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Davis Joint Unified schools

Davis Joint Unified’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 59th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 8 schools

from 59th to 97th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Pioneer Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Robert E. Willett Elementary: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • North Davis Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Cesar Chavez Elementary: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Patwin Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Marguerite Montgomery Elementary: 68th percentile, Solid
  • Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Birch Lane Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
5Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 4 schools

from 68th to 94th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High: 86th percentile, Strong
  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Davis School for Independent Study: 68th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
2Strong

High · 3 schools

from 64th to 93rd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Davis Senior High: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Da Vinci Charter Academy: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Davis School for Independent Study: 64th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
2Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 14 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.

  • 14 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Davis Joint Unified

15 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 Davis Joint Unified score highest?

Pioneer Elementary is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Davis Joint Unified

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

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Context

The average elementary school in Davis Joint Unified had 13 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 Davis Joint Unified score highest?

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High is highest, at the 94th percentile.

That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Davis Joint Unified

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

Show the other 1 middle school
Context

The average middle school in Davis Joint Unified had 20 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 Davis Joint Unified score highest?

Davis Senior High is highest, at the 93rd percentile.

That’s higher than 93 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Davis Joint Unified

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

Context

The average high school in Davis Joint Unified had 25 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide

The district

Where does Davis Joint Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Davis Joint Unified spent $17,563 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Davis Joint 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

  • Instruction58%
  • Instruction support12%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration8%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%
  • Other2%

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

$11.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 50 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 8% of its $134.1 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, 145 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

The money is spread out. No action gets more than 11%, and the three largest, 2.a Career Tech Education (CTE): Staff for CTE pathways, 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation and 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist, take 27% between them. The plan itself puts 77% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

34 of the plan’s 50 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $1.2 million
  • Math under $0.1 million
  • Catch-up help $4.3 million
  • English learners $2.0 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation$917,560
  • 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist$895,694
  • 1.a Tailored intervention: Summer School Programming$735,188
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 $6.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $5.8 million and estimates it spent $6.6 million, $0.8 million (14%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $2.6 million (30%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation, which went from $460,000 to $917,560.

Largest cuts

  • 1.c Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Implementation of Universal Design for Learning, district wide application of Tier 1 Instruction−⁠$80,000

Largest increases

  • 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation+⁠$457,560
  • 1.a Tailored intervention: Summer School Programming+⁠$160,940
  • 2.a Career Tech Education (CTE): Staff for CTE pathways+⁠$122,436

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist$895,694
  • 2.b Career Tech Education (CTE): CTE program support for CTE alignment to standards and industry$683,692
  • 1.l Tier 3 Support$566,900
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 2 and 368%66%down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 263%62%down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 115 in 10017 in 1002 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 13.8%2.9%down 0.9 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 4 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

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
  • 2.a Career Tech Education (CTE): Staff for CTE pathways · $1,216,332
  • 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation · $917,560
  • 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist · $895,694
The full plan5 goals, 32 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 ($11.2 million).

Where does the money go?

41% 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.

G1
G2
G3
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 1Student well being and belonging. Every student will experience a positive and inclusive school community…$1.8 million16% of action budgets

“Student well being and belonging. Every student will experience a positive and inclusive school community, characterized by a climate of belonging that nurtures agency and social-emotional, physical, and mental well-being” p. 19 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (+⁠$230,877)

Largest funded actions

  1. 3.b Physical Health Wellbeing: Nursing$625,995action 1.9 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. 1.d Student Services Leadership and Resources: Elementary Counseling$408,612action 1.4 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. 2.b Ethnic Studies: Ethnic Studies Teachers$212,470action 1.7 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. 1.a Student Services Leadership and Resources: Climate Coordinator$175,145action 1.1 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. 2.a Ethnic Studies: Ethnic Studies Coordinator$154,707action 1.6 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • 1.b Student Services Leadership and Resources: Foster and Homeless Case Manager · action 1.2 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$145,170
  • 3.c. Physical Health and Wellbeing: Tier 2 Small Group SEL Interventions · action 1.10 · p. 92 ↗$50,000
  • 3.a Physical Health and Wellbeing: King Wellness Center · action 1.8 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$24,700
  • 1.c Student Services Leadership and Resources: Homeless/​Foster Resources and Resourcing for Transportation · action 1.3 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$10,000
  • 1.e Student Services Leadership and Resources: Resourcing for SED, crisis care, and address barriers to attendance, Community Resources and Networking Events · action 1.5 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$10,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. 3.b Physical Health Wellbeing: Nursing+⁠$113,995$512,000 → $625,995 · p. 92 ↗
  2. 2.b Ethnic Studies: Ethnic Studies Teachers+⁠$63,670$148,800 → $212,470 · p. 92 ↗
  3. 1.b Student Services Leadership and Resources: Foster and Homeless Case Manager+⁠$42,770$102,400 → $145,170 · p. 91 ↗

