Summary:
ZIP code 94545 has four Hayward Unified schools: two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, serving different grade spans. Their 2025–2026 average results were 48% in ELA, 31% in math and 28% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Because grade spans differ, schoolwide comparisons are broad; the clearest like-grade comparison is between the two K–6 schools. The clearest overall finding is that Southgate Elementary leads the group in all three subjects.
Southgate scored 62% in ELA, 46% in math and 37% in science—about 25, 24 and 16 points higher, respectively, than the lowest-scoring school in each subject. Those scores were also above the state in all three subjects, though science by just 1 point. At the other end, Anthony W. Ochoa Middle had the lowest ELA result at 37%, while Mt. Eden High had the lowest math result at 23%; Palma Ceia Elementary had the lowest science result at 21%. Ochoa and Palma Ceia were below the state in all three subjects. Mt. Eden stood out for its split: ELA was 55%, 5 points above the state, but math and science were 16 and 13 points below. In the like-grade comparison, Southgate also outscored Palma Ceia in every provided tested ELA and math grade, and in fifth-grade science.
Recent changes were mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Southgate gained 6 points in ELA and 3 in math, while Ochoa gained 10 in science; Palma Ceia’s science result fell 7 points, and Mt. Eden’s ELA result fell 7. SchoolDigger ranks Southgate at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars; Mt. Eden, Ochoa and Palma Ceia are at the 48th, 41st and 36th percentiles, each with 2 stars. For context, 2024–2025 student–teacher ratios ranged from 19.8 at Ochoa to 22.8 at Palma Ceia. The schools’ reported free/reduced lunch eligible measures for that school year ranged from 64% at Southgate to 76% at Palma Ceia; these figures describe context, not a cause of school results.
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