These schools were voted the Best Private Middle Schools in the Bay Area for the 2025 Best of Bay Area Parent reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: East Bay German International School. In the middle school grades 5-8, students continue their German and English language instruction and incorporate hands-on learning. In sixth grade, they can add a third language choosing from French or Spanish. Emeryville. ebgis.org.
Silver: Redwood Christian Middle and High School. San Lorenzo. rcs.edu.
Bronze: Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley. Berkeley. eb.org.
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: Crystal Springs Uplands School. Hillsborough. crystal.org/middle-school.
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 civic engagement. Sausalito. headlandsprep.com.
Silver: Saint Hilary School. Tiburon. sainthilaryschool.org.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Bowman School. Students work collaboratively in mixed-age groups and engage in extensive off-campus learning through field trips in the Bay Area and beyond. Palo Alto. bowmanschool.org.
Silver: Canyon Heights Academy. Campbell. canyonheightsacademy.com.
Bronze: Hope Technology School. Palo Alto. hopetechschool.org.
Bronze: Action Day School. San Jose. actiondayschools.com/middle-school.
