These are the Sacramento area’s best public schools, latest Niche ranking says

Jacqueline Pinedo
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Niche’s 2024 “best schools” in America list is out and most of the top 10 schools in the Sacramento area that made the list are in the Roseville, Folsom-Cordova and Davis school districts.

The school ranking and review site releases an annual rating of schools throughout the country.

Schools are ranked graded on an A+ through D- scale that is calculated using school performance factors. Niche considers around 2.5 million parent- and student-submitted reviews and surveys, plus factual information and data from each school, according to its website.

Here’s which public elementary, middle and high schools ranked in the top 10 in the Sacramento area this year:

Top elementary schools in Sacramento area

Below are the top 10 public elementary schools in the Sacramento area, according to Niche:

  1. Rocklin Academy Meyers located in Rocklin.

  2. Robert E. Willett Elementary School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  3. Valley View Elementary School part of the Rocklin Unified School District.

  4. Cesar Chavez Elementary School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  5. Pioneer Elementary part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  6. Davis School for Independent Study part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  7. Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District.

  8. Russel Ranch Elementary School part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District.

  9. Rocklin Academy Turnstone located in Rocklin.

  10. Blue Oaks Elementary School part of the Roseville City Elementary School District.

Top middle schools in Sacramento area

Below are the top 10 public middle schools in the Sacramento area, according to Niche:

  1. Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  2. Davis School for Independent Study part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  3. Miller’s Hill part of the Latrobe School District.

  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  5. Granite Oaks Middle School part of the Rocklin Unified School District.

  6. Barbara Chilton Middle School part of the Roseville City Elementary School District.

  7. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  8. Willma Cavitt Junior High School part of the Eureka Union School District.

  9. Olympus Junior High School part of the Eureka Union School District.

  10. Rolling Hills Middle School part of the Buckeye Union Elementary School District.

Top high schools in Sacramento area

Below are the top 10 high schools in Sacramento area, according to Niche:

  • Granite Bay High School part of the Roseville Joint Union High School District.

  • Davis Senior High School part of the Davis Joint Unified School District.

  • West Campus part of the Sacramento City Unified School District.

  • Mira Loma High School part of the San Juan Unified School District.

  • Vista Del Lago High School part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District.

  • Folsom High School part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District.

  • Franklin High School part of the Elk Grove Unified School District.

  • Western Sierra Collegiate Academy located in Rocklin.

  • Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep part of the Natomas Unified School District.

  • Cosumnes Oaks High School part of the Elk Grove Unified School District.

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