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Baldwin Park Unified schools

Baldwin Park Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 2nd to the 60th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Solid, Developing and Needs Support.

Elementary · 9 schools

from 2nd to 60th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Kenmore Elementary: 60th percentile, Solid
  • BP STEM Academy: 55th percentile, Solid
  • De Anza Elementary: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Tracy Elementary: 28th percentile, Developing
  • Foster Elementary: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Walnut Elementary: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • Vineland Elementary: 12th percentile, Needs Support
  • Ernest R. Geddes Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
  • Charles Bursch Elementary: 2nd percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
3Developing
2Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 4 schools

from 34th to 50th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Sierra Vista Middle: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Vineland Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Olive Middle: 41st percentile, Developing
  • Charles D. Jones Middle: 34th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
3Developing
1Solid
0Strong

High · 2 schools

from 31st to 62nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Sierra Vista High: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Baldwin Park High: 31st percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 14 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.

  • 14 ranked schools
  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Baldwin Park Unified

16 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 Baldwin Park Unified score highest?

Kenmore Elementary is highest, at the 60th percentile.

That’s higher than 60 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Baldwin Park Unified

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

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Context

The average elementary school in Baldwin Park Unified had 18 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 Baldwin Park Unified score highest?

Sierra Vista Middle is highest, at the 50th percentile.

That’s higher than 50 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Baldwin Park Unified

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

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Context

The average middle school in Baldwin Park Unified had 17 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 Baldwin Park Unified score highest?

Sierra Vista High is highest, at the 62nd percentile.

That’s higher than 62 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Baldwin Park Unified

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

2 high schools not ranked statewide

Alternative schools and continuation schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with schools of its kind.

The district

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

Baldwin Park Unified spent $23,647 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Baldwin Park 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

  • Instruction63%
  • Instruction support13%
  • Student services8%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance11%

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

$184.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 31 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 82% of its $225.3 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, 141 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Staff to Support Academic Achievement; Equitable Access and Opportunities of Support for All Students to Achieve; and Class Size Reduction and Lower-Class Sizes take 18% of the money. The plan itself puts 89% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 31 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

Actions whose titles name math
  • Math $886,975

Largest of these

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Integration$886,975
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 $53.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $51.4 million and estimates it spent $48.4 million, $3.0 million (6%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $3.0 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $3.0 million (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $163.0 million of this $184.2 million plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

Largest increases

  • Equity in School Safety for Vulnerable Youth+⁠$592,120
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
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 219 in 10018 in 1001 fewer in 100

Goal 4 tracks named schools and Goals 1 and 3 track 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
  • Staff to Support Academic Achievement · $20,765,179
  • Equitable Access and Opportunities of Support for All Students to Achieve · $6,240,460
  • Class Size Reduction and Lower-Class Sizes · $5,230,872
The full plan4 goals, 13 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 ($184.2 million).

Where does the money go?

88% 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 1Maintain a framework for 21st Century Learning that prepares students with the relevant skills and knowledge…$162.9 million88% of action budgets

“Maintain a framework for 21st Century Learning that prepares students with the relevant skills and knowledge to be college and career-ready” p. 17 ↗

16 funded actions · no goal 1 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Staff to Support Academic Achievement$20.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $11.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Equitable Access and Opportunities of Support for All Students to Achieve$6.2 millionaction 1.7 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Class Size Reduction and Lower-Class Sizes$5.2 millionaction 1.14 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Increasing College/​Career Readiness$4.3 millionaction 1.8 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Paraprofessional and Classified Staff to Support Identified Student Groups$4.3 millionaction 1.2 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.2 million is state funding counted toward those services

10 more funded actions in this goal

  • Standards Aligned Supplemental Instructional Materials and Support · action 1.10 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $747,602 is state funding counted toward those services$3.2 million
  • Actions Above the Base to Support Implementation of State Standards · action 1.3 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.8 million
  • Staff to Support Technology Integration with Teaching and Learning · action 1.12 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.2 million
  • Professional Learning and Related Materials to Support Implementation of State Standards and Increasing Content Knowledge and Cultural Relevance · action 1.4 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services$1.9 million
  • Instructional Technology and Support · action 1.13 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.8 million
  • Increasing Student Access to State Standards · action 1.11 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.6 million
  • Career and Technical Education Pathways and Programs · action 1.9 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services$1.3 million
  • Measuring Student Learning Through Assessment · action 1.15 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.1 million
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Integration · action 1.5 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.9 million
  • Differentiated Support and Program Options for Advanced Learning · action 1.6 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 96 ↗

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

  • Title not confirmed · $104.9 million · p. 96 ↗not compared
  • Staff to Support Academic Achievement · $20.8 million · p. 94 ↗not compared
  • Equitable Access and Opportunities of Support for All Students to Achieve · $6.2 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Class Size Reduction and Lower-Class Sizes · $5.2 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Increasing College/​Career Readiness · $4.3 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Paraprofessional and Classified Staff to Support Identified Student Groups · $4.3 million · p. 94 ↗not compared
  • Standards Aligned Supplemental Instructional Materials and Support · $3.2 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Actions Above the Base to Support Implementation of State Standards · $2.8 million · p. 94 ↗not compared
  • Staff to Support Technology Integration with Teaching and Learning · $2.2 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Professional Learning and Related Materials to Support Implementation of State Standards and Increasing Content Knowledge and Cultural Relevance · $1.9 million · p. 94 ↗not compared
  • Instructional Technology and Support · $1.8 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Increasing Student Access to State Standards · $1.6 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Career and Technical Education Pathways and Programs · $1.3 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Measuring Student Learning Through Assessment · $1.1 million · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Integration · $886,975 · p. 95 ↗not compared
  • Differentiated Support and Program Options for Advanced Learning · $327,625 · p. 95 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 2Foster an environment of support, understanding, and emotional safety for students and all educational…$18.4 million10% of action budgets

