Schools · Acton

Acton, CA schools

Kids attend Meadowlark Elementary through grade 4, then High Desert and Vasquez High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade #416Best schools in CA (of 574)

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Acton’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Acton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 38%

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California towns with similar household incomes (519)Better than 14%

Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 5,114. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.