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Barrett Elementary

Public Grades K-5
4449th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of California elementary schools
Summary

Barrett Elementary is a K–5 school in Morgan Hill, serving 374 students in the area and part of Morgan Hill Unified. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were below both the district and state in English language arts, math, and science. Science is the clearest concern: just 12% of students were proficient, compared with 36% statewide and 37% in the district.

Math is Barrett’s relative bright spot, but its results still trail nearby schools and both broader benchmarks. Its 28% math proficiency rate was 10 percentage points below the state and 7 points below the district; ELA was 19 points below the state and 16 below the district. Among seven nearby K–5 schools with current results, average proficiency was 43% in ELA, 40% in math, and 30% in science, compared with Barrett’s 30%, 28%, and 12%. Science was therefore its weakest subject against nearby schools as well as the state and district. Chronic absenteeism has improved, falling from 40% in 2022–23 to 25% in 2025–26, but remained 7 points above the district and state.

Results show a mixed longer-term picture: science proficiency fell 10 percentage points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, while its gap with the state widened from 8 to 24 points; math improved in the latest year, reaching 28%. SchoolDigger ranked Barrett at the 24th percentile statewide and gave it 1 star in 2025–26; its percentile had fallen from 46 in 2021–22, despite a rebound from 15 the prior year. Its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 21.6, toward the lower end of the nearby range, while its 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible rate was 67%, second-highest among nearby schools with that measure. SchoolDigger’s effectiveness ranking for English Language Learner Students fell from the 67th percentile in 2021–22 to the 14th in 2023–24, while its overall ranking was at the 28th percentile that year. Its Special Education Students ranking rose from the 3rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 23rd in 2025–26, near its overall 24th-percentile standing.

374
Students ?
21.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,189
Per pupil spending ?
67.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
94%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 895 Barrett Ave.
       Morgan Hill, CA  95037-5206

(408) 201-6340

District: Morgan Hill Unified


Students who attend Barrett Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Lewis H. Britton Middle
High:    Ann Sobrato High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
68.2%
White:
12.8%
Two or more races:
7.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 44th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (27% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 20 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school27%
District avg40%
California avg42%
4,449th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 23 pts since 2016
From bottom 46% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 8Elementary Schools in the Morgan Hill Unified
793rd of 1,530Morgan Hill Unified 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.24449 of 581723.5%★☆☆☆☆
202518.64958 of 585715.3%★☆☆☆☆
202426.54247 of 586927.6%★☆☆☆☆
202331.33774 of 585935.6%★★☆☆☆
202238.43202 of 588345.6%★★☆☆☆
201921.44677 of 578919.2%★☆☆☆☆
201829.03910 of 566230.9%★★☆☆☆
201732.33661 of 569235.7%★★☆☆☆
201640.83027 of 561446.1%★★☆☆☆
201537.63157 of 561143.7%★★☆☆☆
201342.73140 of 553043.2%★★☆☆☆
201227.74117 of 539023.6%★☆☆☆☆
201137.43433 of 537736.2%★★☆☆☆
201042.73000 of 531443.5%★★☆☆☆
200950.92433 of 519353.1%★★★☆☆
200857.11995 of 511361.0%★★★☆☆
200749.92339 of 511354.3%★★★☆☆
200657.91822 of 481862.2%★★★☆☆
200548.42276 of 482252.8%★★★☆☆
200439.72655 of 480944.8%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201951.5937 of 258563.8%★★★☆☆
201834.01262 of 212840.7%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202427.52719 of 316214.0%★☆☆☆☆
202349.81209 of 324562.7%★★★☆☆
202252.51078 of 331167.4%★★★☆☆
201943.61571 of 327552.0%★★★☆☆
201819.53077 of 32465.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.74052 of 558127.4%★☆☆☆☆
202526.94094 of 559726.9%★☆☆☆☆
202432.93576 of 561236.3%★★☆☆☆
202332.13565 of 560936.4%★★☆☆☆
202239.33032 of 563546.2%★★☆☆☆
201923.54340 of 549221.0%★☆☆☆☆
201827.13992 of 541326.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.04153 of 509418.5%★☆☆☆☆
202514.44795 of 51076.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.44081 of 510720.1%★☆☆☆☆
202333.63417 of 508732.8%★★☆☆☆
202237.63094 of 508439.1%★★☆☆☆
201914.74676 of 49635.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.44342 of 483010.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.04406 of 542318.8%★☆☆☆☆
202514.15119 of 54606.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.34686 of 551715.1%★☆☆☆☆
202330.23880 of 536327.7%★☆☆☆☆
202236.43310 of 526437.1%★★☆☆☆
201911.65002 of 51733.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.34386 of 508413.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.54088 of 560327.0%★☆☆☆☆
202514.25183 of 56287.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.04539 of 564319.6%★☆☆☆☆
202330.73716 of 563834.1%★★☆☆☆
202237.63168 of 566344.1%★★☆☆☆
201920.74601 of 551016.5%★☆☆☆☆
201831.83560 of 543134.5%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.92266 of 292722.6%★☆☆☆☆
202516.82724 of 28474.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.62559 of 26352.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202338.61261 of 242047.9%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202336.31825 of 266131.4%★★☆☆☆
202230.71996 of 272626.8%★☆☆☆☆
201828.92106 of 273723.1%★☆☆☆☆
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)64th percentile+45 vs school
White (2023)31st percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)27th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2026)27th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)18th percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)14th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state
Mathematics28%-10 vs state
Science12%-24 vs state

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Students at Barrett Elementary are 68% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 3% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 374 students attended Barrett Elementary.

Barrett Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Barrett Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lewis H. Britton Middle
High : Ann Sobrato High

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 2026


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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