10 Union City Schools Among Best For Grades K-8: U.S. News

UNION CITY, CA — Several elementary and middle schools in Union City have been ranked among the best in California, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

More than 7,850 elementary and middle schools in the Golden State have been ranked among the best in California.

California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

Here are the Union City schools and their California rankings:

Elementary

No. 1028: Delaine Eastin Elementary
No. 1489: Alvarado Elementary
No. 1818: Tom Kitayama Elementary
No. 2430: Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay
No. 2477: Pioneer Elementary
No. 3235: Guy Jr. Emanuele Elementary
No. 4151-5534: Searles Elementary

Middle

No. 960: Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay
No. 1287: Itliong-Vera Cruz
No. 1739-2319: Cesar Chavez Middle

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.