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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 94538

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At a glance

Schools

11,928

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedIrvington High48^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Joseph Azevada Elementary up 290 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Robertson High (Continuation) 10.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Vista Alternative

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 94538 has 18 schools—9 elementary, 2 middle, 5 high and 2 alternative—serving students across a wide range of grades, with test results available for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. The schools’ results vary sharply: in 2025–2026, the all-grades spread between highest and lowest scores was 81 percentage points in ELA, 75 in math and 70 in science. The most important takeaway is that ZIP-code averages hide major differences between individual schools.

Irvington High led ELA at 86% and science at 73%; its ELA result was 8 points above the next-highest school, John M. Horner Middle. Lila Bringhurst Elementary led math at 78%, less than one point ahead of Horner, and scored 71% in science. Among conventional elementary schools, Harvey Green Elementary also performed strongly, with 73% in ELA, 76% in math and 68% in science. At the bottom of the all-grades results, California School for the Deaf-Fremont scored 5% in ELA and 2% in science, while Robertson High (Continuation) scored 2% in math. Among conventional elementary schools, John Blacow Elementary had the lowest results in all three subjects: 36% in ELA, 37% in math and 30% in science.

Across 17 schools with reported scores, average results fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 3 points in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science, while state results rose by less than one point in ELA, 1 in math and 3 in science. There were notable exceptions: Joseph Azevada Elementary gained 12 points in math, while Vista Alternative fell 10 points in ELA. SchoolDigger places Irvington, Horner, Bringhurst and Green in the 92nd–98th statewide percentiles. As context, Green’s free/reduced lunch eligible share was 39% in 2024–2025, compared with 51% at Blacow; these figures describe the schools and do not explain their results. Schools serve different grade spans, so same-grade comparisons are more useful than all-grades comparisons, and Young Adult Program has no test scores reported.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
California School for the Deaf-Fremont	Public, Alternative	K-12	39350 Gallaudet Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 794-3666	279	65	4.3	—	50 (17.9%)	16 (5.7%)	161 (57.7%)	30 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	18 (6.5%)								(n/a)			0.0		2.2	13.3				6.3		0.0	5.1	6.7				6.7		0.0	2.5	58%	0%
Mission Valley Regional Occupational Center Program	Public	9-12	5019 Stevenson Blvd.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Mission Valley Regional Occupational Center/Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 657-1865	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Joseph Azevada Elementary	Public	K-5	39450 Royal Palm Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-3900	394	18	21.9	36.8%	30 (7.6%)	3 (0.8%)	79 (20.1%)	252 (64.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.9%)	88.9	705^th of 5817 public elementary schools	87.9%		83.4	995^th of 5857 public elementary schools	83.0%	290	49.1				49.1	76.4	66.7	70.4					71.3	85.7	69.8	60.0					72.0	95%	0%	$25,037	$22,960	$2,077
John Blacow Elementary	Public	K-5	40404 Sundale Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-5121	557	25	22.2	50.8%	51 (9.2%)	12 (2.2%)	332 (59.6%)	129 (23.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.6%)	38.9	3298^th of 5817 public elementary schools	43.3%		52.1	2491^st of 5857 public elementary schools	57.5%	807	30.2				30.2	38.2	38.8	33.0					36.4	47.8	43.8	21.6					36.6	98%	0%	$23,403	$22,004	$1,399
Brier Elementary	Public	K-5	39201 Sundale Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-5020	585	22	26.5	53.8%	41 (7.0%)	12 (2.1%)	177 (30.3%)	309 (52.8%)	10 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (5.8%)	50	2613^th of 5817 public elementary schools	55.1%		49.9	2599^th of 5857 public elementary schools	55.6%	14	36.4				36.4	40.7	48.9	43.8					44.5	47.1	45.4	30.3					40.8	93%	0%	$18,945	$18,420	$525
J. Haley Durham Elementary	Public	K-5	40292 Leslie St.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-7080	719	27	26.6	35.9%	53 (7.4%)	16 (2.2%)	133 (18.5%)	468 (65.1%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.8%)	74.5	1387^th of 5817 public elementary schools	76.2%		79.7	1168^th of 5857 public elementary schools	80.1%	219	41.2				41.2	55.0	56.5	59.8					57.0	65.6	56.5	53.9					59.2	90%	0%	$17,329	$17,144	$185
Harvey Green Elementary	Public	K-5	42875 Gatewood St.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-6438	368	15	24.5	39.1%	14 (3.8%)	6 (1.6%)	65 (17.7%)	253 (68.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (7.3%)	93.5	445^th of 5817 public elementary schools	92.4%		94	401^st of 5857 public elementary schools	93.2%	44	67.7				67.7	67.8	73.0	79.0					73.4	74.6	74.6	77.4					75.5	96%	0%	$21,199	$20,558	$641
