Cypress Elementary runs schools through 6th grade. Its 6 public elementary schools run from the 76th to the 96th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K6Elementary
712Middle and high
Cypress Elementary · grades K–6
Another district · grades 7–12
Elementary · 6 schools
from 76th to 96th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Margaret Landell Elementary: 96th percentile, Strong
The average elementary school in the Cypress Elementary district had 8 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 district
Where does Cypress Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Cypress Elementary district spent $17,963 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Cypress 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
Instruction70%
Instruction support8%
Student services5%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance10%
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
$14.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 18 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, 107 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 85% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.
Intensive Supports $10.5 million
Full Day Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten $1.1 million
Class Size Reduction $1.0 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 English learners
English learners $37,500
Largest of these
English Learner Supports$27,500
English Learner Instructional Support$10,000
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 $3.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $3.6 million and estimates it spent $3.6 million, within 1% of the plan.
$3.6 million spent (estimated)$3.6 million planned
What changed
The total is $223,139 (1%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Instructional Support, which went from $1.4 million to $135,000.
Largest cuts
Instructional Support−$1.3 million
Multi-Tiered System of Support−$502,576
Monitoring & Assessing Student Progress−$477,130
Largest increases
Professional Development+$264,996
New in the 2026–27 plan
Full Day Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten$1.1 million
Class Size Reduction$1.0 million
School Libraries$180,000
Ask: What did Instructional Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.3 million 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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
69%
68%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
64%
64%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
8 in 100
7 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3
0.1%
0.2%
up 0.1 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
Intensive Supports · $10,478,938
Full Day Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten · $1,117,167
Class Size Reduction · $1,010,481
The full plan3 goals, 23 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 ($14.8 million).
Where does the money go?
94% 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 1Provide comprehensive, well-rounded, and rigorous educational experiences to all students, aligned to…$13.9 million94% of action budgets
“Provide comprehensive, well-rounded, and rigorous educational experiences to all students, aligned to California State Standards” p. 15 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $13.6 million (+$287,010)
Largest funded actions
Intensive Supports$10.5 millionaction 1.7 · p. 68 ↗
Full Day Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten$1.1 millionaction 1.8 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Class Size Reduction$1.0 millionaction 1.9 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development$0.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Multi-Tiered System of Support$0.4 millionaction 1.1 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
5 more funded actions in this goal
School Libraries · action 1.10 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Instructional Support · action 1.4 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Monitoring & Assessing Student Progress · action 1.3 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Supports · action 1.6 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $7,500 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Instructional Support · action 1.2 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $5,000 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Instructional Support−$1.3 million$1.4 million → $0.1 million · p. 68 ↗
Multi-Tiered System of Support−$502,576$884,600 → $382,024 · p. 68 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Intensive Supports · $10.5 million → $10.5 million · p. 68 ↗unchanged
Full Day Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten · $1.1 million · p. 68 ↗new or renamed
Class Size Reduction · $1.0 million · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
Professional Development · $277,893 → $542,889 · p. 68 ↗+$264,996
School Libraries · $180,000 · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
English Learner Supports · $27,500 · p. 68 ↗new or renamed
English Learner Instructional Support · $10,000 · p. 68 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 13 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.
Goal 2Provide a wide variety of parent/guardian and community involvement opportunities with open and transparent…$96,0501% of action budgets
“Provide a wide variety of parent/guardian and community involvement opportunities with open and transparent communication to assure accurate, timely information” p. 30 ↗
Communication$48,650action 2.2 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Advisory Opportunities & Input$26,400action 2.1 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Community Connection$20,000action 2.3 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $15,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Community Group Collaboration$1,000action 2.4 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Communication−$107,697$156,347 → $48,650 · p. 69 ↗
Advisory Opportunities & Input+$25,085$1,315 → $26,400 · p. 69 ↗
Community Connection−$3,931$23,931 → $20,000 · p. 69 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Community Group Collaboration · $1,000 → $1,000 · p. 69 ↗unchanged
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. 30 ↗.
Goal 3Provide an engaging, safe, and secure learning environment for all students$776,7415% of action budgets
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.2 million (−$423,606) · p. 39 ↗
Largest funded actions
Student Services$727,000action 3.1 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $330,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Attendance-Unduplicated Count (SED, EL, FY)$26,100action 3.3 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Attendance-Non unduplicated count students$8,641action 3.4 · p. 69 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Student Services−$0.4 million$1.2 million → $0.7 million · p. 69 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Attendance-Unduplicated Count (SED, EL, FY) · $26,100 · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
Title not confirmed · $15,000 · p. 69 ↗not compared
Attendance-Non unduplicated count students · $8,641 · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 6 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, 3,272 students
1Asian35%
2Hispanic or Latino30%
3White17%
4Two or more races8%
5Filipino5%
6Black or African American3%
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
46%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,516 of 3,268 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?
Cypress 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, 57% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (143 of 252 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 Cypress Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Margaret Landell Elementary, 96th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California elementary schools we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Cypress 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 Cypress Elementary district good?
Cypress Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 76th to the 96th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 6 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 the Cypress Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Cypress Elementary district had 8 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 Cypress Elementary district spend per student?
The Cypress Elementary district spent $17,963 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Cypress 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 Cypress Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $14.8 million into 18 funded actions in 3 goals. Its largest goal holds $13.9 million, 94% 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 Cypress 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.