Use my locationShowing schools within 10 miles of Thornton. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Thornton.
Thornton
2 scored schools near Thornton
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
How far
Kind of school
More filters
District
Programs and grades
How it says it teaches
Programs and interests
School day and grades
The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 2 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 10 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
2 charter schools. A charter takes students from any address and runs its own lottery; you apply to each one. We have read no coming dates on their sites.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 10 miles of Thornton.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Thornton?
2 scored elementary schools are within 10 miles of Thornton. The closest is Vista Oaks Charter, 9.4 miles away.
Distance 9.4mi
Vista Oaks CharterCharter
Byron Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
172954% below the standard
Scope Score 78Solid · 63rd percentile
Distance 9.9mi
Joe Serna Jr. CharterCharter
Lodi Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
132562% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 59th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Thornton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Thornton?
2 scored middle schools are within 10 miles of Thornton. The closest is Vista Oaks Charter, 9.4 miles away.
Distance 9.4mi
Vista Oaks CharterCharter
Byron Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
142858% below the standard
Scope Score 77Solid · 62nd percentile
Distance 9.9mi
Joe Serna Jr. CharterCharter
Lodi Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
133255% below the standard
Scope Score 76Solid · 55th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Thornton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Thornton?
1 scored high school is within 10 miles of Thornton. The closest is Vista Oaks Charter, 9.4 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 9.4mi
Vista Oaks CharterCharter
Byron Union Elementary · Grades K–12 · Check how it admits students.
No dates read from its site yet
172261% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 39th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Thornton, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Thornton?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Specialized Education CenterGrades 1–12 · 44 students6.4 mi
- Galt Adventist SchoolGrades K–8 · 31 students6.8 mi
- St. Peter Lutheran SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 249 students9.2 mi
- VcmsGrades 6–8 · 81 students9.5 mi
- Jim Elliot Christian High SchoolGrades 9–12 · 58 students9.6 mi
- Lodi Christian SchoolGrades Pre-K–8 · 226 students9.6 mi
6 private schools are within 10 miles of Thornton, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Thornton?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Byron Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Lodi Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above