Schools · Tracy
Tracy, CA schools
Tracy’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 15 schools through grade 8, then one of 9 middle schools and Merrill F. West High or Tracy High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Tracy’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Tracy’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresB-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 47%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (464)Better than 20%
High confidence. Built on 8,109 tested students and a graduating class of 1,528; 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 Tracy kids go to school
Grades 9–12
BMerrill F. West High or A-Tracy High
Depends on your address Tracy 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 below the state in reading
Reading (grades K–12, Tracy Unified)37%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Jefferson Elementary)52%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Tracy Unified)22%
State average 33.4%
Math (Jefferson Elementary)36%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
1,528
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #272 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Tracy
Tracy Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 19 schools · 13,770 students
$18,044 per studentCA $21,206C+Tracy Unified School District
Jefferson Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 5 schools · 3,126 students
$12,742 per studentCA $21,206BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 30 schools in Tracy
Showing 1–30 of 30 schools
George Kelly ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 929 students
B+PublicCorral Hollow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 806 students
PublicSouth/West Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 806 students
B-PublicArt FreilerElementary · Grades K–8 · 772 students
BPublicTom Hawkins ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 728 students
BPublicNorth ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 722 students
C-PublicAnthony C. Traina ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 721 students
B+PublicMelville S. Jacobson ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 644 students
CPublicGladys Poet-Christian ElementaryElementary · Grades K–8 · 555 students
B-PublicCentral ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 491 students
C-PublicMonticello ElementaryElementary · Grades K–4 · 483 students
A-PublicMcKinley ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 436 students
C-PublicLouis J. Villalovoz ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 411 students
B-PublicPrimary CharterElementary · Grades K–4 · 401 students
A-CharterLouis A. Bohn ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 397 students
CPublicWanda Hirsch ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 359 students
BPublicEarle E. Williams MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 762 students
CPublicMonte Vista MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 738 students
CPublicDiscovery CharterMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 369 students
B+CharterMerrill F. West HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,920 students
BPublicTracy HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,739 students
A-PublicMillennium CharterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 436 students
B+CharterGeorge and Evelyn Stein ContinuationHigh · Grades 9–12 · 121 students
C-PublicDuncan-Russell Community DayHigh · Grades 7–12 · 22 students
PublicTracy Independent Study CharterOther · Grades K–12 · 359 students
BCharterBELLA VISTA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateMONTESSORI ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL OF TRACY
PrivateST BERNARDS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
PrivateTRACY SDA SCHOOL
PrivateWEST VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.