“Foster an environment of support, understanding, and emotional safety for students and all educational partners to increase student achievement” p. 44 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.3 million (+⁠$1.1 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Home to School Safety$4.8 millionaction 2.5 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.9 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Equity in School Safety for Vulnerable Youth$3.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Beyond the Classroom$3.5 millionaction 2.6 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Social Emotional Support for the Whole Student$3.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Student Wellness$2.6 millionaction 2.1 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.2 million is state funding counted toward those services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Supplemental Emergency Supplies · action 2.4 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Equity in School Safety for Vulnerable Youth+⁠$0.6 million$3.0 million → $3.6 million · p. 96 ↗
  2. Student Wellness+⁠$0.3 million$2.3 million → $2.6 million · p. 96 ↗
  3. Social Emotional Support for the Whole Student−⁠$0.3 million$3.5 million → $3.2 million · p. 96 ↗

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

  • Home to School Safety · $4.6 million → $4.8 million · p. 96 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Beyond the Classroom · $3.3 million → $3.5 million · p. 96 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Supplemental Emergency Supplies · $570,000 → $706,500 · p. 96 ↗+⁠$136,500

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. 44 ↗.

Goal 3Promote a culture of collaboration by strengthening and increasing partnerships and effective communication…$2.5 million1% of action budgets

“Promote a culture of collaboration by strengthening and increasing partnerships and effective communication systems amongst all educational partners” p. 57 ↗

5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Home-School Connectedness$1.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $762,585 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Parental Involvement and Family Engagement Communication Tools$0.8 millionaction 3.2 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Translation and Interpretation Services$0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Activities$0.1 millionaction 3.4 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $24,326 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Toolsunder $0.1 millionaction 3.5 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $15,500 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Parental Involvement and Family Engagement Communication Tools+⁠$196,994$572,068 → $769,062 · p. 97 ↗
  2. Home-School Connectedness+⁠$0.1 million$1.3 million → $1.5 million · p. 97 ↗
  3. Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Activities+⁠$83,720$26,206 → $109,926 · p. 97 ↗

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

  • Translation and Interpretation Services · $122,302 → $134,201 · p. 97 ↗+⁠$11,899
  • Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Tools · $34,785 → $41,100 · p. 97 ↗+⁠$6,315

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 57 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalNorth Park Continuation School has been identified for a second consecutive year for Equity Multiplier…$406,742under 1% of action budgets

“North Park Continuation School has been identified for a second consecutive year for Equity Multiplier funding due to continued high student mobility and a high percentage of socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Additionally, recent data shows an increase in suspension rates among key student groups performing in the "Very Low" category on the California School Dashboard, particularly in mathematics, suspension, and college/​career readiness. By June 2027, North Park Continuation School will implement a comprehensive Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), including restorative practices, targeted academic interventions, expanded social-emotional supports, and strengthened family engagement, to improve outcomes for high-need student groups. As a result, suspension rates will decrease for all student groups, particularly those currently in the “Very Low” performance category on the California School Dashboard, and academic performance in mathematics and college/​career readiness indicators will improve, as measured by increased Dashboard performance levels and reduced equity gaps for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and high-mobility students. Other key strategies will include staff professional development and coaching, increased access to social services, online tutoring, and parent engagement activities. These comprehensive supports are designed to close equity gaps, improve school climate, and ensure all students are supported in reaching their academic and postsecondary goals” p. 67 ↗

4 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Professional Development and Coaching$150,000action 4.1 · p. 97 ↗
  2. Social Services Support$100,000action 4.2 · p. 97 ↗
  3. Supports$100,000action 4.3 · p. 98 ↗
  4. Family and Community Engagement$56,742action 4.4 · p. 98 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Family and Community Engagement+⁠$16,992$39,750 → $56,742 · p. 98 ↗

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

  • Professional Development and Coaching · $150,000 → $150,000 · p. 97 ↗unchanged
  • Social Services Support · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 97 ↗unchanged
  • Supports · $100,000 · p. 98 ↗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. 67 ↗.

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, 9,565 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 89%2. Asian: 7%3. Filipino: 2%4. White: <1%5. Two or more races: <1%6. Black or African American: <1%7. Not reported: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino89%
  2. Asian7%
  3. Filipino2%
  4. White<1%
  5. Two or more races<1%
  6. Black or African American<1%
  7. Not reported<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<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

90%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 8,504 of 9,491 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 Baldwin Park 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, 52% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (613 of 1,179 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

North Park Continuation High (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 Baldwin Park Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Kenmore Elementary, 60th percentile (Solid). Middle: Sierra Vista Middle, 50th percentile (Solid). High: Sierra Vista High, 62nd 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 Baldwin Park 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 Baldwin Park Unified good?

Baldwin Park Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 2nd to the 60th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid, 3 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Baldwin Park Unified’s 4 public middle schools run from the 34th to the 50th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 3 Developing. Baldwin Park Unified’s 2 public high schools run from the 31st to the 62nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 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 Baldwin Park Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Baldwin Park Unified had 18 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 Baldwin Park Unified had 17 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 Baldwin Park Unified spend per student?

Baldwin Park Unified spent $23,647 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Baldwin Park 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 Baldwin Park Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $184.2 million into 31 funded actions in 4 goals, 82% of its $225.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $162.9 million, 88% 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 Baldwin Park 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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