Coronado Unified has two ranked public elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Silver Strand Elementary is at the 85th percentile, Coronado Village Elementary the 80th, Coronado Middle the 77th and Coronado High the 92nd, each among the California schools we score at its level (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).
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 Coronado Unified score highest?
Silver Strand Elementary’s 85th percentile means it scored higher than 85 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Coronado Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Coronado Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Coronado Unified spent $19,676 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Coronado 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 support12%
Student services8%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance10%
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
$59.7 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 18 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s all of its 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, 125 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 88% of the money. The plan itself puts 79% of it toward staff.
Standards-Aligned Core Curriculum, Assessment and High Quality Instruction $46.5 million
College and Career Readiness $3.4 million
Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff $2.3 million
15 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
2 of the plan’s 18 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading or English learners
Reading $1.2 million
English learners $0.2 million
Largest of these
Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship$1.2 million
English Language Development$229,300
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 $1.1 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.1 million and estimates it spent $1.1 million, within 1% of the plan.
$1.1 million spent (estimated)$1.1 million planned
What changed
The total is $5.7 million (10%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Standards-Aligned Core Curriculum, Assessment and High Quality Instruction, which went from $41.4 million to $46.5 million.
Largest increases
Standards-Aligned Core Curriculum, Assessment and High Quality Instruction+$5.1 million
Counseling Services+$153,600
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 · LEARNING
74%
72%
down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · LEARNING
63%
62%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3 · Support
11 in 100
9 in 100
2 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3 · Support
3.2%
4.1%
up 0.9 pts
Goal 2 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
Standards-Aligned Core Curriculum, Assessment and High Quality Instruction · $46,540,005
College and Career Readiness · $3,396,450
Safe and Clean Facilities for Students and Staff · $2,342,550
The full plan3 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 ($59.7 million).
Where does the money go?
92% to Goal 1, LEARNING. 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.
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, 2,763 students
1White56%
2Hispanic or Latino27%
3Two or more races7%
4Not reported5%
5Black or African American2%
6Asian1%
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
16%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 449 of 2,757 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?
Coronado Unified 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, 61% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (43 of 70 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in Coronado Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Silver Strand Elementary, 85th percentile (Strong). Middle: Coronado Middle, 77th percentile (Strong). High: Coronado High, 92nd 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 Coronado 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 (4)
Are the public schools in Coronado Unified good?
Coronado Unified’s 2 public elementary schools run from the 80th to the 85th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong. Coronado Unified has one public middle school we score, Coronado Middle, at the 77th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong. Coronado Unified has one public high school we score, Coronado High, at the 92nd 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 much does Coronado Unified spend per student?
Coronado Unified spent $19,676 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Coronado 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 Coronado Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $59.7 million into 18 funded actions in 3 goals, all of its general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $54.6 million, 92% 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 Coronado 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.