In 2024–25, 83% of the class graduated in four years (15 of 18); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 18
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

Shared campus · © OpenStreetMap

The California School Campus Database records Valley Center Elementary on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, inside the campus outline from the California School Campus Database (2025). Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.

A picture of the campus, not an attendance boundary or a rating.

Schools maintain a closed campus policy. For students’ safety, visitors may enter a campus only with the school’s official permission; this drawing implies no permission to enter.

45% of the 11 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English (reading and writing). In grade 11, spring 2025, 45% of the 11 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Sources
The sentence above
Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025 Students: all students tested in grade 11: 11 Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Valley Center-Pauma Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

How many students reached the top test level here?

In grade 11, spring 2025, 18% exceeded the standard in English. 55% scored below the standard in English. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

48 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26 (40 of 83), meaning they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 87 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

45% of the 11 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2025

In grade 11, spring 2025, 45% of the 11 students tested met or exceeded the standard in English, against 57% across California. Fewer than 30 students tested, so one year can swing a lot; ask how results looked in other years.

Grades 4 and 6–8 results are in the source records: Every tested year ↓

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 432,651 tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
Exceeded standardMet standardBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2025 · 11 tested

Exceeded
18%
Met
27%
Below the standard
55%
This school45%
California57%

45% met or exceeded in grade 11.

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

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Exceeded, Met, Nearly met and Not met, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2025
StudentsExceededMetNearly metNot metTested
English, grade 11 · This school18%27%28%27%11
English, grade 11 · California27%30%20%23%432,651

Below the standard combines the state’s two lowest test levels, Nearly met and Not met. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

What you can do

Who can act on Valley Center Prep’s results?

Valley Center-Pauma Unified’s board decides Valley Center Prep’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Valley Center-Pauma Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Valley Center-Pauma Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Valley Center-Pauma Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Valley Center-Pauma Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 
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 many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

83% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 0% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 23% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

83%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 15 of 18 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

0%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 0 of 18 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

0%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 0 of 15 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

23% enrolled in college within 12 months · 22 students who finished high school

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University0 · 0%
  • California community college3 · 14%
  • In-state private1 · 5%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · 4%
  • Not enrolled17 · 77%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 15 of 18 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 0 of 18 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 0 of 15 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

48 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0 of 87 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 40 of 83 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 87 students enrolled during the year

Chronically absent, 2025–26

48 in 100This school

40 of 83 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 87

students were suspended at least once.

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 K–3: not in the records we hold
  • Grades 4–6: 71 in 100, 10 of 14
  • Grades 7–8: 28 in 100, 5 of 18
  • Grades 9–12: 52 in 100, 23 of 44
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Valley Center Prep

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 ↓

Teach here? Tell us Valley Center-Pauma Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here: 58%.

Students, families and teachers

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 58%2. American Indian or Alaska Native: 20%Unallocated share: 22%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino58%
  2. American Indian or Alaska Native20%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. Two or more races—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share22%
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?

57%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 32 of 56. California: 63%.

4teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

50%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
Hispanic or Latino58%
American Indian or Alaska Native20%
White—
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: 50% of teaching positions, 2 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 3.9 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 Valley Center-Pauma Unified which school serves your address.

School website: vcprep.vcpusd.org ↗Office: (760) 751-0455Administrator: Norma Carrillo
28751-U Cole Grade Road, Valley Center 92082

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Valley Center-Pauma Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (760) 751-045528751-U Cole Grade Road, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

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

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25, and is not published for this school. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–1943 in 1000 of 128
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2460 in 1001.6% (2 of 124)
2024–2561 in 1000 of 92

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

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grades 3–8 and 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 3not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file44%—
Grade 4not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file46%—
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file49%—
Grade 6not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file48%—
Grade 77suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed51%—
Grade 86suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed49%—
Grade 118suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed57%—

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 · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 3not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file47%—
Grade 4not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file42%—
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file37%—
Grade 6not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file37%—
Grade 77suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed38%—
Grade 85suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed36%—
Grade 118suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed32%—

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.

