Aromas - San Juan Unified has three ranked public schools. Percentiles by stage, each among the California schools we score at its level (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025): Aromas, 31st at elementary and 55th at middle; San Juan, 13th at elementary and 30th at middle; Anzar High, 35th at high.
Where does Aromas - San Juan Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Aromas - San Juan Unified spent $21,329 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 54 cents of every Aromas - San Juan 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
Instruction54%
Instruction support12%
Student services9%
Administration11%
Buildings & maintenance12%
Other2%
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
$2.0 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 14 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 9% of its $22.6 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, 106 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 56% of the money. The plan itself puts 65% of it toward staff.
Maintain Low Class Size $747,829
Counseling $213,878
Transportation $156,036
11 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
1 of the plan’s 14 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help
Catch-up help $141,768
Largest of these
Data Analysis and Interventions$141,768
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $1.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.7 million and estimates it spent $1.6 million, $0.1 million (7%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$1.6 million spent (estimated)$1.7 million planned
Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $0.1 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3
38%
37%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3
27%
25%
down 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
19 in 100
18 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
3.5%
4.2%
up 0.7 pts
Goal 1 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
Maintain Low Class Size · $747,829
Counseling · $213,878
Transportation · $156,036
The full plan3 goals, 27 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 ($2.0 million).
Where does the money go?
56% to Goal 3. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars. Tap a box to open its goal.
Transportation$156,036action 2.2 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Social Emotional Learning$108,060action 2.1 · p. 67 ↗
Parent Education$102,928action 2.5 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $27,113 is state funding counted toward those services
Multilingual Education$51,474action 2.3 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $21,148 is state funding counted toward those services
Communication$26,093action 2.4 · p. 67 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
Translation Services · action 2.6 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$13,556
Maintain Low Class Size$747,829action 3.3 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Counseling$213,878action 3.1 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Data Analysis and Interventions$141,768action 3.4 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $42,763 is state funding counted toward those services
Career and College Planning$17,705action 3.2 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
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, 965 students
1Hispanic or Latino73%
2White21%
3Two or more races2%
4Not reported2%
5Asian1%
6Filipino<1%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Black or African American<1%
9Pacific Islander0%
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
54%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 517 of 964 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 Aromas - San Juan 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, 33% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (59 of 178 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in Aromas - San Juan Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Aromas, 31st percentile (Developing). Middle: Aromas, 55th percentile (Solid). High: Anzar High, 35th percentile (Developing). 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 Aromas - San Juan 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.
More questions (4)
Are the public schools in Aromas - San Juan Unified good?
Aromas - San Juan Unified’s 2 public elementary schools run from the 13th to the 31st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Aromas - San Juan Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 30th to the 55th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Developing. Aromas - San Juan Unified has one public high school we score, Anzar High, at the 35th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How much does Aromas - San Juan Unified spend per student?
Aromas - San Juan Unified spent $21,329 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 54 cents of every Aromas - San Juan 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 Aromas - San Juan Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $2.0 million into 14 funded actions in 3 goals, 9% of its $22.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $1.1 million, 56% 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 Aromas - San Juan 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.