California school rankings
Search by school, city or ZIP code. Each list compares schools at one level: elementary, middle or high.
Browse schools by level ↓9,947 public schools across California, including charter schools, by the state’s own count (CDE, 2025–26). We list 9,813 open public and charter schools.
Explore our separate rankings: 5,726 elementary, 2,529 middle and 1,498 high schools. Schools serving several levels may appear in more than one list.
Find schools in and around 95319
This search lists 70 schools: 2 in 95319 and the 68 nearest outside it, all within 7.9 miles of the ZIP’s center. Start with your child’s school stage below, then compare the schools.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are in and around 95319?
Empire Elementary places highest among elementary schools in 95319
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Show all 28 ranked elementary schools
Middle school
Which middle schools are in and around 95319?
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Show all 25 ranked middle schools
Schools students are placed in · 2
Juvenile court schools enroll by court order, and county community schools by probation, district or voluntary referral. We show their records without a ranking. Confirm placement with the district.
High school
Which high schools are in and around 95319?
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25.
Show all 18 ranked high schools
Continuation high schools · 4
Each is compared only with the 277 California continuation high schools we score, so they are listed apart from the schools above.
Schools students are placed in · 2
Juvenile court schools enroll by court order, and county community schools by probation, district or voluntary referral. We show their records without a ranking. Confirm placement with the district.
Charters
Which charter schools are in and around 95319?
10 charter schools are in this search
Each one sets how it admits students, so check before you apply. Their standing is in the level lists above.
3 elementary charter schools
- Connecting Waters Charter School - Central ValleyModesto City Elementary · 3.6 mi
- Aspire Summit Charter AcademyCeres Unified · 3.9 mi
- Whitmore Charter School of Art & TechnologyCeres Unified · 4.3 mi
8 middle charter schools
- Connecting Waters Charter School - Central ValleyModesto City Elementary · 3.6 mi
- Whitmore Charter School of Art & TechnologyCeres Unified · 4.3 mi
- Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory AcademyModesto City High · 5.9 mi
- Keyes to Learning CharterKeyes Union · 6.1 mi
- Great Valley AcademyStanislaus County Office of Education · 6.9 mi
- Riverbank Language AcademyRiverbank Unified · 7.2 mi
- Connecting Waters CharterWaterford Unified · 7.4 mi
- Gratton CharterGratton Elementary · 7.5 mi
5 high charter schools
- Connecting Waters Charter School - Central ValleyModesto City Elementary · 3.6 mi
- Whitmore Charter HighCeres Unified · 4.3 mi
- Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory AcademyModesto City High · 5.9 mi
- Keyes to Learning CharterKeyes Union · 6.1 mi
- Connecting Waters CharterWaterford Unified · 7.4 mi
Not sure what these scores mean? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report.
Nearby
Which other districts are nearby?
5 other districts have ranked schools within about 10 miles
Nearest first.
Empire Union Elementary 1.3 mi · ~3 min
- Elementary 5 ranked schools, 13th to 53rd percentile
- Middle 1 ranked school
Modesto City High 3.5 mi · ~9 min
- Middle 1 ranked school
- High 8 ranked schools, 15th to 70th percentile
Hughson Unified 3.6 mi · ~9 min
- Middle 1 ranked school
- High 1 ranked school
Sylvan Union Elementary 4.5 mi · ~11 min
- Elementary 10 ranked schools, 2nd to 68th percentile
- Middle 3 ranked schools, 9th to 76th percentile
Ceres Unified 4.5 mi · ~11 min
- Elementary 15 ranked schools, 3rd to 69th percentile
- Middle 5 ranked schools, 36th to 54th percentile
- High 3 ranked schools, 6th to 38th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. A level’s percentile range is shown where the district has 3 or more ranked schools at it. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school. Counts cover each whole district. Distance runs from the center of this search to the center of the district’s ranked schools in this area, and drive times are rough estimates.
The area
How big are the schools here?
The average public school in these lists had 745 students in 2024–25
Staffing, private schools nearby, and the data behind this page.
