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Chula Vista Elementary schools

Chula Vista Elementary’s 50 public elementary schools run from the 14th to the 90th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 50 schools

from 14th to 90th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

5Needs Support
13Developing
19Solid
13Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 5 schools

from 63rd to 84th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Arroyo Vista Charter: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Feaster (Mae L.) Charter: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Chula Vista Learning Community Charter: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Mueller Charter (Robert L.): 63rd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
2Strong

High · 3 schools

from 63rd to 90th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Chula Vista Learning Community Charter: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Mueller Charter (Robert L.): 63rd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
1Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 50 ranked schools teach more than one level, 3 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 50 ranked schools

Schools around the Chula Vista Elementary district

50 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 the Chula Vista Elementary district score highest?

Liberty Elementary is highest, at the 90th percentile.

That’s higher than 90 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Chula Vista Elementary district

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

Show the other 47 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Chula Vista Elementary district had 12 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 Chula Vista Elementary district score highest?

Arroyo Vista Charter is highest, at the 84th percentile.

That’s higher than 84 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Chula Vista Elementary district

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

Show the other 2 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in the Chula Vista Elementary district had 6 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 the Chula Vista Elementary district score highest?

Chula Vista Learning Community Charter is highest, at the 90th percentile.

That’s higher than 90 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in the Chula Vista Elementary district

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

Context

The average high school in the Chula Vista Elementary district had 5 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

The district

Where does Chula Vista Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Chula Vista Elementary district spent $18,972 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Chula Vista 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

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support8%
  • Student services13%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance7%
  • Other4%

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

$95.4 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 27 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 21% of its $453.1 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, 155 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 72% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 78% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

6 of the plan’s 27 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math or English learners
  • Reading $1.2 million
  • Math $0.2 million
  • English learners $0.6 million

Largest of these

  • Implementation of State Academic Standards: English Language Arts$866,393
  • English Learner Parent Engagement$499,434
  • Professional Development and Consistent Implementation of Foundational Literacy Skills$359,217
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 $42.2 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $42.6 million and estimates it spent $41.4 million, $1.2 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $9.3 million (11%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is LEAD Program, which went from $19.3 million to $30.2 million.

Largest cuts

  • Coordinated Supports and Services to Promote Students’ Social-emotional & Physical Wellness−⁠$2.8 million

Largest increases

  • LEAD Program+⁠$10.9 million
  • Implementation of State Academic Standards: English Language Arts+⁠$514,208
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Physical Education (PE) Programs+⁠$408,822

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Instructional Leadership Support - RLFA$2.5 million
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 2024–25Goals 1 and 356%55%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 346%45%down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 2 and 314 in 10013 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 21.4%1.7%up 0.3 pts

Goals 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track 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
  • LEAD Program · $30,159,777
  • Coordinated Supports and Services to Promote Students’ Social-emotional & Physical Wellness · $28,560,528
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Physical Education (PE) Programs · $9,644,615
The full plan5 goals, 50 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 ($95.4 million).

Where does the money go?

44% to Goal 4. 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
G4

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 1Increase student achievement and provide equitable learning opportunities for all students through the…$15.1 million16% of action budgets

“Increase student achievement and provide equitable learning opportunities for all students through the implementation of research-based strategies that enhance Tier I instruction across all academic content areas aligned to the California Curriculum Frameworks” p. 29 ↗

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $14.4 million (+⁠$685,926)

Largest funded actions

  1. TK Instructional Support$3.5 millionaction 1.12 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Site Specific Needs Funding$3.1 millionaction 1.11 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Instructional Leadership Support - RLFA$2.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Support for Instructional Resources$2.3 millionaction 1.6 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Special Education Integrated Support Plan$1.4 millionaction 1.8 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • Implementation of State Academic Standards: English Language Arts · action 1.1 · p. 113 ↗$0.9 million
  • Instructional Coaching · action 1.7 · p. 114 ↗$0.5 million
  • Induction Program · action 1.4 · p. 113 ↗$0.3 million
  • ILT Cohort · action 1.9 · p. 114 ↗$0.3 million
  • Implementation of CA NGSS Standards: Science · action 1.3 · p. 113 ↗$0.2 million
  • Implementation of State Academic Standards: Mathematics · action 1.2 · p. 113 ↗$0.2 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Implementation of State Academic Standards: English Language Arts+⁠$514,208$352,185 → $866,393 · p. 113 ↗
  2. Induction Program+⁠$94,639$227,185 → $321,824 · p. 113 ↗
  3. Instructional Coaching−⁠$92,349$574,511 → $482,162 · p. 114 ↗

