Summary:
ZIP code 94114 has eight schools serving elementary, middle, and high school grades, with enrollment ranging from 137 students at Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary to 993 at Mission High. For 2025–2026, the seven schools with results averaged 38% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), 29% in math, and 27% in science, all below state averages of 49%, 38%, and 36%. Results vary widely: the gap between the highest and lowest school was 56 percentage points in ELA, 52 in math, and 54 in science, so the area’s most important takeaway is that school-level results differ sharply rather than showing a single ZIP-code-wide pattern.
McKinley Elementary was the clear leader, with 73% in ELA, 62% in math, and 60% in science—above the state in every subject and ahead of the other six schools’ averages by about 40, 39, and 38 percentage points, respectively. Alvarado Elementary also exceeded the state in all three subjects, while Milk stood out in science at 47%, despite below-state ELA and math results. At the lower end, Sanchez Elementary had the lowest math and science results, at 10% and 6%; Everett Middle was lowest in ELA at 17%. Lick Middle scored higher than Everett in ELA and math, though both middle schools were well below state results.
Across the seven schools with results in both years, average ELA rose about 2 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math was essentially unchanged, and science fell about 3 points; the state improved in all three subjects. Milk’s science score dropped 17 points, while Mission High improved in all three. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings also show a broad spread: McKinley ranked in the 87th percentile, compared with the 2nd for Sanchez, 5th for Everett, and 25th for Mission. As context, the reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures for school year 2024–2025 were 28% at McKinley, 30% at Alvarado, 35% at Milk, and 81% at Sanchez; these are observations, not explanations for results. Thomas Edison Charter Academy has no 2025–2026 test results, so current proficiency comparisons cover seven schools.
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