E. M. Grimmer Elementary	Public	K-5	43030 Newport Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-1250	244	12	20.3	41.0%	14 (5.7%)	6 (2.5%)	64 (26.2%)	142 (58.2%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	75.8	1338^th of 5817 public elementary schools	77.0%		79.2	1187^th of 5857 public elementary schools	79.7%	151	42.9				42.9	63.6	62.2	58.1					61.1	75.8	51.4	48.8					57.5	≥ 98%		$30,340	$27,890	$2,450
O. N. Hirsch Elementary	Public	K-5	41399 Chapel Way	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-3537	441	19	23.2	34.2%	33 (7.5%)	7 (1.6%)	48 (10.9%)	334 (75.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	85	916^th of 5817 public elementary schools	84.3%		92.4	521^st of 5857 public elementary schools	91.1%	395	57.5				57.5	49.1	73.3	74.1					67.9	52.7	76.1	59.8					64.4	92%	0%	$20,666	$18,980	$1,686
John M. Horner Middle	Public	6-8	4350 Irvington Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-4000	1,574	64	24.6	23.2%	58 (3.7%)	13 (0.8%)	148 (9.4%)	1,299 (82.5%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	47 (3.0%)	96.1	103^rd of 2740 public middle schools	96.2%		97.2	73^rd of 2761 public middle schools	97.4%	30		67.2			67.2				73.9	82.2	77.2		77.8				75.4	80.5	75.8		77.2			$17,192	$16,610	$582
Irvington High	Public	9-12	41800 Blacow Rd.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-5711	2,157	86	25.1	24.7%	121 (5.6%)	22 (1.0%)	230 (10.7%)	1,717 (79.6%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	56 (2.6%)	97	48^th of 2135 public high schools	97.8%		96.5	68^th of 2162 public high schools	96.9%	20			72.4		72.5							86.0	86.0							75.1	75.1			$18,139	$17,720	$419
John F. Kennedy High	Public	9-12	39999 Blacow Rd.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-4070	1,273	62	20.3	52.7%	145 (11.4%)	49 (3.8%)	494 (38.8%)	508 (39.9%)	5 (0.4%)	6 (0.5%)	64 (5.0%)	61.9	778^th of 2135 public high schools	63.6%		70	600^th of 2162 public high schools	72.2%	178			34.5	33.3	34.4							58.1	58.1							32.4	32.4			$23,043	$21,916	$1,127
Steven Millard Elementary	Public	K-5	5200 Valpey Park Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-0344	455	20	22.7	31.0%	18 (4.0%)	10 (2.2%)	89 (19.6%)	300 (65.9%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	28 (6.2%)	77.7	1234^th of 5817 public elementary schools	78.8%		78.2	1234^th of 5857 public elementary schools	78.9%		57.8				57.8	50.6	59.7	63.4					57.6	56.5	62.3	57.8					58.8	≥ 98%		$22,293	$21,076	$1,217
Robertson High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	4455 Seneca Park Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-9155	169	16	10.4	81.7%	22 (13.0%)	14 (8.3%)	101 (59.8%)	15 (8.9%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	10 (5.9%)	14.6	1767^th of 2135 public high schools	17.2%		20	1694^th of 2162 public high schools	21.6%	73				10.2	9.0							15.5	15.5							2.4	2.4			$51,584	$48,130	$3,454
G. M. Walters Middle	Public	6-8	39600 Logan Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-7211	1,149	56	20.4	46.0%	103 (9.0%)	30 (2.6%)	360 (31.3%)	589 (51.3%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.4%)	59 (5.1%)	67.2	759^th of 2740 public middle schools	72.3%		71	652^nd of 2761 public middle schools	76.4%	107		39.7			39.7				57.4	50.6	58.4		55.6				48.9	42.4	42.5		44.7			$19,960	$18,734	$1,226
Circle of Independent Learning	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4700 Calaveras Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 797-0100	394	17	23.7	46.2%	50 (12.7%)	20 (5.1%)	102 (25.9%)	195 (49.5%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	17 (4.3%)								(n/a)	31.3	37.5		65.9	51.0	35.3	54.6	50.0	45.8	74.4	51.5	75.5	60.6	47.1	36.4	25.0	25.0	53.7	27.3	68.5	45.9			$29,974	$29,952	$22
Vista Alternative	Public	7-12	4455 Seneca Park Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-7028	39	5	7.4	56.4%	5 (12.8%)	1 (2.6%)	14 (35.9%)	13 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.1%)	4 (10.3%)	78.4	445^th of 2135 public high schools	79.2%					(n/a)					45.5							75.0	66.7							36.0	32.1			$50,119	$46,806	$3,313
Young Adult Program	Public	9-12	4700 Calaveras Ave.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-2350	48	5	9.6	22.9%	5 (10.4%)	2 (4.2%)	13 (27.1%)	26 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)								(n/a)																								$64,129	$41,048	$23,081
Lila Bringhurst Elementary	Public	K-5	45051 Wisdom Rd.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 490-1205	1,083	42	25.7	26.6%	58 (5.4%)	15 (1.4%)	67 (6.2%)	822 (75.9%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	115 (10.6%)	93.3	457^th of 5817 public elementary schools	92.1%		95.6	268^th of 5857 public elementary schools	95.4%	189	71.0				71.0	64.0	71.9	83.1					72.0	77.8	79.0	75.6					77.6	≥ 99%		$16,403	$16,218	$185

Cities Near Zip Code 94538

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fremont	0.12 mi	47	132^nd
Newark	1.6 mi	11	432^nd
Union City	5.54 mi	11	217^th
Milpitas	5.79 mi	15	144^th
Sunol	6.41 mi	1	38^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.