Best Public Schools in Zip Code 94514

Summary:

The 94514 zip code area is home to two schools: Excelsior Middle and Mountain House Elementary. While Excelsior Middle serves a larger student population, Mountain House Elementary stands out with exceptional English Language Arts/Literacy test scores, significantly higher than the state average. However, Excelsior Middle has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate that is above the state average.

Academically, Mountain House Elementary shines, with 62.5% of its students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 46.66%. In contrast, Excelsior Middle lags behind, with proficiency rates ranging from 31.15% to 45.95% in English Language Arts/Literacy and 24.79% to 38.33% in Mathematics, all below the state averages.

The data also reveals that Mountain House Elementary serves a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 57.14%, compared to 29.91% at Excelsior Middle. This suggests that the exceptional performance of Mountain House Elementary may be particularly noteworthy, given the challenges often faced by schools with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	Total
Excelsior Middle	Public	6-8	14301 Byron Hwy.	Byron	94514	Contra Costa County	Byron Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 809-7530	428	22	19.3	29.9%	224 (52.3%)	30 (7.0%)	109 (25.5%)	27 (6.3%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (7.5%)	50.4	1158^th of 2777 public middle schools	58.3%		55.7	1017^th of 2802 public middle schools	63.7%	141	33.8	33.8	44.5	31.2	46.0	40.9	38.3	24.8	31.5	31.5
Mountain House Elementary	Public	K-8	3950 Mountain House Rd.	Byron	94514	Contra Costa County	Mountain House Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 835-2283	21	1	21.0	57.1%	2 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)											$28,513

Cities Near Zip Code 94514

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Byron	1.45 mi	3	285^th
Discovery Bay	2.17 mi	3	246^th
Brentwood	4.39 mi	17	242^nd
Mountain House	6.69 mi	8	45^th
Knightsen	7.11 mi	1	419^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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