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows
CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 3 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 4 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 5 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 6 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 7 · ELA · 20267suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Grade 8 · ELA · 20266suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Grade 11 · ELA · 20268suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · ELA · 20262842.86%7.14%35.71%28.57%28.57%not on file
Grade 3 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 4 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 5 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 6 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 7 · Math · 20267suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Grade 8 · Math · 20265suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
Grade 11 · Math · 20268suppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressedsuppressed
All Grades · Math · 2026258%0%8%32%60%not on file
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 · English287%43%
2026 · Math250%8%
2025 · English366%39%
2025 · Math313%13%
2024 · English3113%42%
2024 · Math310%6%
2023 · English449%41%
2023 · Math442%5%
2022 · English496%31%
2022 · Math492%6%
2019 · English427%31%
2019 · Math412%10%
2018 · English297%24%
2018 · Math280%14%
2017 · English333%39%
2017 · Math316%13%

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 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English6—
2025 · Grade 5 · English——
2025 · Grade 6 · English5—
2025 · Grade 7 · English5—
2025 · Grade 8 · English5—
2025 · Grade 11 · English1145%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 5 · Math——
2025 · Grade 6 · Math4—
2025 · Grade 7 · Math5—
2025 · Grade 8 · Math4—
2025 · Grade 11 · Math9—
2024 · Grade 3 · English——
2024 · Grade 4 · English——
2024 · Grade 5 · English——
2024 · Grade 6 · English——
2024 · Grade 7 · English0—
2024 · Grade 8 · English10—
2024 · Grade 11 · English1362%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math——
2024 · Grade 4 · Math——
2024 · Grade 5 · Math——
2024 · Grade 6 · Math——
2024 · Grade 7 · Math——
2024 · Grade 8 · Math9—
2024 · Grade 11 · Math130%
2023 · Grade 3 · English0—
2023 · Grade 4 · English4—
2023 · Grade 5 · English5—
2023 · Grade 6 · English——
2023 · Grade 7 · English6—
2023 · Grade 8 · English5—
2023 · Grade 11 · English2236%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math0—
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4—
2023 · Grade 5 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 6 · Math——
2023 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math5—
2023 · Grade 11 · Math220%
2022 · Grade 3 · English5—
2022 · Grade 5 · English4—
2022 · Grade 6 · English7—
2022 · Grade 7 · English9—
2022 · Grade 8 · English7—
2022 · Grade 11 · English1729%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math5—
2022 · Grade 5 · Math4—
2022 · Grade 6 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2022 · Grade 8 · Math7—
2022 · Grade 11 · Math170%
2019 · Grade 3 · English——
2019 · Grade 4 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English7—
2019 · Grade 7 · English9—
2019 · Grade 8 · English10—
2019 · Grade 11 · English1354%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math——
2019 · Grade 4 · Math——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math6—
2019 · Grade 7 · Math9—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math10—
2019 · Grade 11 · Math138%
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 5 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 8 · English——
2018 · Grade 11 · English1331%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 5 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2018 · Grade 8 · Math——
2018 · Grade 11 · Math1217%
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “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
Schoolwide140%21%71%7%

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.

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 · 61 in 100 → 2025–26 · 48 in 100 · −13 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 92 → 2025–26 · 0 of 87 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female37 in 10044 in 100+7 in 100
Male50 in 10058 in 100+8 in 100
Hispanic or Latino38 in 10048 in 100+10 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native77 in 10059 in 100−18 in 100
White26 in 100——
Students with disabilities54 in 10055 in 100+1 in 100
Low-income51 in 10055 in 100+4 in 100
All students43 in 10048 in 100+5 in 100

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

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 0% · numerator 0 students classified Prepared · denominator 18 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP-pathway numerator 0 · denominator 0 (CCI Prepared students). Share among Prepared students: not calculable, because no student here was classified Prepared. This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

SchoolScope withholds the high-school score and rank because the CDE CCI cohort has fewer than 30 students. A CDE-reported rate, including a true 0%, remains source evidence; it is not a zero score. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
83%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
Not calculable
2025 CDE CCI cohort · 0 Prepared students; the counts are in the source record
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
0%
This school may not offer A–G courses
College-going rate
23%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)64

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00%
California State University00%
California community college314%
In-state private15%
Out-of-state, 4-year00%
Out-of-state, 2-year14%
Not enrolled1777%

22 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 23% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,715 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 3,865 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

School-level federal expenditures$668 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 56

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,399 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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 54%Instruction support 14%Student services 10%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 3%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$34,935,61154.35%54%
Instruction support$9,270,77014.42%14%
Student services$6,521,36110.14%10%
Administration$4,808,3077.48%8%
Buildings & maintenance$7,054,61810.97%11%
Other$1,691,9482.63%3%
Total$64,282,614100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $64,282,614 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$12,715 per pupil
2020$11,926 per pupil
2019$12,289 per pupil
2018$12,404 per pupil
2017$12,162 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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

Additional workforce records

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 92082 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92082 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$126,544
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34%
ZIP-area population21,727
Median age42.0 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 92082 →

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