These schools were voted the Best Private Middle Schools in the Bay Area for the 2024 Best of Bay Area Parent reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: East Bay German International School. The middle school program, for grades 5-8, incorporates hands-on exposure to concepts and subjects inside and outside the classroom as well as longer term projects to help students become independent learners. Emeryville. ebgis.org.
Silver: Park Day School. Oakland. parkdayschool.org.
Bronze: Holy Spirit School. Fremont. holyspiritschoolfremont.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School. The integrated curriculum emphasizes connections across academic subjects and among students, families and community. Foster City. wornickjds.org.
Silver: Redeemer School. Redwood City.
redeemer-school.org.
Bronze: Menlo School. Atherton. menloschool.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Headlands Preparatory School. The four pillars of the school are individualized learning, academic mastery, personal growth and community engagement. Sausalito. headlandsprep.com.
Silver: Marin Montessori. Corte Madera. marinmontessori.org.
Bronze: Red Bridge. San Francisco. redbridgesf.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Bowman School. Students work collaboratively in mixed age groups and do a lot of off-campus learning through field trips in the Bay Area and beyond. Palo Alto. bowmanschool.org.
Silver: Action Day Schools. San Jose. actiondayschools.com.
Bronze: Hope Technology School. Palo Alto. hopetechschool.org.