Bellflower Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 92nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 11 schools
from 3rd to 92nd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy: 92nd percentile, Strong
Intensive Learning Center: 73rd percentile, Solid
Thomas Jefferson Elementary: 71st percentile, Solid
Albert Baxter Elementary: 62nd percentile, Solid
Stephen Foster Elementary: 52nd percentile, Solid
Ernie Pyle Elementary: 51st percentile, Solid
Frank E. Woodruff Elementary: 33rd percentile, Developing
Washington Elementary: 27th percentile, Developing
Ramona Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
Craig Williams Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
4Developing
5Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 1 school
at 96th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy: 96th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
High · 2 schools
from 44th to 46th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Mayfair High: 46th percentile, Developing
Bellflower High: 44th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
0Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 13 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Bellflower 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
Where does the middle school we score in Bellflower Unified stand?
Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy is at the 96th percentile.
That’s higher than 96 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Bellflower Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Somerset HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
The district
Where does Bellflower Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Bellflower Unified spent $23,582 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Bellflower 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 support12%
Student services9%
Administration5%
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
$213.5 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 27 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 92% of its $231.3 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, 85 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 67% of the money. The plan itself puts 71% of it toward staff.
High Quality Educators $111.5 million
Safety and Custodial Operations/Services $19.0 million
Additional extended learning opportunities $13.3 million
24 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
2 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
Catch-up help $3.2 million
Largest of these
Supplemental academic support$3.1 million
Academic Support$171,106
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 $34.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025-2026, it planned $36.6 million and estimates it spent $36.8 million, within 1% of the plan.
$36.8 million spent (estimated)$36.6 million planned
What changed
The total is $947,951 higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Core instructional materials/assessments and professional development, which went from $4.2 million to $7.9 million.
Largest cuts
Supplemental academic support−$2.0 million
Safety and Custodial Operations/Services−$1.8 million
Maintain Infrastructure−$1.3 million
Largest increases
Core instructional materials/assessments and professional development+$3.7 million
Supplemental College, Career supports and resources+$3.0 million
Additional extended learning opportunities+$2.2 million
Ask: What did Supplemental academic support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $2.0 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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2
47%
47%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2
29%
30%
up 1 pt
Suspended at least onceGoal 1
4.6%
3.8%
down 0.8 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
High Quality Educators · $111,450,450
Safety and Custodial Operations/Services · $18,988,173
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
small actions drawn together
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1BUSD will provide all students with safe, collaborative conditions for learning$173.1 million81% of action budgets
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $179.7 million (−$6.6 million) · p. 11 ↗
Largest funded actions
High Quality Educators$111.5 millionaction 1.1 · p. 43 ↗
Safety and Custodial Operations/Services$19.0 millionaction 1.5 · p. 43 ↗
Equitable Participation in a Broad Course of Study$11.4 millionaction 1.11 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Maintain Infrastructure$7.9 millionaction 1.4 · p. 43 ↗
Mental Health Services$7.4 millionaction 1.9 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
6 more funded actions in this goal
Professional Learning Communities · action 1.10 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.5 million is state funding counted toward those services$5.8 million
Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports · action 1.8 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.8 million is state funding counted toward those services$4.6 million
Analyze implementation of combo classes · action 1.3 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.4 million
Instructional Support · action 1.2 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services$2.3 million
Additional Technology Support · action 1.7 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $448,496 is state funding counted toward those services$0.5 million
Early Warning System – Attendance · action 1.6 · p. 43 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Safety and Custodial Operations/Services−$1.8 million$20.8 million → $19.0 million · p. 43 ↗
Maintain Infrastructure−$1.3 million$9.3 million → $7.9 million · p. 43 ↗
Equitable Participation in a Broad Course of Study−$0.9 million$12.3 million → $11.4 million · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
High Quality Educators · $111.9 million → $111.5 million · p. 43 ↗−$0.5 million
Mental Health Services · $7.3 million → $7.4 million · p. 43 ↗+$0.1 million
Professional Learning Communities · $6.1 million → $5.8 million · p. 44 ↗−$0.3 million
Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports · $4.8 million → $4.6 million · p. 43 ↗−$0.3 million
