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Berkeley Unified Schools
Berkeley Unified is a public school district in California, based in Alameda County (Berkeley). SchoolGrade grades 16 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Berkeley Unified on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Berkeley Unified
1 of 16 schools in Berkeley Unified carry a SchoolGrade (15 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 1
Every school in Berkeley Unified
High schools (1)
- A+ Berkeley High, Berkeley
Middle and junior high schools (3)
- Longfellow Arts And Technology Middle, Berkeley
- Martin Luther King Middle, Berkeley
- Willard Middle, Berkeley
Elementary and primary schools (9)
- Cragmont Elementary, Berkeley
- Emerson Elementary, Berkeley
- John Muir Elementary, Berkeley
- Malcolm X Elementary, Berkeley
- Oxford Elementary At West Campus, Berkeley
- Ruth Acty Elementary, Berkeley
- Sylvia Mendez Elementary, Berkeley
- Thousand Oaks Elementary, Berkeley
- Washington Elementary, Berkeley
Other schools and academies (3)
- Berkeley Arts Magnet At Whittier, Berkeley
- Berkeley Technology Academy, Berkeley
- Rosa Parks Environmental Science, Berkeley
Where Berkeley Unified schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Berkeley (16)
About this district
- State: Best schools in California
- County: Alameda County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 9,077 students with 479 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,130 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0604740
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Albany City Unified (6 schools, 2 mi)
- Piedmont City Unified (6 schools, 5 mi)
- Orinda Union (5 schools, 6 mi)
- Oakland Unified (79 schools, 6 mi)
- West Contra Costa Unified (52 schools, 8 mi)
- Alameda Unified (15 schools, 9 mi)
- Acalanes Union High (5 schools, 9 mi)
- Reed Union Elementary (3 schools, 9 mi)
Questions about Berkeley Unified
How many schools are in Berkeley Unified?
SchoolGrade grades 16 public schools in Berkeley Unified, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Berkeley Unified serve?
The largest by graded schools: Berkeley.
How good are the schools in Berkeley Unified?
Across the 1 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is A+, with 84% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 74%. 100% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Berkeley Unified?
9,077 students were enrolled in Berkeley Unified in the 2023-24 school year, about 18.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Berkeley Unified?
Berkeley Unified is in California, based in Alameda County, with its district office in Berkeley. Its boundary covers about 10.4 sq mi.