Independent charter school · Lakeside Union Elementary · Lakeside, California

Barona Charter — Rating & test scores

Lakeside · TK–8 · 86 students (2024–25)

1095 Barona Road, 92040baronacharterschool.org ↗(619) 443-0948
64thpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
42

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of four of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing): 64% scored Proficient or Advanced in grade 3, spring 2026, against 44% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 3
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 390,924 in English tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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Only 11 students were tested in English here in grade 3 in spring 2026, so one student’s result moves each rate by about 9 points.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE CAASPP research file (school rows), spring 2026 (students tested (points per student: 100 ÷ students tested, our arithmetic)).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Barona Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Barona Charter a good school?

Barona Charter scores higher than 64 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 64th percentile, Solid, spring 2026.

  • Grades 6–8: higher than 39 in 100 California middle schools we score (39th percentile, Developing, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 9 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 13 in 100 at the average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district. 0 of 100 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (3)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grade 6 scored −14 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −34 points, which it calls Minimal.

  • Included in this measure: 38 students

Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2025–26 plan, $1.3 million is planned for 15 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 73% of its $1.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

64% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 3, spring 2026

In grade 3, spring 2026, 64% of the 11 students tested scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 44% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 3: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 390,924 tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 3 · spring 2026 · 11 tested

Advanced
18%
Proficient
46%
Below the standard
36%
This school64%
California44%
Lakeside Union Elementary47%

64% Proficient or Advanced in grade 3.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced64%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced18%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient46%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level18%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal18%suppressedsuppressed
Tested1198
California44%46%49%
Difference+20——
English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced31%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced8%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient23%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level61%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal8%suppressedsuppressed
Tested13610
California48%51%49%
Difference−17——

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Advancedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Proficientsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Developing levelsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Minimalsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Tested1098
California47%42%37%
Difference———
Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 6Grade 7Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced23%suppressedsuppressed
Advanced15%suppressedsuppressed
Proficient8%suppressedsuppressed
Developing level23%suppressedsuppressed
Minimal54%suppressedsuppressed
Tested13610
California37%38%36%
Difference−14——

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does grade 6 do?

In grade 6, spring 2026, 31% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% in math, against 48% and 37% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years. The middle grades are placed separately: 39th percentile (Developing) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 13 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
69%
This school31%
California48%
Lakeside Union Elementary41%

31% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Math

Grade 6 · spring 2026 · 13 tested

Advanced
15%
Proficient
8%
Below the standard
77%
This school23%
California37%
Lakeside Union Elementary27%

23% Proficient or Advanced in grade 6.

Have results changed?

There’s no spring 2025 result to compare with spring 2026: fewer than 11 students tested here that year, so CDE withheld it.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grade 6 scored −14 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −34 points, which it calls Minimal.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grade 6: 38
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grade 6 · 2025 · 38 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−14 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

−34 pts

Math

The state calls it Minimal, the lowest of its five growth levels.

Ask: How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 3 · This school18%46%18%18%11
English, grade 3 · California24%20%23%33%390,924
English, grade 3 · Lakeside Union Elementary20%27%24%29%444
English, grade 6 · This school8%23%61%8%13
English, grade 6 · California20%28%24%28%415,439
English, grade 6 · Lakeside Union Elementary13%28%32%27%482
Math, grade 6 · This school15%8%23%54%13
Math, grade 6 · California21%16%25%38%415,904
Math, grade 6 · Lakeside Union Elementary11%16%30%43%476

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Results since 20175 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 3
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202664%44%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 3, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 14% in 2017 to 64% in 2026, with 2024 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 3
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201714%
14 tested		44%
452,223 tested
201918%
11 tested		49%
442,660 tested
2022—
Withheld by CDE		—
202321%
14 tested		43%
410,290 tested
202464%
11 tested		43%
403,589 tested
2025—
Withheld by CDE		—
202664%
11 tested		44%
390,924 tested

CDE withholds a year’s results when fewer than 11 students tested, as it did here in 2022 and 2025.

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 14 points below that expected score, and in math 34 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

What you can do

Who can act on Barona Charter’s results?

Barona Charter’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Barona Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Lakeside Union authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2030.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

9 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district, 13 in 100 were. 0 of 100 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 9 of 98 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 100 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district 0.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

9 in 100This school
13 in 100At the average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

9 of 98 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 100

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts
  • Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 7 in 100, 2 of 30
  • Grades 7–8: 12 in 100, 2 of 17
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Barona Charter

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questionsResponder en español

Every learner

Who goes here?

