School district · Santa Clara County

Alum Rock Union Elementary schools

Alum Rock Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 12 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 12 schools

from 3rd to 61st · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Ben Painter Elementary: 61st percentile, Solid
  • Linda Vista Elementary: 35th percentile, Developing
  • Russo/McEntee Academy: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Adelante Dual Language Academy II: 28th percentile, Developing
  • Learning in an Urban Community with High Achievement (L.U.C.H.A.): 28th percentile, Developing
  • Millard McCollam Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
  • Thomas P. Ryan Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • O. S. Hubbard Elementary: 18th percentile, Needs Support
  • Aptitud Community Academy at Goss: 15th percentile, Needs Support
  • Alpha: Blanca Alvarado: 12th percentile, Needs Support
  • Lyndale Elementary: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • San Antonio Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
7Needs Support
4Developing
1Solid
0Strong

Middle · 7 schools

from 6th to 90th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • KIPP Heartwood Academy: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Renaissance at Mathson: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Adelante Dual Language Academy II: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Ocala Middle: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • William Sheppard Middle: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Alpha: Blanca Alvarado: 6th percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 17 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 17 ranked schools

Schools around the Alum Rock Union Elementary district

17 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district score highest?

Ben Painter Elementary is highest, at the 61st percentile.

That’s higher than 61 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 9 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district had 19 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district score highest?

KIPP Heartwood Academy is highest, at the 90th percentile.

That’s higher than 90 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 4 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district had 15 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

The district

Where does Alum Rock Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Alum Rock Union Elementary district spent $24,712 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Alum Rock Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support9%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration7%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$143.8 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 31 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 93% of its $154.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 206 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 73% of the money. The plan itself puts 79% of it toward staff.

  • Core Program Support $62.0 million
  • Special Services for students $32.1 million
  • Expanded Learning Programming $10.8 million
  • 28 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

6 of the plan’s 31 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $25,000
  • Catch-up help $688,755
  • English learners $702,118

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Expanded Support for Long-Term English Learners & Newcomers$527,880
  • Supplemental services and intervention for designated student populations$488,755
  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Extended Duty for Site-Based Teams and Student Engagement Supports$175,000
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $27.2 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $27.9 million and estimates it spent $27.1 million, $0.8 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $4.4 million (3%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Targeted support services and programming -school sites, which went from $2.9 million to $9.0 million.

Largest cuts

  • Recruit, retain, develop and celebrate employees−⁠$4.3 million
  • Core Program Support−⁠$2.1 million
  • Expanded Learning Programming−⁠$1.2 million

Largest increases

  • Targeted support services and programming -school sites+⁠$6.1 million

Ask: What did Recruit, retain, develop and celebrate employees pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $4.3 million less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 529%31%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 521%22%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 1, 2 and 520 in 10018 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 1 and 52.0%2.6%up 0.6 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Core Program Support · $61,951,559
  • Special Services for students · $32,074,435
  • Expanded Learning Programming · $10,765,444
The full plan4 goals, 51 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($143.8 million).

Where does the money go?

93% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Promote equitable and inclusive conditions of learning by ensuring that students have access to highly…$134.4 million93% of action budgets

“Promote equitable and inclusive conditions of learning by ensuring that students have access to highly qualified staff, well-maintained and developmentally appropriate facilities, social and emotional support, as well as comprehensive standards-aligned instruction, materials and resources” p. 24 ↗

17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $137.3 million (−⁠$2.8 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Core Program Support$62.0 millionaction 1.17 · p. 120 ↗
  2. Special Services for students$32.1 millionaction 1.10 · p. 120 ↗
  3. Expanded Learning Programming$10.8 millionaction 1.8 · p. 119 ↗
  4. Targeted support services and programming -school sites$9.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $8.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Support Services for Students$4.7 millionaction 1.14 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

