Schools in Zip Code 94402

Schools in ZIP code 94402 include eight schools serving students from elementary through high school, with seven reporting 2025–26 test scores and one, Gateway Center, reporting none. Across the schools with scores, results range widely: all-grades proficiency runs from 4% to 81% in English language arts, from 6% to 66% in math, and from 0% to 63% in science. The most important takeaway is that schools with very different outcomes are close together in the same area.

Aragon High leads in all-grades English language arts at 81% and science at 63%; those scores are 11 and 3 percentage points above the next-highest schools, respectively. Baywood Elementary leads math at 66%, just 1 point above Aragon. At the other end, San Mateo Park Elementary has the lowest score in all three subjects: 4% in English language arts, 6% in math, and 0% in science. It trails the next-lowest school, Sunnybrae Elementary, by 16, 17, and 10 points, respectively. Among middle-school comparisons, Parkside Montessori is well ahead of Borel Middle in seventh grade: 97% versus 41% in English language arts and 94% versus 37% in math.

Recent changes are mixed: the seven-school average fell 2 points in English language arts and 5 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state average rose in both; math edged up by 1 point locally and statewide. Baywood and Parkside improved in all three subjects, while Highlands Elementary and San Mateo Park declined in all three. The schools also differ in context: their 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible figures range from 17% at Aragon to 75% at Sunnybrae; these figures do not explain test results. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose for Aragon, from 96 to 97 between 2023–24 and 2025–26, but fell for Borel, from 73 to 58, and Parkside, from 86 to 78. All-grades comparisons span different grade levels, so matching-grade results are more useful when comparing schools that serve the same grades.