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

  • 1.d Student Services Leadership and Resources: Elementary Counseling · $400,000 → $408,612 · p. 91 ↗+⁠$8,612
  • 1.a Student Services Leadership and Resources: Climate Coordinator · $169,000 → $175,145 · p. 91 ↗+⁠$6,145
  • 2.a Ethnic Studies: Ethnic Studies Coordinator · $114,022 → $154,707 · p. 92 ↗+⁠$40,685
  • 3.c. Physical Health and Wellbeing: Tier 2 Small Group SEL Interventions · $50,000 · p. 92 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.a Physical Health and Wellbeing: King Wellness Center · $24,700 → $24,700 · p. 92 ↗unchanged
  • 1.c Student Services Leadership and Resources: Homeless/​Foster Resources and Resourcing for Transportation · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 91 ↗unchanged
  • 1.e Student Services Leadership and Resources: Resourcing for SED, crisis care, and address barriers to attendance, Community Resources and Networking Events · $5,000 → $10,000 · p. 91 ↗+⁠$5,000

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 1 quoted

  • Pupil Expulsion rate as measured in Data Quest (CDE) p. 20 ↗
    Baseline
    0% Expulsion Rate for 2022-2023.
    Target for year 3
    Maintain 0% Expulsion Rate

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Equitable Access and Opportunity. Every student will have equitable access to inclusive, proactive, and…$4.5 million41% of action budgets

“Equitable Access and Opportunity. Every student will have equitable access to inclusive, proactive, and flexible systems of support, experiences, and resources necessary to close opportunity gaps and attain academic and personal milestones” p. 30 ↗

29 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.5 million (+⁠$1.0 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation$917,560action 2.7 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $458,780 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. 3.f Supporting English Learners: English Learner (EL) Specialists$642,165action 2.19 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. 1.l Tier 3 Support$566,900action 2.12 · p. 93 ↗
  4. 1.c Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Implementation of Universal Design for Learning, district wide application of Tier 1 Instruction$300,100action 2.3 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $100 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. 1.j Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Director of Alternative & Adult Education$228,169action 2.10 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

24 more funded actions in this goal

  • 3.n Supporting English Learners: Interpretation and Translation Coordination and Liaison Work · action 2.27 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$203,570
  • 3.a Supporting English Learners: Director of Multilingual Services · action 2.14 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$202,730
  • 3.p Supporting English Learners: LTEL Support · action 2.29 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $100,773 is state funding counted toward those services$160,978
  • 3.d Supporting English Learners: Bridge Program · action 2.17 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$160,000
  • 1.f Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Coordinator, Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) · action 2.6 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$137,900
  • 3.e Supporting English Learners: Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA), English Learner Support 1.0 · action 2.18 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$110,883
  • 3.i Supporting English Learners: Additional Interventions/​supports of: Reading specialist, Academic Intervention Coordinator, general music class · action 2.22 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $23,592 is state funding counted toward those services$94,020
  • 1.b Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High Academic Center Coordinator · action 2.2 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$88,875
  • 3.l Supporting English Learners: Migrant transportation (bussing) · action 2.25 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$85,000
  • 1.i Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Data Dashboard and Management System, Unified Insights · action 2.9 · p. 93 ↗$75,000
  • 3.h Supporting English Learners: Structured English Enrichment Lab (STEEL) teachers 7-9 · action 2.21 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$73,808
  • 3.g Supporting English Learners: English Learner Annual license and curriculum supports · action 2.20 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$72,000
  • 1.a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Junior High School Intervention Courses · action 2.1 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$68,962
  • 1.k Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): UDL/​bias Collaboration Grant · action 2.11 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$64,604
  • 3.b Supporting English Learners: SEAL Program Support; coaching position · action 2.15 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$62,607
  • 3.j Supporting English Learners: English Learner (EL) paraeducators, site support · action 2.23 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$55,000
  • 3.o Supporting English Learners: Interpretation Services · action 2.28 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$47,308
  • 2.a Enriching Experiences: Support of Outdoor Education · action 2.13 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$35,000
  • 1.d Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High UCD work study tutors · action 2.4 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$31,442
  • 3.c Supporting English Learners: SEAL Program Support; contract · action 2.16 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$25,000
  • 1.e Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High UCD non work study tutors · action 2.5 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$20,000
  • 3.k Supporting English Learners: Supervise migrant transport · action 2.24 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$7,000
  • 1.h Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): District Support MTSS, onboarding for UDL training of new staff · action 2.8 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$6,000
  • 3.m Supporting English Learners: Leadership DELAC & ELAC · action 2.26 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$6,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. 1.g Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for MTSS Implementation+⁠$457,560$460,000 → $917,560 · p. 93 ↗
  2. 1.c Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Implementation of Universal Design for Learning, district wide application of Tier 1 Instruction−⁠$80,000$380,100 → $300,100 · p. 92 ↗
  3. 3.g Supporting English Learners: English Learner Annual license and curriculum supports+⁠$53,000$19,000 → $72,000 · p. 94 ↗