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

  • TK Instructional Support · $3.4 million → $3.5 million · p. 114 ↗+⁠$42,110
  • Site Specific Needs Funding · $3.1 million → $3.1 million · p. 114 ↗+⁠$2
  • Instructional Leadership Support - RLFA · $2.5 million · p. 113 ↗new or renamed
  • Support for Instructional Resources · $2.3 million → $2.3 million · p. 114 ↗+⁠$9,593
  • Special Education Integrated Support Plan · $1.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 114 ↗+⁠$19,010
  • ILT Cohort · $305,760 → $305,760 · p. 114 ↗unchanged
  • Implementation of CA NGSS Standards: Science · $208,802 → $214,565 · p. 113 ↗+⁠$5,763
  • Implementation of State Academic Standards: Mathematics · $208,873 → $195,363 · p. 113 ↗−⁠$13,510

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 2 quoted

  • Participation in NCUST Learning Walks p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    100% Participation of NCUST Learning Walks across all school sites.
    Target for year 3
    100% Participation of NCUST Learning Walks across all school sites.
  • Participation in ILT Cohort Learning p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of schools participate in ILT Cohort Learning.
    Target for year 3
    100% of schools participating in ILT Cohort Learning.

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Create safe and inclusive environments where all students feel a sense of belonging and connection$34.3 million36% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $37.1 million (−⁠$2.8 million) · p. 52 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Coordinated Supports and Services to Promote Students’ Social-emotional & Physical Wellness$28.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $20.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Continuous Improvement of School Safety$2.9 millionaction 2.5 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Data Driven Decision Making to Improve Student Attendance and Wellness$2.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Leveraging Student Voice for School Improvement and Increasing Students’ Sense of Belonging and Inclusion$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $165,642 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Coordinated Supports and Services to Promote Students’ Social-emotional & Physical Wellness−⁠$2.8 million$31.4 million → $28.6 million · p. 114 ↗
  2. Continuous Improvement of School Safety+⁠$0.2 million$2.8 million → $2.9 million · p. 115 ↗
  3. Data Driven Decision Making to Improve Student Attendance and Wellness+⁠$0.1 million$2.6 million → $2.7 million · p. 114 ↗

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

  • Leveraging Student Voice for School Improvement and Increasing Students’ Sense of Belonging and Inclusion · $207,585 → $213,594 · p. 114 ↗+⁠$6,009

How the plan measures it · 14 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 52 ↗.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalIncrease English language proficiency, academic achievement and student engagement for all English Learners…$2.9 million3% of action budgets

“Increase English language proficiency, academic achievement and student engagement for all English Learners, including At-Risk for Long Term and Long Term English Learners” p. 71 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.9 million (+⁠$3,798)

Largest funded actions

  1. Data Driven Decision Making$1.9 millionaction 3.1 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. English Learner Parent Engagement$0.5 millionaction 3.4 · p. 115 ↗
  3. Professional Development and Consistent Implementation of Foundational Literacy Skills$0.4 millionaction 3.3 · p. 115 ↗
  4. Professional Development and Consistent Implementation of Comprehensive English Language Development (ELD)$0.1 millionaction 3.2 · p. 115 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Development and Consistent Implementation of Comprehensive English Language Development (ELD)−⁠$136,145$272,290 → $136,145 · p. 115 ↗
  2. Data Driven Decision Making+⁠$0.1 million$1.8 million → $1.9 million · p. 115 ↗
  3. English Learner Parent Engagement+⁠$65,079$434,355 → $499,434 · p. 115 ↗

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

  • Professional Development and Consistent Implementation of Foundational Literacy Skills · $356,859 → $359,217 · p. 115 ↗+⁠$2,358

How the plan measures it · 10 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 71 ↗.

