Schools in Zip Code 94109

ZIP code 94109 has three schools: Galileo High, serving grades 9–12, and K–5 schools Redding Elementary and Spring Valley Elementary. The results show different profiles: Spring Valley leads Redding in elementary test scores, while Galileo’s grade 11 results are mixed against the state. The clearest area-wide concern is chronic absenteeism: it is 56% at Redding, 48% at Spring Valley and 37% at Galileo, compared with 18% statewide.

Among the elementary schools, Spring Valley has the stronger results in every reported grade and subject. In 2025–2026 all-grades scores, Spring Valley reached 25% in ELA, 25% in math and 24% in science, compared with Redding’s 15%, 16% and 6%—leads of 10, 9 and 18 percentage points. Both schools were below the state in every reported grade and subject. Galileo is not a direct elementary-school peer; in grade 11, its ELA result was 50% versus 57% statewide, while math was 33% versus 32% and science 40% versus 38%.

Recent results show no across-the-board improvement. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Redding’s ELA was essentially unchanged at 15%, while math rose 8 points and science 3; Spring Valley’s ELA and math each fell 5 points as science rose 11. Galileo’s ELA and math each fell 5 points, while science rose 5. SchoolDigger percentile rankings also fell between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026: from 88 to 63 for Galileo, 37 to 3 for Redding, and 41 to 20 for Spring Valley. The elementary schools have similar enrollment and 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures—234 students and 68% at Spring Valley versus 240 and 70% at Redding—while their student-teacher ratios differ, 18.7 versus 26.6. These are observations, not explanations for the score differences. Because the schools serve different grade spans, state comparisons use grades 3–5 for the elementary schools and grade 11 for Galileo.