Waterloo’s public schools beat 68% of California districts
The public schools Waterloo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 68% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Waterloo compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Waterloo.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Waterloo
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Waterloo families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Waterloo
There’s no college in Waterloo, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses in Stockton, 7.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Waterloo. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.