| School Name | API (2009) | API (2008) |
| Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary | 934 | 934 |
| Crocker/Riverside Elementary | 934 | 920 |
| Genevieve Didion | 928 | 922 |
| West Campus | 913 | 887 |
| Camellia Elementary | 894 | 898 |
| Matsuyama Elementary | 892 | 873 |
| Sutter Middle | 884 | 871 |
| St. HOPE Public School 7 (PS7) | 873 | 804 |
| Pony Express Elementary | 867 | 867 |
| Theodore Judah Elementary | 863 | 834 |
| Golden Empire Elementary | 862 | 870 |
| Sutterville Elementary | 853 | 846 |
| Caleb Greenwood | 845 | 810 |
| Sequoia Elementary | 844 | 827 |
| Isador Cohen Elementary | 842 | 814 |
| Hubert H. Bancroft Elementary | 841 | 859 |
| David Lubin Elementary | 836 | 804 |
| O. W. Erlewine Elementary | 833 | 818 |
| Capitol Heights Academy | 828 | 788 |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | 827 | 827 |
| School of Engineering & Sciences | 817 | 779 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary | 815 | 820 |
| Caroline Wenzel Elementary | 806 | 783 |
| Earl Warren Elementary | 801 | 782 |
| Sam Brannan Middle | 798 | 748 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | 798 | 787 |
| Lisbon Elementary | 798 | 741 |
| John Bidwell Elementary | 795 | 784 |
| William Land Elementary | 791 | 805 |
| Elder Creek Elementary | 790 | 796 |
| Albert Einstein Middle | 784 | 779 |
| James Marshall Elementary | 784 | 793 |
| Parkway Elementary | 780 | 771 |
| Bret Harte Elementary | 773 | 733 |
| Hollywood Park Elementary | 773 | 751 |
| California Middle | 772 | 742 |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary | 772 | 778 |
| California Montessori Project-Capitol Campus | 771 | 811 |
| Nicholas Elementary | 765 | 763 |
| Ethel Phillips Elementary | 763 | 705 |
| John F. Kennedy High | 760 | 755 |
| John D. Sloat Elementary | 760 | 740 |
| C. K. McClatchy High | 757 | 746 |
| A. M. Winn Elementary | 755 | 743 |
| Tahoe Elementary | 755 | 762 |
| Mark Twain Elementary | 753 | 746 |
| Peter Burnett Elementary | 753 | 747 |
| Bowling Green Elementary | 746 | 695 |
| Washington Elementary | 745 | 757 |
| Maple Elementary | 739 | 739 |
| Joseph Bonnheim Elementary | 734 | 672 |
| Woodbine Elementary | 733 | 685 |
| Sacramento Charter High | 731 | 719 |
| Cesar Chavez Intermediate | 730 | 738 |
| Pacific Elementary | 728 | 670 |
| Mark Hopkins Elementary | 726 | 699 |
| John Cabrillo Elementary | 724 | 752 |
| Sol Aureus College Preparatory | 720 | 694 |
| Clayton B. Wire Elementary | 720 | 715 |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary | 718 | 730 |
| The Language Academy of Sacramento | 714 | 695 |
| John F. Morse | 713 | 713 |
| Will C. Wood Middle | 709 | 726 |
| Rosemont High | 707 | 705 |
| Edward Kemble Elementary | 705 | 709 |
| Ethel I. Baker Elementary | 704 | 704 |
| Freeport Elementary | 703 | 646 |
| H. W. Harkness Elementary | 699 | 640 |
| Collis P. Huntington Elementary | 695 | 660 |
| John H. Still | 689 | 663 |
| New Technology High | 688 | 655 |
| Kit Carson Middle | 679 | 644 |
| Fruit Ridge Elementary | 676 | 665 |
| Alice Birney Elementary | 666 | 683 |
| Rosa Parks Middle | 666 | 634 |
| Jedediah Smith Elementary | 659 | 687 |
| Met Sacramento Charter High | 656 | 669 |
| Health Professions High | 654 | 644 |
| Oak Ridge Elementary | 649 | 660 |
| Fern Bacon Middle | 638 | 649 |
| America's Choice | 637 | 578 |
| Luther Burbank High | 632 | 626 |
| Father Keith B. Kenny Elementary Charter | 631 | 688 |
| Hiram W. Johnson High | 617 | 611 |
| Genesis High | 583 | 574 |
| Capital City Independent Study | 554 | 597 |
| American Legion High (Continuation) | 512 | 501 |
| Anderson(Marian) - Therapeutic Center | 508 | 615 |
| Visual and Performing Arts Charter | | |
| Skills and Business Education | | |
| Warren A. McClaskey Adult Center | | |
| Old Marshall Adult Education Center | | |
| Fremont Adult Education | | |
| Bear Flag Elementary | | |
| Success Academy | | |