North Highlands · Sacramento County

Schools in North Highlands

North Highlands’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 50th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 9 schools

from 1st to 50th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Creative Connections Arts Academy: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Sierra View Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
  • Hillsdale Elementary: 22nd percentile, Needs Support
  • F. C. Joyce TK-8: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Madison Elementary: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • Oakdale TK-8: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • Warren A. Allison Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Kohler TK-8: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Village TK-8: 1st percentile, Needs Support
8Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

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Middle · 5 schools

from 1st to 51st · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Creative Connections Arts Academy: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Village TK-8: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • F. C. Joyce TK-8: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Oakdale TK-8: 2nd percentile, Needs Support
  • Kohler TK-8: 1st percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

High · 2 schools

from 12th to 71st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Creative Connections Arts Academy: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Highlands High: 12th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 10 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

Schools around North Highlands

11 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in North Highlands score highest?

Creative Connections Arts Academy is highest, at the 50th percentile.

That’s higher than 50 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in North Highlands

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Context

The average North Highlands elementary school had 41 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in North Highlands score highest?

Creative Connections Arts Academy is highest, at the 51st percentile.

That’s higher than 51 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in North Highlands

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Context

The average North Highlands middle school had 41 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in North Highlands score highest?

Creative Connections Arts Academy is highest, at the 71st percentile.

That’s higher than 71 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in North Highlands

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

1 high school not ranked statewide

1 private school has a North Highlands address. It doesn’t take California’s state tests, so we don’t score it. See it in the private-school directory →

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Which public schools in North Highlands rank highest?

Elementary: Creative Connections Arts Academy, 50th percentile (Solid). Middle: Creative Connections Arts Academy, 51st percentile (Solid). High: Creative Connections Arts Academy, 71st percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in North Highlands decide which school my child attends?

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.
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Are the public schools in North Highlands good?

North Highlands’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 50th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 8 Needs Support. North Highlands’s 5 public middle schools run from the 1st to the 51st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 4 Needs Support. North Highlands’s 2 public high schools run from the 12th to the 71st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in North Highlands compare with California?

The average North Highlands elementary school had 41 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average North Highlands middle school had 41 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools with a North Highlands address, which can belong to more than one school district.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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