Central Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the 7th to the 56th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
Central Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 4 schools
from 7th to 56th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Valle Vista Elementary: 56th percentile, Solid
Central Elementary: 48th percentile, Developing
Dona Merced Elementary: 40th percentile, Developing
Bear Gulch Elementary: 7th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
0Strong
Middle · 2 schools
from 56th to 58th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Cucamonga Middle: 58th percentile, Solid
Ruth Musser Middle: 56th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in the Central Elementary district had 14 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 the Central Elementary district score highest?
Cucamonga Middle is highest, at the 58th percentile.
That’s higher than 58 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in the Central Elementary district
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Central Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Central Elementary district spent $16,326 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Central Elementary 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 support10%
Student services10%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance9%
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
$18.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 19 funded actions in 3 goals. 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, 111 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 58% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.
Tiered Intervention Support $4.2 million
Engagement Strategies Support $4.1 million
Social-Emotional Learning Support $2.6 million
16 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
3 of the plan’s 19 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 $4.3 million
English learners $0.3 million
Largest of these
Tiered Intervention Support$4.2 million
EL Academic and Language Support$285,122
After-school Tutoring and Clubs$150,332
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 $15.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $14.8 million and estimates it spent $14.4 million, $0.4 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$14.4 million spent (estimated)$14.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $698,403 (4%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is College and Career Preparedness, which went from $298,549 to $568,738.
Largest cuts
Tiered Intervention Support−$268,469
Social-Emotional Learning Support−$119,002
Positive Behavior and Support−$71,972
Largest increases
College and Career Preparedness+$270,188
Attendance+$215,600
Broad Course of Study+$190,059
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 1
50%
49%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
33%
32%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
19 in 100
16 in 100
3 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.0%
1.4%
down 0.6 pts
Goal 3 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
Tiered Intervention Support · $4,163,550
Engagement Strategies Support · $4,069,669
Social-Emotional Learning Support · $2,642,268
The full plan3 goals, 21 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 ($18.8 million).
Where does the money go?
63% 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.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1All students will access a Multi-Tiered System of Support to make achievement on state content standards to…$11.8 million63% of action budgets
“All students will access a Multi-Tiered System of Support to make achievement on state content standards to be future ready and English learners will demonstrate progress on English language proficiency” p. 17 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $11.4 million (+$388,664)
Largest funded actions
Tiered Intervention Support$4.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
Engagement Strategies Support$4.1 millionaction 1.6 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
Broad Course of Study$1.1 millionaction 1.5 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $448,807 is state funding counted toward those services
Professional Development$0.9 millionaction 1.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $862,294 is state funding counted toward those services
Small Group Support$0.7 millionaction 1.7 · p. 72 ↗
2 more funded actions in this goal
College and Career Preparedness · action 1.4 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
EL Academic and Language Support · action 1.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $238,437 is state funding counted toward those services$0.3 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
College and Career Preparedness+$270,188$298,549 → $568,738 · p. 72 ↗
Tiered Intervention Support−$0.3 million$4.4 million → $4.2 million · p. 72 ↗
Broad Course of Study+$0.2 million$1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Engagement Strategies Support · $3.9 million → $4.1 million · p. 72 ↗+$0.1 million
Professional Development · $972,805 → $925,389 · p. 72 ↗−$47,416
Small Group Support · $541,471 → $667,202 · p. 72 ↗+$125,732
EL Academic and Language Support · $292,332 → $285,122 · p. 72 ↗−$7,211
How the plan measures it · 9 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.
Goal 2All students will access a Multi-Tiered System of Support to ensure social-emotional wellness within a…$6.3 million33% of action budgets
“All students will access a Multi-Tiered System of Support to ensure social-emotional wellness within a positive learning environment” p. 29 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.0 million (+$261,207)
Largest funded actions
Social-Emotional Learning Support$2.6 millionaction 2.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Mentor Support$1.0 millionaction 2.5 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Health and Wellness Support$0.9 millionaction 2.6 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Family Engagement Support$0.6 millionaction 2.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Attendance$0.5 millionaction 2.4 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
4 more funded actions in this goal
Tiered Behavior Supports · action 2.8 · p. 73 ↗$0.4 million
After-school Tutoring and Clubs · action 2.7 · p. 73 ↗$0.2 million
Family Extended Supports · action 2.9 · p. 73 ↗$0.1 million
Positive Behavior and Support · action 2.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $18,500 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
2023-24 95% 'Feel Confident in Child's Safety at School'
Target for year 3
96.3% or higher 'Feel Confident in Child's Safety at School'
7 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3 · Maintenance of Progress GoalAll students will access standards-based instructional materials, expanding learning opportunities…$669,1204% of action budgets
“All students will access standards-based instructional materials, expanding learning opportunities, integrated technology into the classroom, by highly qualified staff, appropriately credentialed teachers, in safe, well-maintained facilities” p. 41 ↗
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, 4,320 students
1Hispanic or Latino57%
2White14%
3Black or African American12%
4Asian8%
5Two or more races5%
6Not reported2%
7Filipino1%
8Pacific Islander<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
70%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 3,040 of 4,317 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 Central Elementary 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
Students with disabilities
English and math
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 (151 of 352 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
Central Elementary (Targeted support) · Ruth Musser 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.
Which public schools in the Central Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Valle Vista Elementary, 56th percentile (Solid). Middle: Cucamonga Middle, 58th 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 Central Elementary 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 the Central Elementary district good?
Central Elementary’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 7th to the 56th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Central Elementary’s 2 public middle schools run from the 56th to the 58th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid. 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 the Central Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Central Elementary district had 14 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 the Central Elementary district spend per student?
The Central Elementary district spent $16,326 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Central Elementary 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 the Central Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $18.8 million into 19 funded actions in 3 goals. Its largest goal holds $11.8 million, 63% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 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 the Central Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.