12 more funded actions in this goal

  • Routine Restricted Maintenance Repair · action 1.16 · p. 120 ↗$4.6 million
  • Recruit, retain, develop and celebrate employees · action 1.2 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3.3 million
  • Professional development and support to ensure high quality instruction · action 1.3 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.3 million is state funding counted toward those services$2.7 million
  • Positive School Climate and Culture · action 1.9 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.1 million
  • UPK (expanded PK - 3) Program · action 1.6 · p. 119 ↗$1.1 million
  • Tech Support for Instructional Programming · action 1.5 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.9 million
  • Maintaining a Safe School Environment · action 1.15 · p. 120 ↗$0.6 million
  • Supplemental Educational Programs and Platforms · action 1.4 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Support for English Language Proficiency Assessment to provide designated EL support · action 1.12 · p. 120 ↗$0.2 million
  • Biliteracy Pathway Opportunities · action 1.13 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Implementation of Ethnic Studies · action 1.7 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Supplemental Support for English Language Development · action 1.11 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Targeted support services and programming -school sites+⁠$6.1 million$2.9 million → $9.0 million · p. 119 ↗
  2. Recruit, retain, develop and celebrate employees−⁠$4.3 million$7.6 million → $3.3 million · p. 119 ↗
  3. Core Program Support−⁠$2.1 million$64.0 million → $62.0 million · p. 120 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Special Services for students · $32.9 million → $32.1 million · p. 120 ↗−⁠$0.8 million
  • Expanded Learning Programming · $12.0 million → $10.8 million · p. 119 ↗−⁠$1.2 million
  • Support Services for Students · $4.9 million → $4.7 million · p. 120 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Routine Restricted Maintenance Repair · $4.7 million → $4.6 million · p. 120 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Professional development and support to ensure high quality instruction · $3.0 million → $2.7 million · p. 119 ↗−⁠$0.3 million
  • Positive School Climate and Culture · $2.0 million → $2.1 million · p. 119 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • UPK (expanded PK - 3) Program · $1.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 119 ↗−⁠$43,518
  • Tech Support for Instructional Programming · $1.1 million → $0.9 million · p. 119 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Maintaining a Safe School Environment · $259,900 → $611,361 · p. 120 ↗+⁠$351,461
  • Supplemental Educational Programs and Platforms · $378,000 → $299,000 · p. 119 ↗−⁠$79,000
  • Support for English Language Proficiency Assessment to provide designated EL support · $177,263 → $155,106 · p. 120 ↗−⁠$22,157
  • Biliteracy Pathway Opportunities · $131,858 → $78,000 · p. 120 ↗−⁠$53,858
  • Implementation of Ethnic Studies · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 119 ↗unchanged
  • Supplemental Support for English Language Development · $21,414 → $19,132 · p. 120 ↗−⁠$2,282

How the plan measures it · 24 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 24 ↗.

Goal 2Create and implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) across the district that ensures the well-being…$4.5 million3% of action budgets

“Create and implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) across the district that ensures the well-being of staff, students, and their families. This asset-based approach will allow all members of the Alum Rock community appropriate access to tiered academic, behavioral, and social-emotional support” p. 58 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.1 million (−⁠$628,240)

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Support for Long-Term English Learners & Newcomers$527,880action 2.2 · p. 120 ↗
  2. Supplemental services and intervention for designated student populations$488,755action 2.3 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $425,277 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Supplemental services and intervention for designated student populations−⁠$400,132$888,886 → $488,755 · p. 120 ↗
  2. Expanded Support for Long-Term English Learners & Newcomers−⁠$90,108$617,988 → $527,880 · p. 120 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Title not confirmed · $3.4 million · p. 120 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 11 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 58 ↗.

