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Alvord Unified schools

Alvord Unified’s 14 public elementary schools run from the 11th to the 78th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 14 schools

from 11th to 78th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Lake Hills Elementary: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Promenade Elementary: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Twinhill Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
  • Allan Orrenmaa Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
  • Collett Elementary: 39th percentile, Developing
  • Myra Linn Elementary: 35th percentile, Developing
  • Valley View Elementary: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Rosemary Kennedy Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Terrace Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Phillip M. Stokoe Elementary: 19th percentile, Needs Support
  • Foothill Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • La Granada Elementary: 13th percentile, Needs Support
  • Arlanza Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
7Needs Support
5Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 4 schools

from 10th to 53rd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Ysmael Villegas Middle: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Arizona Middle: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Loma Vista Middle: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Wells Middle: 10th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
0Strong

High · 3 schools

from 26th to 54th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Hillcrest High: 54th percentile, Solid
  • La Sierra High: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Norte Vista High: 26th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.

  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Alvord Unified

22 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 Alvord Unified score highest?

Lake Hills Elementary is highest, at the 78th percentile.

That’s higher than 78 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Alvord Unified

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

Show the other 11 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Alvord Unified had 16 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 Alvord Unified score highest?

Ysmael Villegas Middle is highest, at the 53rd percentile.

That’s higher than 53 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Alvord Unified

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

Show the other 1 middle school
Context

The average middle school in Alvord Unified had 19 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Alvord Unified score highest?

Hillcrest High is highest, at the 54th percentile.

That’s higher than 54 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Alvord Unified

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

Context

The average high school in Alvord Unified had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide
  • Alvord HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Alvord Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Alvord Unified spent $21,841 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Alvord Unified 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

  • Instruction64%
  • Instruction support11%
  • Student services9%
  • Administration6%
  • 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

$86.8 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 27 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 25% of its $348.1 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, 165 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

The money is spread out. No action gets more than 14%, and the three largest, Health and Wellness; Student Support Services; and Student Engagement, take 36% between them. The plan itself puts 76% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 27 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $11.0 million
  • English learners $9.7 million

Largest of these

  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)$6.9 million
  • Dual Language Immersion (DLI)$6.2 million
  • Instructional Response to MTSS$4.1 million
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

For English learners, low-income students and foster youth: For 2025–26, it planned $67.6 million and estimates it spent $67.5 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $6.0 million (7%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Health and Wellness, which went from $6.5 million to $11.9 million.

Largest cuts

  • Inclusion & Optimal Learning Environment−⁠$2.4 million
  • School Safety−⁠$1.3 million
  • Improve Outcomes for English Learners−⁠$589,992

Largest increases

  • Health and Wellness+⁠$5.4 million
  • Instructional Response to MTSS+⁠$2.1 million
  • Athletic Programs+⁠$1.2 million

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Dual Enrollment$256,289
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 2024–25Goal 2 · ACADEMICS38%39%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2 · ACADEMICS24%26%up 2 pts
Suspended at least onceGoal 1 · ENGAGEMENT / CONNECTION3.0%1.9%down 1.1 pts

Goal 4 tracks named schools and Goal 3 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

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
  • Health and Wellness · $11,916,553
  • Student Support Services · $11,077,870
  • Student Engagement · $8,630,336
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 ($86.8 million).

Where does the money go?

47% to Goal 1, ENGAGEMENT / CONNECTION. 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
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1ENGAGEMENT / CONNECTION$41.0 million47% of action budgets

“Alvord USD is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and vibrant educational community that supports the academic and social-emotional development of every student” p. 16 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $36.3 million (+⁠$4.8 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Health and Wellness$11.9 millionaction 1.6 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Student Support Services$11.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $9.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Student Engagement$8.6 millionaction 1.7 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Athletic Programs$4.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. School Safety$3.0 millionaction 1.8 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Attendance · action 1.3 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.1 million
  • Culturally Responsive Empowerment Initiative for African American/​Black Students · action 1.5 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Family and Community Engagement · action 1.4 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Health and Wellness+⁠$5.4 million$6.5 million → $11.9 million · p. 123 ↗
  2. School Safety−⁠$1.3 million$4.3 million → $3.0 million · p. 123 ↗
  3. Athletic Programs+⁠$1.2 million$3.5 million → $4.7 million · p. 123 ↗

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

  • Student Support Services · $11.5 million → $11.1 million · p. 123 ↗−⁠$0.4 million
  • Student Engagement · $9.0 million → $8.6 million · p. 123 ↗−⁠$0.4 million
  • Attendance · $1.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 123 ↗+⁠$11,676
  • Culturally Responsive Empowerment Initiative for African American/​Black Students · $204,472 → $341,433 · p. 123 ↗+⁠$136,961
  • Family and Community Engagement · $278,435 → $250,120 · p. 123 ↗−⁠$28,315

How the plan measures it · 17 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.

