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Castro Valley Unified schools

Castro Valley Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 70th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 9 schools

from 70th to 97th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Jensen Ranch Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Proctor Elementary: 96th percentile, Strong
  • Independent Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Chabot Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Vannoy Elementary: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Marshall Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Palomares Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Castro Valley Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Stanton Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
8Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 2 schools

from 75th to 97th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Creekside Middle: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Canyon Middle: 75th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
2Strong

High · 1 school

at 80th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Castro Valley High: 80th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong

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

  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Castro Valley Unified

14 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 Castro Valley Unified score highest?

Jensen Ranch Elementary is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Castro Valley Unified

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

Show the other 6 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Castro Valley Unified had 10 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 Castro Valley Unified score highest?

Creekside Middle is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Castro Valley Unified

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

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Castro Valley Unified stand?

Castro Valley High is at the 80th percentile.

That’s higher than 80 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Castro Valley Unified.

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

2 high schools not ranked statewide

Continuation schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with schools of its kind. The others have no statewide percentile this year.

The district

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

Castro Valley Unified spent $17,052 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Castro Valley 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

  • Instruction60%
  • Instruction support14%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance8%
  • 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

$10.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 27 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 6% of its $171.9 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, 135 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 69% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 86% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

3 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 $1.5 million

Largest of these

  • Academic Supports & Interventions$957,191
  • Credit Recovery$506,116
  • Intervention Management Software$36,906
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 $9.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $9.7 million and estimates it spent $9.5 million, $0.2 million (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $152,261 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Academic Supports & Interventions, which went from $1.8 million to $957,191.

Largest cuts

  • Academic Supports & Interventions−⁠$860,917
  • Social Worker at Canyon Eden Counseling at Middle Schools Social Worker at Redwood HS−⁠$172,134
  • Wellness Center−⁠$142,511

Largest increases

  • Credit Recovery+⁠$448,616
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support+⁠$442,665
  • Social Workers/​Counselors Coordinator of Behavioral Health PBIS Coordinator Director of Student Services+⁠$308,271

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Expand access to College & Career pathway$40,000

Ask: What did Academic Supports & Interventions pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $860,917 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 2024–25Goal 167%67%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 159%59%no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2 · Student Culture & Climate (Engagement)12 in 10012 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoals 1 and 22.0%1.6%down 0.4 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
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support · $3,678,285
  • Social Workers/​Counselors Coordinator of Behavioral Health PBIS Coordinator Director of Student Services · $2,346,533
  • Academic Supports & Interventions · $957,191
The full plan4 goals, 43 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 ($10.1 million).

Where does the money go?

66% 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 1Teaching & Learning - Ensure that ALL students graduate “college and career ready” through the full…$6.6 million66% of action budgets

“Teaching & Learning - Ensure that ALL students graduate “college and career ready” through the full implementation of the California Standards for Literacy and Mathematics” p. 22 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.6 million (+⁠$34,335)

Largest funded actions

  1. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support$3.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Academic Supports & Interventions$1.0 millionaction 1.5 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. CVHS Supports$0.6 millionaction 1.11 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Credit Recovery$0.5 millionaction 1.6 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. English Language Learner supports$0.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $83,545 is state funding counted toward those services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • College Readiness and academic success programs - Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and Puente · action 1.4 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Professional Development · action 1.7 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $12,637 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
  • Early Academic Outreach · action 1.2 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • BAS Subs/​Release Days · action 1.9 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Intervention Management Software · action 1.10 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Supports & Interventions−⁠$0.9 million$1.8 million → $1.0 million · p. 92 ↗
  2. Credit Recovery+⁠$448,616$57,500 → $506,116 · p. 92 ↗
  3. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support+⁠$0.4 million$3.2 million → $3.7 million · p. 92 ↗

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

  • CVHS Supports · $583,015 → $608,313 · p. 93 ↗+⁠$25,298
  • English Language Learner supports · $253,417 → $368,562 · p. 92 ↗+⁠$115,145
  • College Readiness and academic success programs - Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and Puente · $291,358 → $177,378 · p. 92 ↗−⁠$113,980
  • Professional Development · $162,612 → $121,809 · p. 92 ↗−⁠$40,803
  • Early Academic Outreach · $97,162 → $108,280 · p. 92 ↗+⁠$11,118
  • BAS Subs/​Release Days · $77,428 → $73,129 · p. 93 ↗−⁠$4,299
  • Intervention Management Software · $9,000 → $36,906 · p. 93 ↗+⁠$27,906

How the plan measures it · 23 measures · 1 quoted

  • Staff Professional Development Survey p. 32 ↗
    Baseline
    60% of staff responded positively to Professional Development trainings
    Target for year 3
    75% of staff will respond positively to Professional Development trainings

22 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Student Culture & Climate (Engagement)$2.9 million29% of action budgets

“Ensure that ALL students are actively engaged and supported through a safe, healthy, culturally responsive, and rigorous learning environment” p. 50 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.8 million (+⁠$77,522)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social Workers/​Counselors Coordinator of Behavioral Health PBIS Coordinator Director of Student Services$2.3 millionaction 2.2 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Mariachi Program$0.2 millionaction 2.9 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Social Worker at Canyon Eden Counseling at Middle Schools Social Worker at Redwood HS$0.1 millionaction 2.6 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Social Emotional Learning$0.1 millionaction 2.5 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Wellness Center$0.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • AVID and Puente Field Trips · action 2.10 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Transition Support Program · action 2.7 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Supervision of direct service counselor interns Clinical Supervision · action 2.1 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Professional Development for Counselors, Social Workers, Campus Monitors, PBIS Release Days · action 2.8 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Social Workers/​Counselors Coordinator of Behavioral Health PBIS Coordinator Director of Student Services+⁠$0.3 million$2.0 million → $2.3 million · p. 93 ↗
  2. Social Worker at Canyon Eden Counseling at Middle Schools Social Worker at Redwood HS−⁠$172,134$300,887 → $128,753 · p. 93 ↗
  3. Wellness Center−⁠$142,511$212,071 → $69,560 · p. 93 ↗

