Each level is scored on its own scale — elementary, middle, and high are never ranked against each other.
The elementary years
The elementary schools average 64.1/100 — 25.3 points above the state average, with 7 of 8 in the Strong band.
48 points separate the strongest and weakest of these 8 elementary schools — the average hides more than it tells.
Julius Cordes Elementary (86/100) holds the Strong band — 66.0% of its students exceed the state standard, against a level average of 44.9%. 3 schools here meet the stronger cohort-gains threshold. These aggregate comparisons do not track individual children.
48 points separate the top and bottom elementary schools — the district average won't predict the school in front of you.
The high school years
One high school: Mountain House High at 81/100 — the whole story at this level is one campus.
One dot, one school — there is no spread to read at this level.
Mountain House High (81/100) holds the Strong band — 47.5% of its students exceed the state standard, against a level average of 47.5%.
One campus is the whole sample — a single year's cohort moves every number in this chapter.
What it means for your family
Compare schools at your child’s level before deciding on an address. The strongest attendance-zone candidate is Julius Cordes Elementary at 86/100 — confirm the exact boundary with the district before the house.
No charters or magnets among the ranked schools here, so the main lever is an intra-district transfer — California districts run them on their own windows and criteria. If your zoned school sits low in the appendix below, ask the district office for this year's dates.
A band is a position, not a prophecy — 3 campuses here rank as Growth Engine, their aggregate cohort-change indices above the published threshold. Ask your school two questions: what happens for a kid who arrives behind, and what the classroom looks like for one who arrives ahead.
The strongest-scoring run through the district:
Julius Cordes Elementary 99th percentile · StrongScope Score 86/100Mountain House High 96th percentile · StrongScope Score 81/100
Top scorers at each level — not necessarily one zoned sequence. Confirm feeder patterns and enrollment zones with the district, and visit before you decide.
What this page can't see: whether a campus feels safe and glad at 8 a.m. If a path above looks workable, the next step is a visit.