes when we cross-checked with other students/parents. (Thankfully, the teacher she subbed for is now back! However, we parents still see her a lot subbing in other classes.) 2) One of the Kindergarten classes has a teacher whom MANY students have reported as not doing anything except always sipping on her drink and eating snacks. Thankfully there is an aide who is good with the students and do a good job of guiding them. However, other signs of lack of interest on the part of the teacher include: messy classroom with dirty floors all year long, students getting much less activities compared to their twin siblings in another K class ... Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Santa Rita Elementary	Public	K-6	700 Los Altos Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 559-1600	326	18	18.3	18.7%	112 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (24.8%)	102 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.5%)	93.7	423^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	92.8%		93.7	450^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.3%	27	66.0		66.0	86.1	63.4	76.0	87.2			78.5	81.8	62.8	72.0	89.4			76.6							$23,713	$302	$23,411
Bullis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	102 West Portola Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Bullis Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-4100	997	69	14.4	5.1%	154 (15.4%)	5 (0.5%)	49 (4.9%)	646 (64.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	142 (14.2%)	99.5	2^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	100.0%		99.2	7^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.9%	5	93.6	84.5	90.3	95.5	94.5	98.4	92.9	95.7	95.8	95.5	97.7	92.9	97.6	93.8	91.4	88.7	94.4							$12,492	$35	$12,457
Gardner Bullis Elementary	Public	K-6	25890 Fremont Rd.	Los Altos Hills	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 559-3200	313	17	18.6	1.9%	144 (46.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.4%)	99 (31.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (16.0%)	98	68^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.8%		98.3	62^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	98.9%	6	86.1		86.1	79.6	84.6	86.1	88.6			84.6	85.7	87.5	83.7	82.2			84.8	91.7		94.4				$22,032	$300	$21,732
Juana Briones Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Orme St.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0877	260	13	19.4	10.8%	79 (30.4%)	3 (1.2%)	20 (7.7%)	127 (48.8%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	27 (10.4%)	98.7	23^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	99.6%		97.1	152^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	97.4%	129	83.0		83.0	83.3	95.6	91.3				90.2	91.3	87.2	89.4				89.3							$30,804	$947	$29,857
Almond Elementary	Public	K-6	550 Almond Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 917-5400	354	19	18.5	11.6%	98 (27.7%)	1 (0.3%)	60 (16.9%)	137 (38.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (16.4%)	96.2	217^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.3%		96.5	213^th of 5869 public elementary schools	96.4%	4	68.8		68.8	76.6	76.2	75.5	89.3			79.9	83.0	83.3	73.5	86.0			81.5	93.6						$24,129	$389	$23,740
Gabriela Mistral Elementary	Public	K-5	505 Escuela Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3575	366	18	20.3	48.4%	50 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	280 (76.5%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	53.7	2380^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.4%		71.5	1525^th of 5869 public elementary schools	74.0%	855	50.0		50.0	34.4	43.2	63.0				45.7	37.7	31.8	50.0				39.9	96.9			96.9		96.9	$25,249	$1,661	$23,588
Barron Park Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Barron Ave.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 858-0508	278	15	18.2	29.9%	75 (27.0%)	6 (2.2%)	78 (28.1%)	95 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	19 (6.8%)	81.8	1088^th of 5857 public elementary schools	81.4%		84	996^th of 5869 public elementary schools	83.0%	92	50.0		50.0	66.7	53.1	63.6				61.9	66.7	69.7	54.6				63.0	93.9	93.9			93.9		$33,280	$1,200	$32,080
Mariano Castro Elementary	Public	K-5	500 Toft St.	Mountain View	94041	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3590	248	14	17.7	82.7%	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	226 (91.1%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	10.7	5590^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.6%		12.9	5483^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	6.6%	107	8.3		8.3	23.7	10.6	11.8				15.1	28.2	6.3	11.1				14.6	94.1		94.1				$29,400	$2,132	$27,268
Monta Loma Elementary	Public	K-5	460 Thompson Ave.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6915	298	17	17.5	29.5%	77 (25.8%)	10 (3.4%)	132 (44.3%)	39 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	34 (11.4%)	63.8	1889^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.7%		64.6	1843^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	68.6%	46	41.0		41.0	60.5	37.1	52.6				50.5	73.7	40.0	41.0				51.8							$27,551	$1,540	$26,011
Covington Elementary	Public	K-6	205 Covington Rd.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-1100	404	21	19.2	8.2%	106 (26.2%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (6.7%)	228 (56.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (9.4%)	98.9	16^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.7%		99.4	5^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.9%	11	86.5		86.5	90.3	85.7	87.8	93.0			89.3	93.9	91.8	89.2	93.0			91.9							$24,188	$296	$23,892

Frequently Asked Questions about Santa Rita Elementary

How many students attend Santa Rita Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 326 students attended Santa Rita Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Santa Rita Elementary attend?

Students who attend Santa Rita Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Ardis G. Egan Junior High
High : Los Altos High

What district is Santa Rita Elementary in?

Los Altos Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Santa Rita Elementary?

Students at Santa Rita Elementary are 34% White, 31% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

Is Santa Rita Elementary a good school?

Yes. Santa Rita Elementary ranks in the top 7.2% of California elementary schools.

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