Goal 4Ensure student access to meaningful, rigorous, and innovative learning opportunities that promote engagement…$41.8 million44% of action budgets

“Ensure student access to meaningful, rigorous, and innovative learning opportunities that promote engagement and post-secondary success for all students” p. 82 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $30.5 million (+⁠$11.3 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. LEAD Program$30.2 millionaction 4.8 · p. 116 ↗
  2. Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Physical Education (PE) Programs$9.6 millionaction 4.1 · p. 115 ↗
  3. Station Experiences$1.1 millionaction 4.3 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $105,367 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Instructional Technology Support$0.7 millionaction 4.5 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Support Innovation Department Objectives$0.2 millionaction 4.2 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $68,729 is state funding counted toward those services

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Studios · action 4.7 · p. 116 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Coastal Education Program (CEP) at the Living Coast Discovery Center · action 4.4 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. LEAD Program+⁠$10.9 million$19.3 million → $30.2 million · p. 116 ↗
  2. Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Physical Education (PE) Programs+⁠$0.4 million$9.2 million → $9.6 million · p. 115 ↗
  3. Station Experiences+⁠$46,239$1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 115 ↗

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

  • Instructional Technology Support · $706,051 → $683,252 · p. 115 ↗−⁠$22,799
  • Support Innovation Department Objectives · $208,212 → $206,145 · p. 115 ↗−⁠$2,067
  • STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Studios · $40,000 → $40,000 · p. 116 ↗unchanged
  • Coastal Education Program (CEP) at the Living Coast Discovery Center · $16,000 → $16,000 · p. 115 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 2 quoted

  • Percentage of Credentialed and Qualified Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Physical Education (PE) Teachers p. 84 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of employed VAPA and PE teachers are credentialed and qualified.
    Target for year 3
    100% of employed VAPA and PE teachers will be credentialed and qualified.
  • Student Access to Coastal Education Program p. 85 ↗
    Baseline
    All kindergarten through third grade classes at the 12 highest unduplicated student count …
    Target for year 3
    All kindergarten through third grade classes at the 12 highest unduplicated student count …

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5Cultivate and increase engagement among educational partners to foster a sense of shared responsibility and…$1.2 million1% of action budgets

“Cultivate and increase engagement among educational partners to foster a sense of shared responsibility and accountability in supporting the home-school connection and high-quality learning experiences for all students” p. 95 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $1.2 million (+⁠$44,927)

Largest funded actions

  1. Community Outreach & Engagement$1.2 millionaction 5.1 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.0 million is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Community Outreach & Engagement+⁠$44,927$1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 116 ↗

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. 95 ↗.

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, 28,845 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 72%2. Filipino: 9%3. White: 7%4. Two or more races: 6%5. Black or African American: 4%6. Asian: 2%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. Not reported: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino72%
  2. Filipino9%
  3. White7%
  4. Two or more races6%
  5. Black or African American4%
  6. Asian2%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. Not reported<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

55%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 15,845 of 28,835 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?

Chula Vista Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

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

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 48% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,885 of 3,912 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

Allen (Ella B.) Elementary (Extra targeted support) · Loma Verde Elementary (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 the Chula Vista Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Liberty Elementary, 90th percentile (Strong). Middle: Arroyo Vista Charter, 84th percentile (Strong). High: Chula Vista Learning Community Charter, 90th 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 Chula Vista 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.
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Are the public schools in the Chula Vista Elementary district good?

Chula Vista Elementary’s 50 public elementary schools run from the 14th to the 90th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 13 Strong, 19 Solid, 13 Developing and 5 Needs Support. Chula Vista Elementary’s 5 public middle schools run from the 63rd to the 84th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong and 3 Solid. Chula Vista Elementary’s 3 public high schools run from the 63rd to the 90th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong and 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 Chula Vista Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Chula Vista Elementary district had 12 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 the Chula Vista Elementary district had 6 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in the Chula Vista Elementary district had 5 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Chula Vista Elementary district spend per student?

The Chula Vista Elementary district spent $18,972 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $95.4 million into 27 funded actions in 5 goals, 21% of its $453.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $41.8 million, 44% 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 the Chula Vista Elementary district, 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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