Summary:
ZIP code 94063 has seven schools—five elementary schools and two high schools; some elementary schools serve through grade 8, though no separate middle schools are listed. All seven have 2024–2025 test results, while four have 2025–2026 results. In that later year, the four-school averages were 30% in ELA, 27% in math and 16% in science, below state results by 19, 12 and 20 percentage points, respectively. The clearest finding is that Orion Alternative was above the state in all three subjects in both years.
Orion Alternative stands well above the rest: in 2024–2025 it scored 67% in ELA, 62% in math and 52% in science, leading the next-highest schools by 22, 31 and 32 points. In 2025–2026, it again led, with 67% in ELA, 65% in math and 46% in science. At the other end, Redwood High was lowest in all three subjects in both years; its 2025–2026 scores were 12% in ELA and 0% in math and science. Taft Elementary offers a relative math bright spot: its 29% in 2025–2026 was above Hoover Elementary at 12% and Redwood at 0%.
Recent changes were mixed. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Taft’s math score rose 14 points, while the four schools with results in both years averaged a 4-point gain in math; their average fell 1 point in ELA and 2 in science. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings also place Orion in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars, compared with the 20th percentile for Taft, 2nd for Hoover and 3rd for Redwood. Income figures are context, not an explanation: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were similar at KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory (91%) and Connect Community Charter (88%), while KIPP’s results were higher in all three subjects. Different grade spans mean broad all-grades comparisons may not reflect results for a particular grade.
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