American Indian or Alaska Native students are the largest group here: 39%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. American Indian or Alaska Native: 39%2. Hispanic or Latino: 33%3. White: 13%Unallocated share: 15%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. American Indian or Alaska Native39%
  2. Hispanic or Latino33%
  3. White13%
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share15%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

55%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 47 of 86. California: 63%.

6teachers, 2024–25

6 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

33%in their first year, 2024–25

97%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
American Indian or Alaska Native39%
Hispanic or Latino33%
White13%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 97% of teaching positions, 6.7 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 7 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Barona Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: baronacharterschool.org ↗Office: (619) 443-0948Administrator: Julie Cushman

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
1095 Barona Road, Lakeside 92040

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help children who need more support in reading or math, and those ready for more challenge?
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  3. Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?
  4. What did Physical Education and Nutrition pay for, and what changes now that the 2025–26 plan gives it $61,568 less?

Office (619) 443-09481095 Barona Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,055 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #2 of 7 in Lakeside Union Elementary
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math64%6123%
Chronically absent9 in 100535%
Suspension rate0 of 100545%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 75%: the remaining 25%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–264264#2055California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2018–19not on filenot on file−15
2021–22not on filenot on file—
2022–23not on filenot on file—
2023–2417 in 1000 of 90—
2024–2510 in 1000 of 90—
2025–269 in 1000 of 100—

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English5711%46%
2026 · Math5612%32%
2025 · English4914%31%
2025 · Math496%18%
2024 · English5012%36%
2024 · Math498%18%
2023 · English534%25%
2023 · Math534%19%
2022 · English547%24%
2022 · Math542%4%
2019 · English626%27%
2019 · Math650%12%
2018 · English617%26%
2018 · Math612%13%
2017 · English633%22%
2017 · Math633%21%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English8—
2025 · Grade 4 · English9—
2025 · Grade 5 · English1513%
2025 · Grade 6 · English5—
2025 · Grade 7 · English9—
2025 · Grade 8 · English——
2025 · Grade 3 · Math8—
2025 · Grade 4 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math157%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math——
2024 · Grade 3 · English1164%
2024 · Grade 4 · English1338%
2024 · Grade 5 · English5—
2024 · Grade 6 · English10—
2024 · Grade 7 · English7—
2024 · Grade 8 · English4—
2024 · Grade 3 · Math1136%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math1315%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2024 · Grade 6 · Math10—
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 3 · English1421%
2023 · Grade 4 · English7—
2023 · Grade 5 · English9—
2023 · Grade 6 · English119%
2023 · Grade 7 · English7—
2023 · Grade 8 · English5—
2023 · Grade 3 · Math1436%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math9—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math110%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math7—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 3 · English6—
2022 · Grade 4 · English119%
2022 · Grade 5 · English1217%
2022 · Grade 6 · English7—
2022 · Grade 7 · English10—
2022 · Grade 8 · English8—
2022 · Grade 3 · Math6—
2022 · Grade 4 · Math110%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2019 · Grade 3 · English1118%
2019 · Grade 4 · English1250%
2019 · Grade 5 · English128%
2019 · Grade 6 · English9—
2019 · Grade 7 · English1127%
2019 · Grade 8 · English7—
2019 · Grade 3 · Math1127%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math1217%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math138%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math120%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math8—
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English120%
2018 · Grade 5 · English1217%
2018 · Grade 6 · English1233%
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math128%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math120%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math128%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English1414%
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English1118%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math1414%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math1127%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide186%17%67%11%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1438Moderate−3438Minimal
English-only students−1536not categorized−3436not categorized
Low-income−721Moderate−3621Minimal
American Indian or Alaska Native−2319Minimal−4019Minimal
Students with disabilities−1818Moderate−3018Minimal
Hispanic or Latino+213Average−2213Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grade 6. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−14 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grade 6

38 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −14 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−34 pts vs expected

matched students, grade 6

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grade 6

38 students

CDE growth category: Minimal

California growth model, math: −34 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Minimal, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grade 6, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 9 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 90 → 2025–26 · 0 of 100 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—15 in 100—
Male—2 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—9 in 100—
American Indian or Alaska Native—3 in 100—
White—23 in 100—
Students with disabilities—5 in 100—
Low-income—16 in 100—
All students—9 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,499 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,077 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,252 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 68%Instruction support 9%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$49,207,56267.47%68%
Instruction support$6,802,5809.33%9%
Student services$6,143,4658.42%8%
Administration$5,987,9408.21%8%
Buildings & maintenance$4,787,2276.56%7%
Total$72,928,851100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $72,928,851 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,499 per pupil
2020$12,242 per pupil
2019$12,255 per pupil
2018$10,159 per pupil
2017$9,583 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

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Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92040 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92040 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$107,937
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)27%
ZIP-area population46,216
Median age39.0 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92040 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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