Cucamonga Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 3 public elementary schools run from the 28th to the 48th 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
Cucamonga Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 3 schools
from 28th to 48th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Ontario Center: 48th percentile, Developing
Cucamonga Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
Los Amigos Elementary: 28th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
3Developing
0Solid
0Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 51st · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Rancho Cucamonga Middle: 51st percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
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 Cucamonga Elementary district had 19 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 the Cucamonga Elementary district stand?
Rancho Cucamonga Middle is at the 51st percentile.
That’s higher than 51 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Cucamonga Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Cucamonga Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Cucamonga Elementary district spent $27,541 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Cucamonga 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 support13%
Student services9%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance8%
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
$36.3 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 19 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 47% of its $77.4 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, 97 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 77% of the money. The plan itself puts 91% of it toward staff.
Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support $24.1 million
School Climate and Safety Custodial Support $2.1 million
Health, SEL and Mental wellbeing support $1.7 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 reading, math or English learners
Reading $0.1 million
Math $0.1 million
English learners $1.2 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
English Learner support and resources$1.2 million
Improving Student's achievements in ELA and Math$122,484
English learner professional development$6,650
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 $24.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $19.5 million and estimates it spent $24.6 million, $5.1 million (26%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$24.6 million spent (estimated)$19.5 million planned
What changed
The total is $6.2 million (20%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support, which went from $17.9 million to $24.1 million.
Largest cuts
Health, SEL and Mental wellbeing support−$407,703
Full day TK/K−$232,184
Ed Tech Support−$104,820
Largest increases
Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support+$6.2 million
Enrichment Programs support+$174,854
School Climate and Safety Custodial Support+$143,231
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
32%
36%
up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2
20%
25%
up 5 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 1
24 in 100
21 in 100
3 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 1
3.6%
2.7%
down 0.9 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
Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support · $24,118,351
School Climate and Safety Custodial Support · $2,143,967
Health, SEL and Mental wellbeing support · $1,708,366
The full plan3 goals, 31 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 ($36.3 million).
Where does the money go?
86% to Goal 2. 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 1Partner with families to promote student and family engagement throughout the educational journey by…$434,9861% of action budgets
“Partner with families to promote student and family engagement throughout the educational journey by cultivating an inclusive school community that equips students with skills in empathy, social and cross-cultural skills, initiative and self-direction and resilience” p. 18 ↗
Goal 2Enhance student achievement by developing competency in critical thinking and problem solving, information…$31.4 million86% of action budgets
“Enhance student achievement by developing competency in critical thinking and problem solving, information, communication, technology literacy and social and cross-cultural skills” p. 27 ↗
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $25.0 million (+$6.4 million)
Largest funded actions
Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support$24.1 millionaction 2.1 · p. 59 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $19.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
Extra Instructional Support$1.6 millionaction 2.5 · p. 59 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Full day TK/K$1.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 59 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
English Learner support and resources$1.2 millionaction 2.6 · p. 60 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $935,037 is state funding counted toward those services
Enrichment Programs support$1.1 millionaction 2.11 · p. 60 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $782,256 is state funding counted toward those services
6 more funded actions in this goal
Ed Tech Support · action 2.8 · p. 60 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $36,721 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
Site Tech Support · action 2.4 · p. 59 ↗$0.5 million
Library Resources · action 2.3 · p. 59 ↗$0.5 million
Monitor and Support LCAP · action 2.7 · p. 60 ↗$0.5 million
Improving Student's achievements in ELA and Math · action 2.10 · p. 60 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $64,328 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
English learner professional development · action 2.9 · p. 60 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Personalized Professional Learning Model (PPLM) support+$6.2 million$17.9 million → $24.1 million · p. 59 ↗
Full day TK/K−$0.2 million$1.4 million → $1.2 million · p. 59 ↗
Enrichment Programs support+$0.2 million$0.9 million → $1.1 million · p. 60 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Extra Instructional Support · $1.5 million → $1.6 million · p. 59 ↗+$0.1 million
English Learner support and resources · $1.1 million → $1.2 million · p. 60 ↗+$0.1 million
Ed Tech Support · $686,041 → $581,221 · p. 60 ↗−$104,820
Site Tech Support · $389,018 → $496,843 · p. 59 ↗+$107,825
Library Resources · $508,518 → $476,443 · p. 59 ↗−$32,075
Monitor and Support LCAP · $388,863 → $463,814 · p. 60 ↗+$74,951
Improving Student's achievements in ELA and Math · $114,125 → $122,484 · p. 60 ↗+$8,359
English learner professional development · $14,100 → $6,650 · p. 60 ↗−$7,450
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. 27 ↗.
Goal 3 · Maintenance of Progress GoalEnhance student initiative and self-direction to build critical thinking, problem-solving skills, creativity…$4.5 million12% of action budgets
“Enhance student initiative and self-direction to build critical thinking, problem-solving skills, creativity, and innovation by maintaining access to standards-aligned materials, qualified staff, diverse courses, tailored enriching programs and a safe and well-maintained learning environment” p. 39 ↗
3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.8 million (−$260,522)
Largest funded actions
School Climate and Safety Custodial Support$2.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 60 ↗
Health, SEL and Mental wellbeing support$1.7 millionaction 3.2 · p. 60 ↗
Enrichment Opportunities support$0.7 millionaction 3.1 · p. 60 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Health, SEL and Mental wellbeing support−$0.4 million$2.1 million → $1.7 million · p. 60 ↗
School Climate and Safety Custodial Support+$0.1 million$2.0 million → $2.1 million · p. 60 ↗
Enrichment Opportunities support+$3,950$684,841 → $688,791 · p. 60 ↗
How the plan measures it · 8 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 39 ↗.
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, 2,360 students
1Hispanic or Latino67%
2Black or African American17%
3White7%
4Two or more races4%
5Asian3%
6Filipino2%
7Pacific Islander<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Not reported0%
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
77%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,805 of 2,357 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 Cucamonga Elementary 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, 56% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (93 of 167 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 the Cucamonga Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Ontario Center, 48th percentile (Developing). Middle: Rancho Cucamonga Middle, 51st 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 Cucamonga 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 Cucamonga Elementary district good?
Cucamonga Elementary’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 28th to the 48th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Developing. Cucamonga Elementary has one public middle school we score, Rancho Cucamonga Middle, at the 51st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 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 Cucamonga Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Cucamonga Elementary district had 19 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 Cucamonga Elementary district spend per student?
The Cucamonga Elementary district spent $27,541 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Cucamonga 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 Cucamonga Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $36.3 million into 19 funded actions in 3 goals, 47% of its $77.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $31.4 million, 86% 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 Cucamonga 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.