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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Santa Clara, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Santa Clara 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 59.4% Exceeded Standard, compared to 21.6% 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 Millikin Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 81.3 72.0% 90.8% 2.4% 0.0%
2 Washington Open Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 70.7 49.4% 76.6% 5.7% 0.3%
3 Laurelwood Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 69.6 56.8% 78.6% 15.3% 2.1%
4 Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary
Cupertino Union
 Santa Clara 67.0 43.5% 68.9% 7.8% 1.2%
5 Don Callejon
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 58.1 41.8% 61.6% 15.6% 4.1%
6 Sutter Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 56.1 42.5% 67.4% 15.6% 1.5%
7 Central Park Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 52.2 35.5% 58.9% 13.1% 0.6%
8 Bowers Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 50.4 19.8% 46.3% 17.1% 3.1%
9 Briarwood Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 48.6 26.2% 45.9% 18.5% 1.5%
10 C. W. Haman Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 47.2 18.9% 42.5% 17.3% 0.9%

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