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

  • Mariachi Program · $104,979 → $151,434 · p. 94 ↗+⁠$46,455
  • Social Emotional Learning · $101,667 → $110,431 · p. 93 ↗+⁠$8,764
  • AVID and Puente Field Trips · $12,115 → $56,052 · p. 94 ↗+⁠$43,937
  • Transition Support Program · $27,519 → $20,032 · p. 93 ↗−⁠$7,487
  • Supervision of direct service counselor interns Clinical Supervision · $15,000 → $15,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Development for Counselors, Social Workers, Campus Monitors, PBIS Release Days · $17,073 → $9,300 · p. 94 ↗−⁠$7,773

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. 50 ↗.

Goal 3Parental Involvement & Engagement$410,2894% of action budgets

“Empower ALL parents (including those speaking a primary language other than English) to be actively engaged in their students’ education and decision-making processes by providing timely information and encouraging parents to demonstrate their support for student learning and for the importance of graduating “college and career ready”” p. 63 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $405,874 (+⁠$4,415)

Largest funded actions

  1. Parent & Community Outreach and Participation$350,440action 3.1 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Support for foster students and students facing unstable housing$45,000action 3.3 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Parent Outreach Materials$14,849action 3.2 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Parent Outreach Materials−⁠$10,721$25,570 → $14,849 · p. 94 ↗
  2. Parent & Community Outreach and Participation+⁠$10,136$340,304 → $350,440 · p. 94 ↗
  3. Support for foster students and students facing unstable housing+⁠$5,000$40,000 → $45,000 · p. 94 ↗

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. 63 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalRedwood Continuation High School Equity Multiplier Focus Goal - The Redwood community continues to focus on…$146,7891% of action budgets

“Redwood Continuation High School Equity Multiplier Focus Goal - The Redwood community continues to focus on improving the overall culture and climate of the school. They continue to work on creating more welcoming, inclusive, and equitable spaces that meet students’ needs on a deeper level. They are focused on improving engagement through meaningful relationship building with the adults on campus, as well as activities that are relevant toward their future goals. The community continues to focus on: Reducing class sizes for core academic classes that go above the 20 student threshold through the use of additional FTE. Increasing opportunities to build student engagement and increase participation, through the implementation of a school transportation shuttle, which is intended to address barriers to attendance. By expanding access to wellness services and counseling, Redwood students will demonstrate improved attendance, engagement, and decreased suspensions. After school intervention hours for 1:1 and small group will provide supplemental supports to ensure student outcomes improve in a variety of areas. Effective staff teaming centered around data-driven systems of support for students and alignment with relevant professional development and capacity building within both the COST Team and Leadership Team. Redwood High School 2022-23 Graduation Rates were at 82.8% compared to a district-wide rate of 94.8%.In 2024-25, the Graduation rate declined to 76.2% for all students, which was a decrease of 15.9% from the previous year. By providing additional wellness counseling services and increasing access to mental health supports, students will increase participation and engagement in the RHS program which will improve graduation rates for all students including SED students. In order to promote additional community building opportunities, students will increase participation and engagement in the RHS school community which will improve academic performance and increase graduation rates” p. 68 ↗

5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Wellness Counseling$55,000action 4.1 · p. 94 ↗
  2. Expand access to College & Career pathway$40,000action 4.5 · p. 95 ↗
  3. Reduce Class size and increase access to extra-curricular activities$33,789action 4.3 · p. 94 ↗
  4. Increase Access to Professional Development$10,000action 4.4 · p. 95 ↗
  5. Increase School-wide Community Building Opportunities$8,000action 4.2 · p. 94 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Increase Access to Professional Development−⁠$5,000$15,000 → $10,000 · p. 95 ↗
  2. Reduce Class size and increase access to extra-curricular activities+⁠$1,789$32,000 → $33,789 · p. 94 ↗
  3. Increase School-wide Community Building Opportunities−⁠$800$8,800 → $8,000 · p. 94 ↗

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

  • Wellness Counseling · $55,000 → $55,000 · p. 94 ↗unchanged
  • Expand access to College & Career pathway · $40,000 · p. 95 ↗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. 68 ↗.

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, 9,570 students
1. Asian: 34%2. Hispanic or Latino: 25%3. White: 19%4. Two or more races: 10%5. Filipino: 4%6. Black or African American: 4%7. Not reported: 4%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Asian34%
  2. Hispanic or Latino25%
  3. White19%
  4. Two or more races10%
  5. Filipino4%
  6. Black or African American4%
  7. Not reported4%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

39%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 3,685 of 9,530 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 Castro Valley Unified extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.

It also qualified the year before.

Which students, on which measures

Homeless students
English and math

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

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 51% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (387 of 766 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (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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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in Castro Valley Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Jensen Ranch Elementary, 97th percentile (Strong). Middle: Creekside Middle, 97th percentile (Strong). High: Castro Valley High, 80th 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 Castro Valley 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 Castro Valley Unified good?

Castro Valley Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 70th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 8 Strong and 1 Solid. Castro Valley Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 75th to the 97th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong. Castro Valley Unified has one public high school we score, Castro Valley High, at the 80th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong. 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 Castro Valley Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Castro Valley Unified had 10 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 Castro Valley Unified spend per student?

Castro Valley Unified spent $17,052 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Castro Valley 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 Castro Valley Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $10.1 million into 27 funded actions in 4 goals, 6% of its $171.9 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.6 million, 66% 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 Castro Valley 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.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

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