Cragmont Elementary vs Ruth Acty Elementary

Ruth Acty Elementary holds an overall rating of 9.5/10 against Cragmont Elementary's 9.1/10 — a 0.4-point gap that, at this tier of performance, reflects a meaningful difference in composite outcomes. In California's statewide ranking, that gap is even sharper: Ruth Acty Elementary sits at #12 of 9,533 schools statewide, while Cragmont Elementary ranks #150 of 9,533. Both schools clear Berkeley's already high baseline, but Ruth Acty's position puts it in a rarified group of twelve schools across the entire state.

Academically, Ruth Acty Elementary scores 9.8/10 versus Cragmont Elementary's 8.9/10 — a 0.9-point difference that represents the clearest performance gap between these two schools. On growth, both schools perform strongly, with Ruth Acty Elementary at 9.8/10 and Cragmont Elementary at 9.5/10. That 0.3-point growth gap suggests Ruth Acty is also moving students forward at a slightly faster rate relative to their starting points, not just serving a higher-scoring population.

Ruth Acty Elementary enrolls 396 students compared to Cragmont Elementary's 294, making it the larger campus by 102 students. Classroom size is nearly identical — 20.8:1 at Ruth Acty Elementary versus 21.0:1 at Cragmont Elementary — so the enrollment difference reflects more sections, not larger classes. The schools diverge more noticeably on economic diversity: Cragmont Elementary serves 28% of students on free or reduced-price lunch compared to 17% at Ruth Acty Elementary, an 11-percentage-point difference indicating Cragmont draws from a somewhat broader socioeconomic mix within Berkeley.

Both Ruth Acty Elementary and Cragmont Elementary serve grades KG through 05 and sit just 1.4 miles apart in Berkeley, making the choice largely one of performance profile versus community demographics rather than program structure or grade access. Neither school diverges on the grade band served, so families with children spanning kindergarten through fifth grade can plan identically at either campus.