Summary:
ZIP code 94044 has one middle school in this list, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 484 students. Its clearest academic strength is math relative to the state: in 2025–2026, Lacy was 15 points ahead of the state in math, compared with an 8-point advantage in ELA.
Lacy is the sole school represented, so it cannot be meaningfully identified as the area’s top or bottom school compared with local peers. Its latest results were above state averages in all three subjects: 58% in ELA versus 49% statewide, 53% in math versus 38%, and 39% in science versus 36%. Comparisons with the Pacifica district were mixed: Lacy was 2 points higher in ELA and narrowly higher in math, but 8 points lower in science. By grade, it was ahead of the district in both ELA and math in grade 6, but behind in both subjects in grades 7 and 8.
Results improved year over year in all three subjects: Lacy gained 2 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 3 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Its advantage over the state widened in ELA, from 7 to 8 points, and in math, from 12 to 15 points; its science advantage narrowed from 4 to 3 points. Math results varied more by grade than ELA, spanning 6 points from grade 6 to grade 7, while ELA varied by about 1 point. SchoolDigger gives Lacy 4 stars and ranked it in the 79th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, following the 82nd percentile in 2023–2024 and 77th in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, 5 points above the district and 2 below the state; the student-teacher ratio was 19.8 in 2024–2025, and 19% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year.
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