Analyze implementation of combo classes · $3.2 million → $2.4 million · p. 43 ↗−$0.8 million
Instructional Support · $2.2 million → $2.3 million · p. 43 ↗+$0.1 million
Additional Technology Support · $1.1 million → $0.5 million · p. 43 ↗−$0.6 million
Early Warning System – Attendance · $532,649 → $289,075 · p. 43 ↗−$243,574
How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 1 quoted
Williams Certification (2023) Access to Standards Aligned Materialsp. 12 ↗
Baseline
100% (2023)
Target for year 3
Maintain 100%
9 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2BUSD will provide all students with a guaranteed, viable curriculum through effective, data-driven…$39.1 million18% of action budgets
“BUSD will provide all students with a guaranteed, viable curriculum through effective, data-driven instructional practices to ensure all students are college and/or career ready” p. 19 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $31.3 million (+$7.9 million)
Largest funded actions
Additional extended learning opportunities$13.3 millionaction 2.5 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $31,375 is state funding counted toward those services
Core instructional materials/assessments and professional development$7.9 millionaction 2.1 · p. 44 ↗
Supplemental College, Career supports and resources$6.5 millionaction 2.9 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
Supplemental academic support$3.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
5 more funded actions in this goal
Professional Development and support for supplemental instructional initiatives · action 2.6 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $592,728 is state funding counted toward those services$2.1 million
Pre-kindergarten educational opportunities · action 2.8 · p. 44 ↗$1.7 million
Professional learning plans/Induction · action 2.2 · p. 44 ↗$0.3 million
Extended Learning Opportunities · action 2.4 · p. 44 ↗$0.1 million
21st Century Learning Opportunities · action 2.7 · p. 44 ↗$0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Core instructional materials/assessments and professional development+$3.7 million$4.2 million → $7.9 million · p. 44 ↗
Supplemental College, Career supports and resources+$3.0 million$3.5 million → $6.5 million · p. 44 ↗
Additional extended learning opportunities+$2.2 million$11.0 million → $13.3 million · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Dual Immersion · $4.0 million → $4.3 million · p. 44 ↗+$0.2 million
Supplemental academic support · $5.0 million → $3.1 million · p. 44 ↗−$2.0 million
Professional Development and support for supplemental instructional initiatives · $1.4 million → $2.1 million · p. 44 ↗+$0.7 million
Pre-kindergarten educational opportunities · $1.3 million → $1.7 million · p. 44 ↗+$0.3 million
Professional learning plans/Induction · $392,565 → $261,245 · p. 44 ↗−$131,320
Educational opportunities for parents$243,768action 3.2 · p. 44 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $158,971 is state funding counted toward those services
Translation/Interpretation and Communication Services$25,758action 3.1 · p. 44 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Educational opportunities for parents−$313,544$557,312 → $243,768 · p. 44 ↗
Community Schools+$234,346$125,000 → $359,346 · p. 44 ↗
Translation/Interpretation and Communication Services+$19,658$6,100 → $25,758 · p. 44 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Diversify two-way communication · $508,092 → $494,203 · p. 44 ↗−$13,889
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. 29 ↗.
Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalFor sites receiving Equity Multiplier funding, BUSD will provide additional intervention in ELA, math, ELD…$187,935under 1% of action budgets
“For sites receiving Equity Multiplier funding, BUSD will provide additional intervention in ELA, math, ELD, and College and Career Readiness to improve outcomes for SED, Hispanic College Career Readiness, and Hispanic and SED graduation rate at SHS. This school will improve English Learner Progress toward attaining English Proficiency and academic achievement and improve the percent of Hispanic students graduating prepared based on the College/Career indicator by May 2027” p. 34 ↗
2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
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, 9,633 students
1Hispanic or Latino68%
2Black or African American12%
3White6%
4Asian4%
5Filipino4%
6Two or more races3%
7Pacific Islander<1%
8Not reported<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<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
78%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 7,424 of 9,573 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 Bellflower 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, 43% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (503 of 1,161 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Does living in the Bellflower 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 (5)
Are the public schools in Bellflower Unified good?
Bellflower Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 92nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 5 Solid, 4 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Bellflower Unified has one public middle school we score, Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy, at the 96th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong. Bellflower Unified’s 2 public high schools run from the 44th to the 46th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 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 Bellflower Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Bellflower 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. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Bellflower Unified spend per student?
Bellflower Unified spent $23,582 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Bellflower 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 Bellflower Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $213.5 million into 27 funded actions in 4 goals, 92% of its $231.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $173.1 million, 81% 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 Bellflower 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.