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

  • 3.f Supporting English Learners: English Learner (EL) Specialists · $620,000 → $642,165 · p. 94 ↗+⁠$22,165
  • 1.l Tier 3 Support · $566,900 · p. 93 ↗new or renamed
  • 1.j Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Director of Alternative & Adult Education · $228,169 · p. 93 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.n Supporting English Learners: Interpretation and Translation Coordination and Liaison Work · $188,000 → $203,570 · p. 95 ↗+⁠$15,570
  • 3.a Supporting English Learners: Director of Multilingual Services · $192,000 → $202,730 · p. 94 ↗+⁠$10,730
  • 3.p Supporting English Learners: LTEL Support · $160,978 · p. 95 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.d Supporting English Learners: Bridge Program · $170,000 → $160,000 · p. 94 ↗−⁠$10,000
  • 1.f Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Coordinator, Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) · $137,900 · p. 93 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.e Supporting English Learners: Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA), English Learner Support 1.0 · $127,576 → $110,883 · p. 94 ↗−⁠$16,693
  • 3.i Supporting English Learners: Additional Interventions/​supports of: Reading specialist, Academic Intervention Coordinator, general music class · $56,000 → $94,020 · p. 95 ↗+⁠$38,020
  • 1.b Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High Academic Center Coordinator · $72,000 → $88,875 · p. 92 ↗+⁠$16,875
  • 3.l Supporting English Learners: Migrant transportation (bussing) · $90,000 → $85,000 · p. 95 ↗−⁠$5,000
  • 1.i Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Data Dashboard and Management System, Unified Insights · $75,000 → $75,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
  • 3.h Supporting English Learners: Structured English Enrichment Lab (STEEL) teachers 7-9 · $57,000 → $73,808 · p. 94 ↗+⁠$16,808
  • 1.a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Junior High School Intervention Courses · $57,000 → $68,962 · p. 92 ↗+⁠$11,962
  • 1.k Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): UDL/​bias Collaboration Grant · $64,604 · p. 93 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.b Supporting English Learners: SEAL Program Support; coaching position · $68,600 → $62,607 · p. 94 ↗−⁠$5,993
  • 3.j Supporting English Learners: English Learner (EL) paraeducators, site support · $82,500 → $55,000 · p. 95 ↗−⁠$27,500
  • 3.o Supporting English Learners: Interpretation Services · $45,000 → $47,308 · p. 95 ↗+⁠$2,308
  • 2.a Enriching Experiences: Support of Outdoor Education · $35,000 → $35,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
  • 1.d Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High UCD work study tutors · $31,442 → $31,442 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
  • 3.c Supporting English Learners: SEAL Program Support; contract · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 94 ↗unchanged
  • 1.e Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Davis Senior High UCD non work study tutors · $20,000 · p. 93 ↗new or renamed
  • 3.k Supporting English Learners: Supervise migrant transport · $7,000 → $7,000 · p. 95 ↗unchanged
  • 1.h Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS): District Support MTSS, onboarding for UDL training of new staff · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
  • 3.m Supporting English Learners: Leadership DELAC & ELAC · $1,000 → $6,000 · p. 95 ↗+⁠$5,000

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 9 measures · 2 quoted

  • Student achievement of Seal of Biliteracy rate as measured by the California School Dashboard p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    17.5% of graduates earned the Seal of Biliteracy in 2022-2023 (DataQuest)
    Target for year 3
    20% of graduates earned the Seal of Biliteracy
  • Implementation of state board adopted academic content and performance standards for all students (Local Indicator) p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    100% Compliance.
    Target for year 3
    100% Compliance.

7 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Student Engagement and Continuous Academic Growth. Every student will identify educational goals, acquire the…$2.9 million26% of action budgets

