These schools were voted the Best Private Elementary Schools in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: East Bay German International School. This dual-language immersion school combines German and English language instruction with project-based learning and cross-cultural experiences. Emeryville. ebgis.org.
Silver: Redwood Christian Elementary. Castro Valley. rcs.edu.
Bronze: The Renaissance International School. Oakland. therenaissanceschool.org.
Peninsula
Gold: Kids Connection Schools. An academically challenging kindergarten through fifth-grade program with low class sizes. Foster City. kidsconnectionschools.com.
Silver: Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School. Foster City. wornickjds.org.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Terra San Francisco. Transitional kindergarten through fifth grade students at this nature-based school experience a trilingual language immersion program learning Mandarin, Spanish and English. San Francisco. terraschools.org/terra-tk-5.
Silver: Saint Raphael School. San Rafael. straphaelschool.com.
Bronze: St. Finn Barr Catholic School. San Francisco. stfinnbarr.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Bowman School. Elementary students cultivate their imagination and focus on intellectual independence, ethics and social responsibility. Palo Alto. bowmanschool.org.
Silver: Canyon Heights Academy. Campbell. canyonheightsacademy.com.
Bronze: Action Day Elementary School. Multiple locations. elementary.actiondayschools.com.