Public schools
- Public schools in these lists
- 70
- Students at the average school, 2024–25
- 745
- Students per teacher at the average school, 2024–25
- 22
- Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals at the average school, 2024–25
- 74%
Private schools of all levels within 10 miles
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so we don’t score or rank them. Each enrollment names its source’s school year.
17 private schools are within 10 miles of this search’s center.
- Hughson Christian SchoolChurch of Christ · 90 students, 2021–22 · 2.6 mi
- Central Valley Christian Academy132 students, 2025–26 · 4.1 mi
- Ceres Christian PreschoolChristian (no specific denomination) · 42 students, 2021–22 · 4.1 mi
- Orangeburg Christian SchoolChristian (no specific denomination) · 13 students, 2021–22 · 5.2 mi
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic · 144 students, 2021–22 · 5.8 mi
Show 12 more
- St. Stanislaus Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic · 208 students, 2021–22 · 7.1 mi
- Central Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic · 379 students, 2021–22 · 7.1 mi
- Big Valley Christian699 students, 2025–26 · 7.4 mi
- Trinity Knox Classical Academy179 students, 2025–26 · 7.7 mi
- Montessori School of ModestoNonsectarian · 5 students, 2021–22 · 7.9 mi
- Freedom Choice Day School35 students, 2025–26 · 8.8 mi
- Turlock Christian Jr/sr High SchoolChristian (no specific denomination) · 540 students, 2021–22 · 8.9 mi
- East Valley Education CenterNonsectarian · 59 students, 2021–22 · 9.0 mi
- Turlock Christian Elementary SchoolChristian (no specific denomination) · 305 students, 2021–22 · 9.4 mi
- Queen of All Saints Academy37 students, 2025–26 · 9.6 mi
- Reyn FrancaNonsectarian · 32 students, 2021–22 · 9.7 mi
- Reyn Franca AnnexNonsectarian · 8 students, 2021–22 · 9.9 mi
California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary/middle; 2024–25 high school · Enrollment, staffing and meals: federal school directory (NCES), 2024–25; private schools: the federal private-school survey or the school’s filing with the state · Download this view as CSV (free, CC BY 4.0 with attribution) · Methodology
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Public schools
Public schools, charter schools included, take California’s state tests, and we compare them with schools at the same level.
Charter schools
Charter schools are public schools. Each one sets how it admits students, so check before you apply.
Private schools
See grades, enrollment and school details. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score or rank them.
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Common questions
How do I find schools near me?
Enter your ZIP code, city or district in the search bar above, or use the location button. We list the public schools there, one list per level. Schools in the place itself run by Scope Score. For a ZIP code, the nearest schools around it follow, nearest first. Continuation, alternative and special-education schools are listed apart, each with a note on how it is compared.
What does the Scope Score mean?
A school’s percentile says how it compares with California public schools at the same level: the share of those schools it scored higher than. It comes from the Scope Score, a composite of test results, attendance and other public school data. It cannot tell you everything about a school or whether it is the right fit for your child. See full methodology.
Can I compare charter and other public schools?
Yes. A search lists an area’s charter schools in their own section, and each charter row says to check how it admits students. Every row shows the school’s percentile among California schools at its level, and its Scope Score. A charter that is an alternative school is listed apart, compared only with other alternative schools. To compare English (reading and writing) and math results, attendance and student groups, open profiles side by side.
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Where does the data come from?
We calculate the Scope Score from California Department of Education (CDE) data: state test results (CAASPP), chronic absence, suspensions, graduation and the state’s college and career readiness measure. The student mix on each profile comes from the CDE chronic-absence file, and enrollment counts from the federal Common Core of Data (NCES). Profiles add records from the University of California, the College Board and the International Baccalaureate Organization. Score years: 2025–26 elementary/middle; 2024–25 high school. Each measure names its own source year. Every source we use is listed on About.
Which guides explain these results?
Data source: California Department of Education · California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary/middle; 2024–25 high school · Methodology