“Student Engagement and Continuous Academic Growth. Every student will identify educational goals, acquire the foundational skills, and demonstrate continuous growth toward realizing their academic potential” p. 47 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (+⁠$1.3 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist$895,694action 3.5 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. 1.a Tailored intervention: Summer School Programming$735,188action 3.1 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. 1.d Tailored intervention: Supplemental site allocations$476,830action 3.4 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. 2.a Programming: AVID$314,536action 3.7 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. 1.f Tailored Intervention: Reading Paraeducators$194,189action 3.6 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • 1.b Tailored intervention: District Support of UCD Work Study Coordinator · action 3.2 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$193,775
  • 1.c Tailored intervention: Match to Title VI, Native American Student Support and Resources · action 3.3 · p. 96 ↗$40,822
  • 2.b Programming: Support of new Math framework, phonics curriculum, and structured literacy · action 3.8 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$25,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. 1.a Tailored intervention: Summer School Programming+⁠$160,940$574,248 → $735,188 · p. 96 ↗
  2. 2.a Programming: AVID+⁠$94,536$220,000 → $314,536 · p. 96 ↗
  3. 1.d Tailored intervention: Supplemental site allocations+⁠$85,692$391,138 → $476,830 · p. 96 ↗

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

  • 1.e Tailored Intervention: Reading Specialist · $895,694 · p. 96 ↗new or renamed
  • 1.f Tailored Intervention: Reading Paraeducators · $194,189 · p. 96 ↗new or renamed
  • 1.b Tailored intervention: District Support of UCD Work Study Coordinator · $115,100 → $193,775 · p. 96 ↗+⁠$78,675
  • 1.c Tailored intervention: Match to Title VI, Native American Student Support and Resources · $17,000 → $40,822 · p. 96 ↗+⁠$23,822
  • 2.b Programming: Support of new Math framework, phonics curriculum, and structured literacy · $45,000 → $25,000 · p. 97 ↗−⁠$20,000

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 3 quoted

  • Teachers in the LEA are appropriately assigned and fully credentialed in the subject area and for the pupils they are teaching p. 47 ↗
    Baseline
    99.4% compliance per Personnel Services data January 2024.
    Target for year 3
    100% compliance
  • Middle school dropout rate as measured by Data Quest (CDE) p. 48 ↗
    Baseline
    0% for 2022-2023.
    Target for year 3
    0%
  • High school dropout rate as measured by Data Quest (CDE) p. 48 ↗
    Baseline
    1.9% for all students in 2022-2023.
    Target for year 3
    0%

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4Confident Graduates, Prepared for Life. Every graduate will transition confidently to post-secondary life…$1.9 million17% of action budgets

“Confident Graduates, Prepared for Life. Every graduate will transition confidently to post-secondary life, prepared by diverse learning experiences and their acquisition of the competencies in DJUSD's Graduate Profile” p. 56 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.9 million (+⁠$3,718)

Largest funded actions

  1. 2.a Career Tech Education (CTE): Staff for CTE pathways$1.2 millionaction 4.2 · p. 97 ↗
  2. 2.b Career Tech Education (CTE): CTE program support for CTE alignment to standards and industry$0.7 millionaction 4.3 · p. 97 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. 2.a Career Tech Education (CTE): Staff for CTE pathways+⁠$0.1 million$1.1 million → $1.2 million · p. 97 ↗

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

  • 2.b Career Tech Education (CTE): CTE program support for CTE alignment to standards and industry · $683,692 · p. 97 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

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. 56 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalAll Martin Luther King High School students will receive personalized support in postsecondary readiness…$66,8601% of action budgets

“All Martin Luther King High School students will receive personalized support in postsecondary readiness, credit attainment, and personal wellness” p. 62 ↗

1 funded action · no goal 5 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Counseling Support$66,860action 5.1 · p. 97 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

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

  • Counseling Support · $66,860 · p. 97 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 62 ↗.

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, 8,246 students
1. White: 43%2. Hispanic or Latino: 24%3. Asian: 17%4. Two or more races: 9%5. Black or African American: 3%6. Not reported: 2%7. Filipino: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White43%
  2. Hispanic or Latino24%
  3. Asian17%
  4. Two or more races9%
  5. Black or African American3%
  6. Not reported2%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<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

32%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 2,633 of 8,241 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 Davis Joint Unified 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, 62% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (225 of 364 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26

Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High (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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Cities in the district

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Common questions

Which public schools in Davis Joint Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Pioneer Elementary, 97th percentile (Strong). Middle: Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High, 94th percentile (Strong). High: Davis Senior High, 93rd 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 Davis Joint 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.
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Are the public schools in Davis Joint Unified good?

Davis Joint Unified’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 59th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 5 Strong and 3 Solid. Davis Joint Unified’s 4 public middle schools run from the 68th to the 94th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong and 2 Solid. Davis Joint Unified’s 3 public high schools run from the 64th to the 93rd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 2 Strong and 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 Davis Joint Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Davis Joint Unified had 13 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 Davis Joint Unified had 20 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Davis Joint Unified had 25 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 Davis Joint Unified spend per student?

Davis Joint Unified spent $17,563 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Davis Joint 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 Davis Joint Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $11.2 million into 50 funded actions in 5 goals, 8% of its $134.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $4.5 million, 41% 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 Davis Joint 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.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.