Schools in King City

King City’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 19th to the 50th percentile among the 5,721 California elementary schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. King City has one public middle school we score, Chalone Peaks Middle, at the 18th percentile among the 2,177 California middle schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. King City’s 2 public high schools run from the 1st to the 42nd percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score; it isn’t a grade. How we score schools.

Elementary: Santa Lucia Elementary, 50th percentile statewide (Solid). Middle: Chalone Peaks Middle, 18th percentile statewide (Needs Support). High: King City High, 42nd percentile statewide (Developing). Each level is ranked separately, and a few percentiles apart is a tie. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

The average King City elementary school had 20 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2024–25; the average California elementary school had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

No. A city can hold schools from more than one district, and attendance boundaries decide which school serves an address. Confirm the school for your address with the district.

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2025 and chronic-absence rates for 2024–25, both published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations, not official state ratings. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them. Methodology and limitations.