Goal 2ACADEMICS$38.2 million44% of action budgets

“Alvord USD fosters a culture of academic excellence that prepares all students, regardless of background or circumstance, for success in higher education, career, and civic life” p. 37 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $37.5 million (+⁠$707,663)

Largest funded actions

  1. Inclusion & Optimal Learning Environment$7.4 millionaction 2.1 · p. 123 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)$6.9 millionaction 2.2 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Dual Language Immersion (DLI)$6.2 millionaction 2.7 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Alternate Course of Study$4.3 millionaction 2.8 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Instructional Response to MTSS$4.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.2 million is state funding counted toward those services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Improve Outcomes for English Learners · action 2.9 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.0 million is state funding counted toward those services$3.6 million
  • Instructional Technology · action 2.4 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3.0 million
  • Libraries · action 2.6 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.2 million
  • Saturday Academy · action 2.5 · p. 124 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Guardian Scholar (Foster Youth) Support · action 2.11 · p. 125 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Inclusion & Optimal Learning Environment−⁠$2.4 million$9.8 million → $7.4 million · p. 123 ↗
  2. Instructional Response to MTSS+⁠$2.1 million$2.0 million → $4.1 million · p. 124 ↗
  3. Alternate Course of Study+⁠$0.8 million$3.5 million → $4.3 million · p. 124 ↗

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

  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) · $6.7 million → $6.9 million · p. 124 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Dual Language Immersion (DLI) · $5.7 million → $6.2 million · p. 124 ↗+⁠$0.4 million
  • Improve Outcomes for English Learners · $4.2 million → $3.6 million · p. 124 ↗−⁠$0.6 million
  • Instructional Technology · $3.3 million → $3.0 million · p. 124 ↗−⁠$0.3 million
  • Libraries · $2.1 million → $2.2 million · p. 124 ↗+⁠$31,283
  • Saturday Academy · $94,779 → $526,700 · p. 124 ↗+⁠$431,921
  • Guardian Scholar (Foster Youth) Support · $29,386 · p. 125 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 21 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 37 ↗.

Goal 3COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS$7.2 million8% of action budgets

“Alvord USD will enhance the preparation of all students for college and career success with a focus on accessibility and equity, aligning with state priorities to ensure that students are ready to meet the demands of higher education and the workforce” p. 68 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.8 million (+⁠$490,023)

Largest funded actions

  1. Career & Technical Education (CTE)$3.5 millionaction 3.3 · p. 125 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. College Readiness Courses$1.7 millionaction 3.2 · p. 125 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. AVID$1.4 millionaction 3.1 · p. 125 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. College Admission$0.4 millionaction 3.4 · p. 125 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Dual Enrollment$0.3 millionaction 3.5 · p. 125 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Career & Technical Education (CTE)+⁠$0.6 million$2.9 million → $3.5 million · p. 125 ↗
  2. AVID−⁠$0.4 million$1.8 million → $1.4 million · p. 125 ↗
  3. College Readiness Courses+⁠$0.1 million$1.5 million → $1.7 million · p. 125 ↗

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

  • College Admission · $505,852 → $396,306 · p. 125 ↗−⁠$109,546
  • Dual Enrollment · $256,289 · p. 125 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 68 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalSUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO SUCCESS$321,442under 1% of action budgets

“By June 2027, students enrolled at Alvord High School will make sustained progress toward college and career readiness, academic achievement, attendance, and postsecondary success. This goal is informed by the 2025 California School Dashboard, which identified Red performance on the College/​Career Indicator (CCI) for All Students (2.2%), Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students (2.2%), and Hispanic Students (2.7%). In addition, the 2025 Teacher Assignment Monitoring Outcomes (TAMO) report indicated that 67.9% of teachers at Alvord High School held clear credentials and 19.3% were assigned out- of-field. Through expanded access to rigorous coursework, targeted outreach and intervention supports, improved instructional design, increased student engagement opportunities, and instruction provided by appropriately prepared and supported educators, Alvord High School will improve student outcomes on state and local measures aligned to college and career readiness, academic achievement, attendance, and postsecondary preparation” p. 83 ↗

4 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional Design$176,940action 4.3 · p. 125 ↗
  2. A-G Course Offerings$64,443action 4.1 · p. 125 ↗
  3. Athletics for Alternative School$63,204action 4.4 · p. 125 ↗
  4. Student Outreach$16,855action 4.2 · p. 125 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. A-G Course Offerings−⁠$49,559$114,002 → $64,443 · p. 125 ↗
  2. Instructional Design+⁠$5,591$171,349 → $176,940 · p. 125 ↗
  3. Student Outreach−⁠$4,301$21,156 → $16,855 · p. 125 ↗

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

  • Athletics for Alternative School · $63,204 · p. 125 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 83 ↗.

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, 16,466 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 81%2. White: 7%3. Black or African American: 4%4. Asian: 4%5. Two or more races: 2%6. Filipino: 1%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino81%
  2. White7%
  3. Black or African American4%
  4. Asian4%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. Filipino1%
  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

85%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 14,040 of 16,432 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 Alvord Unified 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, 45% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,397 of 3,080 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

La Sierra High (Targeted support) · Ysmael Villegas Middle (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.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Alvord Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Lake Hills Elementary, 78th percentile (Strong). Middle: Ysmael Villegas Middle, 53rd percentile (Solid). High: Hillcrest High, 54th percentile (Solid). 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 Alvord Unified 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 Alvord Unified good?

Alvord Unified’s 14 public elementary schools run from the 11th to the 78th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 5 Developing and 7 Needs Support. Alvord Unified’s 4 public middle schools run from the 10th to the 53rd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Alvord Unified’s 3 public high schools run from the 26th to the 54th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 2 Developing. 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 Alvord Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Alvord Unified had 16 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 Alvord Unified had 19 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Alvord Unified had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Alvord Unified spend per student?

Alvord Unified spent $21,841 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Alvord Unified 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 Alvord Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $86.8 million into 27 funded actions in 4 goals, 25% of its $348.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $41.0 million, 47% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, 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 Alvord Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

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

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