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.
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