Goal 3Promote a sense of collaboration by engaging students, teachers, families, and the community to create a…$4.6 million3% of action budgets

“Promote a sense of collaboration by engaging students, teachers, families, and the community to create a welcoming and team-focused culture that is inclusive and culturally responsive to student needs and demographics” p. 75 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.9 million (−⁠$1.3 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Visual and Performing Arts Programming$2.2 millionaction 3.8 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Community and Family Outreach and Support$1.2 millionaction 3.3 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Parent/​Community Engagement$0.6 millionaction 3.1 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Ensuring language access for families-Translation/​Interpretation$0.3 millionaction 3.7 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Positive School Climate and Culture$0.1 millionaction 3.5 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Parent University · action 3.2 · p. 120 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Building Capacity for Parent Leaders · action 3.4 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Student Showcases and cultural celebrations · action 3.6 · p. 121 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Visual and Performing Arts Programming−⁠$1.1 million$3.3 million → $2.2 million · p. 121 ↗
  2. Community and Family Outreach and Support−⁠$0.1 million$1.4 million → $1.2 million · p. 121 ↗
  3. Student Showcases and cultural celebrations−⁠$50,000$55,000 → $5,000 · p. 121 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Parent/​Community Engagement · $562,725 → $583,033 · p. 120 ↗+⁠$20,308
  • Ensuring language access for families-Translation/​Interpretation · $339,037 → $335,166 · p. 121 ↗−⁠$3,872
  • Positive School Climate and Culture · $153,100 → $147,000 · p. 121 ↗−⁠$6,100
  • Parent University · $54,000 → $35,000 · p. 120 ↗−⁠$19,000
  • Building Capacity for Parent Leaders · $17,000 → $14,000 · p. 121 ↗−⁠$3,000

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 75 ↗.

Goal 5Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LREGB) Goal By June 30, 2027, Alum Rock Union School District…$400,000under 1% of action budgets

“Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LREGB) Goal By June 30, 2027, Alum Rock Union School District students will benefit from a comprehensive system of high-quality instruction, targeted academic interventions, and social-emotional supports designed to improve student achievement, engagement, and readiness for future academic success. Through professional learning in standards-based instructional practices, including universal course expectations and middle school mathematics, early literacy screening and intervention in grades K–2, strengthened Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), and expanded social-emotional engagement opportunities, the district will ensure students receive equitable access to rigorous instruction, early intervention, and supportive learning environments that prepare them for academic success” p. 97 ↗

3 funded actions · no goal 5 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Enhanced Instruction through Professional Development and Coaching$200,000action 5.2 · p. 122 ↗
  2. Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Extended Duty for Site-Based Teams and Student Engagement Supports$175,000action 5.1 · p. 122 ↗
  3. Support for Early Literacy Screening and Intervention$25,000action 5.3 · p. 122 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Enhanced Instruction through Professional Development and Coaching · $200,000 · p. 122 ↗new or renamed
  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Extended Duty for Site-Based Teams and Student Engagement Supports · $175,000 · p. 122 ↗new or renamed
  • Support for Early Literacy Screening and Intervention · $25,000 · p. 122 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 97 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 8,598 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 80%2. Asian: 11%3. Filipino: 4%4. Two or more races: 2%5. White: 1%6. Black or African American: <1%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino80%
  2. Asian11%
  3. Filipino4%
  4. Two or more races2%
  5. White1%
  6. Black or African American<1%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

76%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 6,543 of 8,590 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Alum Rock Union Elementary extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 42% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (925 of 2,194 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26

Ben Painter Elementary (Targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Ben Painter Elementary, 61st percentile (Solid). Middle: KIPP Heartwood Academy, 90th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district good?

Alum Rock Union Elementary’s 12 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 4 Developing and 7 Needs Support. Alum Rock Union Elementary’s 7 public middle schools run from the 6th to the 90th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 3 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district had 19 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district had 15 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Alum Rock Union Elementary district spend per student?

The Alum Rock Union Elementary district spent $24,712 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Alum Rock Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in the Alum Rock Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $143.8 million into 31 funded actions in 4 goals, 93% of its $154.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $134.4 million, 93% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Alum Rock Union Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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