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Schools in Zip Code 94044

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At a glance

Schools

4,321

Students

Districts

Top rankedVallemar Elementary883^rd of 5,804 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Sunset Ridge Elementary up 1,778 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Pacific Bay Christian School 9.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 94044 has nine schools: six elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, serving families across a mix of grade spans. Eight schools have numerical 2025–2026 proficiency results; Pacifica Independent Home Study’s ELA and math results are suppressed and cannot be compared. The area’s eight-school averages are 56% in ELA, 49% in math and 49% in science, compared with state benchmarks of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. Most importantly, all eight scored schools exceed state benchmarks in math and science, but ELA results are more uneven, with one school below the state benchmark.

Vallemar Elementary is the strongest all-around standout: it leads math at 69% and science at 65%, ahead of the next-highest school in each subject by 15 and 10 points. Oceana High leads ELA at 64%, just ahead of Terra Nova High at 63%. At the other end, Ocean Shore Elementary has the lowest ELA result, 41%—8 points below the state—and the lowest math result, 40%, only 1 point above the state. These contrasts show why the ZIP-code averages do not describe every school equally well.

Recent changes are sharply different by school: Sunset Ridge Elementary rose 21 points in ELA, 9 in math and 28 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while Ocean Shore Elementary fell 19, 16 and 5 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also rose for Sunset Ridge, from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 68th in 2025–2026; Vallemar rose from the 79th to 85th, while Ocean Shore moved from the 79th to 54th. Student-teacher ratios range from 16.9 at Oceana to 23.9 at Vallemar, so the strongest results do not simply align with the lowest ratio. As context, Sunset Ridge reported 42% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025, compared with about 14%–19% at the other scored schools; this measure does not explain its score gains.

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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)	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 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th 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 11th 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 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Oceana High	Public	9-12	401 Paloma Ave.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Jefferson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 550-7300	471	28	16.9	18.7%	106 (22.5%)	7 (1.5%)	117 (24.8%)	177 (37.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	52 (11.0%)	78.1	453^rd of 2137 public high schools	78.8%		86.5	274^th of 2162 public high schools	87.3%	179			48.0		47.5							64.3	64.3							42.9	42.9			$34,107	$31,552	$2,555
Terra Nova High	Public	9-12	1450 Terra Nova Blvd.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Jefferson Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 550-7600	740	37	20.0	14.9%	310 (41.9%)	7 (0.9%)	211 (28.5%)	91 (12.3%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	109 (14.7%)	75.6	512^th of 2137 public high schools	76.0%		74.9	496^th of 2162 public high schools	77.1%	16			43.9		43.9							62.8	62.8							43.5	43.5			$28,148	$26,262	$1,886
Cabrillo Elementary	Public	K-8	601 Crespi Dr.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6660	524	23	22.4	13.5%	265 (50.6%)	1 (0.2%)	127 (24.2%)	45 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (16.2%)	67.8	1696^th of 5804 public elementary schools	70.8%		67.3	1723^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	70.6%	27	45.2	63.5			54.4	47.5	42.6	66.1	55.6	67.2	65.1		57.3	49.2	55.7	54.8	45.3	56.9	60.3		53.7			$17,119	$15,736	$1,383
Ocean Shore Elementary	Public	K-8	411 Oceana Blvd.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6650	368	17	21.9	16.6%	119 (32.3%)	5 (1.4%)	81 (22.0%)	88 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	70 (19.0%)	48.9	2668^th of 5804 public elementary schools	54.0%		76.9	1291^st of 5857 public elementary schools	78.0%	1377	46.2				46.2	40.0	42.2	41.0					41.2	42.9	28.9	48.7					39.5			$17,958	$16,610	$1,348
Vallemar Elementary	Public	K-8	377 Reina del Mar Ave.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6655	500	21	23.9	15.6%	202 (40.4%)	3 (0.6%)	137 (27.4%)	68 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	89 (17.8%)	85.5	883^rd of 5804 public elementary schools	84.8%		80.4	1146^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.4%	263	64.5				64.5	58.3	57.1	67.7					61.1	68.3	67.2	71.0					68.8			$17,322	$15,920	$1,402
Sunset Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	340 Inverness Dr.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6687	348	18	19.3	41.7%	67 (19.3%)	7 (2.0%)	131 (37.6%)	81 (23.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	59 (17.0%)	63.9	1885^th of 5804 public elementary schools	67.5%		33.8	3663^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.5%	1778	53.9				53.9	46.0	38.7	66.7					53.3	43.2	38.7	46.2					43.3	97.0	98.0	$20,075	$18,174	$1,901
Ingrid B. Lacy Middle	Public	6-8	1427 Palmetto Ave.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6665	484	24	19.8	19.0%	168 (34.7%)	10 (2.1%)	140 (28.9%)	91 (18.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	70 (14.5%)	74.3	576^th of 2703 public middle schools	78.7%		72.5	630^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.2%	54		39.3			39.3				57.4	57.4	58.4		57.7				56.8	50.5	52.2		53.2			$17,940	$16,468	$1,472
Ortega Elementary	Public	K-5	1283 Terra Nova Blvd.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6670	404	19	21.2	13.6%	204 (50.5%)	2 (0.5%)	77 (19.1%)	43 (10.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	73 (18.1%)	61.9	1994^th of 5804 public elementary schools	65.6%		69.5	1624^th of 5857 public elementary schools	72.3%	370	40.0				40.0	36.9	70.4	50.8					51.7	50.8	55.6	41.0					48.9			$19,928	$18,046	$1,882
Pacifica Independent Home Study	Public	K-8	1283 Terra Nova Blvd	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6670	12	1	12.5	58.3%	4 (33.3%)	2 (16.7%)	5 (41.7%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$29,164	$28,338	$826
Spectrum Center-Peninsula	Private, Nonsectarian	1-12	830 Rosita Rd	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 355-9800	45	6	7.5	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Pacific Bay Christian School	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	6-12	1030 Linda Mar Blvd	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 355-1935	181	18	9.8	—	60 (33.1%)	2 (1.1%)	20 (11.0%)	75 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (13.3%)								(n/a)
Good Shepherd Elementary School	Private, Roman Catholic	K-8	909 Oceana Blvd	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 359-4544	198	11	18.0	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Montessori School Of Linda Mar Inc	Private, Nonsectarian	PK-K	1666 Higgins Way	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 355-7272	46	4	1.5	—	4 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	1 (2.2%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 94044

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pacifica	0.68 mi	10	185^th
San Bruno	2.24 mi	9	299^th
South San Francisco	3.2 mi	14	491^st
Daly City	3.58 mi	21	349^th
Millbrae	3.65 mi	5	56^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.