Here are the 2023 Top Schools voted by the readers of Parents Press:
SCHOOLS — ELEMENTARY
Alternative Learning Styles
TOP 5
Berkwood Hedge School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional (EBI)
Park Day School
The Crowden School
WINNER
Park Day School
Bilingual Elementary School
TOP 5
East Bay German International School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional (EBI)
The Renaissance International School
Yu Ming Charter School
WINNER
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Faith-Based Elementary School
TOP 5
California Crosspoint Academy
Coastline Christian School
Corpus Christi School
Redwood Christian Elementary School
Saint Philip Neri Catholic School
WINNER
Saint Philip Neri Catholic School
Montessori Elementary School
TOP 5
Global Montessori
Grand Lake Montessori
Montessori Elementary School of Alameda
East Bay Montessori School
The Renaissance International School
WINNER
Montessori Elementary School of Alameda
Private Independent Elementary School
TOP 5
Berkwood Hedge School
Black Pine Circle School
East Bay German International School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Park Day School
WINNER
Berkwood Hedge School
Progressive Elementary School
TOP 5
Berkeley Rose Waldorf School
Berkwood Hedge School
Black Pine Circle School
Park Day School
Redwood Day School
WINNER
Park Day School
Public Elementary School
TOP 5
Francophone Charter School
Franklin Elementary School – Alameda
Lincoln Elementary School
Oxford Elementary School
Yu Ming Charter School
WINNER
Yu Ming Charter School
SCHOOLS — MIDDLE
Bilingual Middle School
TOP 5
East Bay German International School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Escuela Bilingüe Internacional (EBI)
Francophone Charter School
Yu Ming Charter School
WINNER (TIE)
East Bay German International School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Faith-Based Middle School
TOP 5
California Crosspoint Academy
Coastline Christian School
Corpus Christi School
Saint Philip Neri Catholic School
St. Joseph Elementary School
WINNER
Corpus Christi School
Private Independent Middle School
TOP 5
Berkwood Hedge School
Crowden School
Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley
Montessori Elementary School of Alameda
Park Day School
WINNER
Park Day School
Progressive Middle School
TOP 5
Berkeley Rose Waldorf School
Berkwood Hedge School
Black Pine Circle School
Crowden School
Park Day School
WINNER
Black Pine Circle School
Public Middle School
TOP 5
Albany Middle School
Edna Brewer Middle School
Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School
Lincoln Middle School
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
WINNER
Edna Brewer Middle School
SCHOOLS — HIGH
Alternative Learning Style High School
TOP 5
Bayhill High School
Maybeck High School
Oakland School For the Arts
Orion Academy
Tilden Preparatory School
WINNER
Maybeck High School
Faith-Based High School
TOP 5
Bishop O Dowd High School
California Crosspoint Academy
Holy Names High School
Saint Mary’s College High School
St. Joseph Notre Dame High School
WINNER
St. Joseph Notre Dame High School
Private Independent High School
TOP 5
Bentley Upper School
East Bay German International School
Head-Royce School
Maybeck High School
The College Preparatory School
WINNER
The College Preparatory School
Public High School
TOP 5
Alameda High School
Berkeley High School
Castro Valley High School
Oakland Technical High School
Piedmont High School
WINNER
Oakland Technical High School
About the Top Schools in the 2023 Parents Press Reader’s Choice Poll
The Best of Parents Press was born with the idea to give readers in the Bay Area a chance to voice their opinions on their personal ‘Family Favorite’ choices for Schools and everything kids and family. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.
The voting for top Schools is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of March and early April with open write-in nominations for parent’s favorite Schools taking place.
As the nomination period for Schools in the first round comes to a close, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominee A Schools being selectable in this final round of voting during the month of April and May. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorite Schools from among those that are listed.
The final winners are posted in the August issue of Parents Press.
We hope you enjoy! And we hope you come back to vote next year!
