Pleasanton

Pleasanton has two schools serving PK through grade 12: Pleasanton Elementary serves PK–6, and Pleasanton High serves grades 7–12. The schools enroll 200 and 162 students, respectively. In 2025–26, elementary students were more likely to meet proficiency expectations in all three reported subjects, while the high school was below state results in every subject. The clearest takeaway is that the elementary school’s math result stands out as a strength, but achievement varies substantially by school and subject.

Pleasanton Elementary leads the pair: 36% were proficient in ELA, 45% in math and 30% in science, compared with 21%, 19% and 23% at Pleasanton High. The differences were 16 points in ELA, 26 in math and 7 in science. Elementary math was also 4 points above the state result; the high school was 25 points below state ELA, 22 below math and 15 below science. Grade-level results flag particular concerns: at the high school, grade 8 ELA proficiency was 0% versus 42% statewide, and grade 8 science was 14% versus 39%. SchoolDigger ranks the elementary school at the 31st percentile with 2 stars, and the high school at the 28th percentile with 1 star.

Results have improved more consistently at the high school. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, its proficiency rose in ELA, math and science, while the elementary school’s ELA edged up, math slipped slightly and science fell from 37% to 30%. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking also climbed from the 9th percentile in 2023–24 to the 28th in 2025–26; the elementary school’s ranking moved from the 28th to the 31st percentile, after reaching the 37th percentile in 2024–25. Context differs too: the elementary school’s student–teacher ratio is 16.5 versus 11.4 at the high school, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 66% versus 58%. Chronic absenteeism is low at both—3% and 7%, compared with 18% statewide. These comparisons describe two schools serving different grade spans and do not establish why results differ.