Top 10 Elementary Schools in Berkeley, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Berkeley based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 56.3% Exceeded Standard, compared to 40.9% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

#	School	County	Score	Exceeded	Met+	Absent	Susp.
1	Ruth Acty Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	74.3	62.7%	85.6%	6.7%	0.0%
2	Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier Berkeley Unified	Alameda	72.0	55.5%	75.4%	6.8%	0.2%
3	Rosa Parks Environmental Science Berkeley Unified	Alameda	67.9	50.7%	74.0%	10.5%	1.0%
4	Oxford Elementary at West Campus Berkeley Unified	Alameda	67.0	45.9%	69.7%	14.1%	1.1%
5	John Muir Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	65.0	45.6%	72.1%	8.9%	0.0%
6	Washington Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	63.9	45.8%	72.2%	18.2%	0.2%
7	Cragmont Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	63.1	46.4%	70.1%	15.9%	0.3%
8	Thousand Oaks Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	61.7	39.1%	65.0%	10.5%	0.0%
9	Emerson Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	61.4	50.6%	72.3%	15.6%	0.7%
10	Sylvia Mendez Elementary Berkeley Unified	Alameda	58.0	33.0%	60.2%	10.7%	0.0%

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