Summary:
There are 10 elementary schools in ZIP code 94533: most serve kindergarten through fifth grade, while Weir Preparatory Academy and E. Ruth Sheldon Academy of Innovative Learning serve kindergarten through eighth grade; nine schools have 2025–2026 proficiency results. Across those nine, average proficiency was 23% in English language arts, 16% in math and 12% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is that average proficiency in all three subjects is substantially below the state average.
Laurel Creek Elementary stands out, leading the scored schools in ELA (40%), math (33%) and science (34%); its results were 19, 20 and 24 percentage points above the average of the other eight schools, respectively. It was still below state results in each subject, by 10 points in ELA, 5 in math and 2 in science. Center Elementary placed second in each subject, with 32% in ELA, 28% in math and 27% in science. The lowest results varied by subject: Dover Elementary had the lowest ELA proficiency (14%), E. Ruth Sheldon the lowest math (4%), and Anna Kyle Elementary the lowest science (3%).
Across the nine schools, average ELA and math proficiency declined by about 2 and 1 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while science rose by about 1 point; state results increased in all three subjects, so the average local-to-state gaps widened. Laurel Creek was a notable exception in science, improving by 16 points, and its fifth-grade ELA result of 50% was about 1 point above the state figure. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 34 to 43 for Laurel Creek, while Center fell from 49 to 29. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 51% at Center to 93% at E. Ruth Sheldon; these figures are observations, not an explanation for achievement. Results cover two years, and all-grades comparisons include schools with different grade spans.
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