Summary:
ZIP code 95018 has three schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: San Lorenzo Valley Elementary (K–5), San Lorenzo Valley Middle (6–8), and San Lorenzo Valley High (9–12), enrolling 537, 396, and 578 students. In 2025–2026, the three schools’ equal-weighted averages were above state results in all three tested subjects: ELA, 55% versus 49%; math, 41% versus 38%; and science, 43% versus 36%. The main takeaway is that the area’s overall results are above the state, but strengths differ considerably by school and subject.
San Lorenzo Valley High stands out in ELA and science, with 65% and 54% proficient—14 points above the next-highest school in ELA and 15 points above it in science. It was also 16 points above the state in ELA and 18 points above in science. Math is the exception: High had the lowest result, 35%, 4 points below the state. San Lorenzo Valley Elementary narrowly led all-grades math at 44.4%, just 0.1 point above San Lorenzo Valley Middle. Elementary’s overall lead masks a weaker fifth-grade math result: 30%, compared with 37% statewide. Middle had the lowest all-grades ELA result, 49.1%, just 0.2 point below the state.
Middle had the most consistently positive recent test-score changes, gaining 3 points in ELA, 7 in math, and 1 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Elementary gained 1 point in ELA but fell 8 in math and 14 in science; High declined in all three subjects. SchoolDigger rankings moved up for Middle, from the 55th to the 67th percentile, while High fell from the 90th to the 77th and Elementary from the 72nd to the 63rd. Attendance is another difference: High’s graduation rate was 99%, but chronic absenteeism was 28%, compared with 18% statewide; Middle’s absenteeism was 21%, and Elementary’s was 12%. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 20% at High, 24% at Middle, and 27% at Elementary; student–teacher ratios ranged from 20 to 22.
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