Schools · Hayward
Hayward, CA schools
Hayward’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 69% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 18 schools through grade 8, then one of 6 middle schools and Mt. Eden High or Hayward High or Tennyson High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Hayward’s School Grade: B
The public schools Hayward’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
A-Test scoresC-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 57%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (520)Better than 42%
High confidence. Built on 724 tested students and a graduating class of 1,357; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change 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.
School path
Where Hayward kids go to school
Grades 9–12
Mt. Eden High or Hayward High or Tennyson High
Depends on your address Hayward Unified School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (New Haven Unified)69%
State average 48.5%
Math (New Haven Unified)43%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
82% graduate on time
Graduation rate
82%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,357
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #599 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Hayward
Hayward Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 28 schools · 17,273 students
$22,288 per studentCA $21,206C+New Haven Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 13 schools · 10,056 students
$16,667 per studentCA $21,206A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 47 schools in Hayward
Showing 1–30 of 47 schools
Cherryland ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 855 students
PublicBurbank ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 800 students
PublicHarder ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 671 students
PublicSchafer Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 606 students
PublicStonebrae ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 605 students
PublicTyrrell ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 597 students
PublicSouthgate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 581 students
PublicLongwood ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 517 students
PublicPark ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 504 students
PublicPalma Ceia ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 484 students
PublicEden Gardens ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 477 students
PublicGlassbrook ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 455 students
PublicTreeview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 426 students
PublicHillview Crest ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 420 students
PublicLorin A. Eden ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 386 students
PublicRuus ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 361 students
PublicEldridge ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 281 students
PublicHayward Collegiate CharterElementary · Grades K–6 · 231 students
CharterFaith Ringgold School of Arts and ScienceElementary · Grades K–8 · 111 students
PublicMartin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 669 students
PublicWinton MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 582 students
PublicBret Harte MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 465 students
PublicCesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 453 students
PublicAnthony W. Ochoa MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 405 students
PublicMt. Eden HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,865 students
PublicHayward HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,580 students
PublicTennyson HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,511 students
PublicImpact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · Grades 6–12 · 716 students
B+CharterLeadership Public Schools - HaywardHigh · Grades 9–12 · 573 students
B+CharterOpportunity AcademyHigh · Grades 10–12 · 175 students
D-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.