Summary:
ZIP code 94611 has two middle schools, Montera Middle and Piedmont Middle; both serve grades 6–8 and have 2025–2026 results in English language arts, math, and science. Both schools scored above state results in all three subjects, but the area’s overall picture hides a large difference between them. The most important finding for families is that Piedmont Middle outscored Montera Middle by 31 percentage points in ELA, 37 in math, and 31 in science.
Piedmont Middle stands out at the top: 87% of students were proficient in ELA, 80% in math, and 77% in science. Those results were 38, 41, and 41 percentage points above the state, respectively. Montera Middle had the lower results of the two, at 56% in ELA, 42% in math, and 45% in science, but still exceeded state results by 7, 4, and 9 points. The gap between the schools appears in every reported grade as well as across all three subjects.
Results generally improved from 2024–2025, especially in science: Montera rose 12 points in science, compared with 4 points at Piedmont and 3 statewide. A counterpoint is Piedmont’s 2-point math decline, while Montera’s math rose 4 points; Piedmont nevertheless remained 41 points above the state in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Piedmont was 99, 98, and 99 across the last three reported years; Montera’s rose from 63 to 69 to 72. Other context differs: for 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 58% at Montera and 6% at Piedmont, while student–teacher ratios were similar at 18.0 and 17.3. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 22% at Montera and 5% at Piedmont. These are differences in reported school context, not evidence that any one measure caused the achievement gap.
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