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Dehesa Elementary schools

Dehesa Elementary’s 6 public middle schools run from the 6th to the 84th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Strong, Developing and Needs Support.

Middle · 6 schools

from 6th to 84th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • The Heights Charter: 84th percentile, Strong
  • MethodSchools: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Cabrillo Point Academy: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Pacific Coast Academy: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Dehesa Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
  • Method Summit Academy: 6th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
4Strong

One dot per school.

Elementary and high school pictures

Elementary · 5 schools

from 31st to 76th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • The Heights Charter: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Cabrillo Point Academy: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Pacific Coast Academy: 49th percentile, Developing
  • MethodSchools: 41st percentile, Developing
  • Dehesa Elementary: 31st percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
3Developing
1Solid
1Strong

High · 3 schools

from 29th to 72nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Cabrillo Point Academy: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Pacific Coast Academy: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • MethodSchools: 29th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 6 ranked schools teach more than one level, 3 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 6 ranked schools
  • 5 of 6 are charter schools

Schools around the Dehesa Elementary district

6 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 Dehesa Elementary district score highest?

The Heights Charter is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Dehesa Elementary district

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

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  • MethodSchoolsTemecula · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    41stDevelopingScope Score 32
  • Dehesa ElementaryEl Cajon
    31stDevelopingScope Score 28
Context

The average elementary school in the Dehesa Elementary district had 4 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 Dehesa Elementary district score highest?

The Heights 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 Dehesa Elementary district

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

  • The Heights CharterAlpine · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    84thStrongScope Score 58
  • MethodSchoolsTemecula · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    83rdStrongScope Score 57
  • Cabrillo Point AcademyPoway · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    79thStrongScope Score 53
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Context

The average middle school in the Dehesa Elementary district had 14 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 Dehesa Elementary district score highest?

Cabrillo Point Academy and Pacific Coast Academy are highest, both at the 72nd percentile.

That’s higher than 72 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in the Dehesa Elementary district

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

  • Cabrillo Point AcademyPoway · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    72ndSolidScope Score 64
  • Pacific Coast AcademyPoway · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    72ndSolidScope Score 64
  • MethodSchoolsTemecula · On the rise · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    29thDevelopingScope Score 49
Context

The average high school in the Dehesa Elementary district had 4 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

The district

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

The Dehesa Elementary district spent $17,921 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 50 cents of every Dehesa 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

  • Instruction50%
  • Instruction support14%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration17%
  • Buildings & maintenance5%
  • 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

$7.4 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 19 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 76% of its $9.7 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, 90 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 86% of the money. The plan itself puts 60% of it toward staff.

  • New Academic Programs (All Students) $3.3 million
  • Base Program $2.4 million
  • Special Education $618,883
  • 16 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 19 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

Actions whose titles name English learners
  • English learners $46,000

Largest of these

  • English Learner Support$46,000
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 $822,267 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $763,135 and estimates it spent $767,251, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $3.1 million (74%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is New Academic Programs (All Students), which went from $1.7 million to $3.3 million.

Largest increases

  • New Academic Programs (All Students)+⁠$1.7 million
  • Base Program+⁠$1.3 million
  • Special Education+⁠$68,883
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
Suspended at least onceGoal 31.4%0 of 688down 1.4 pts

Goals 1 and 2 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
  • New Academic Programs (All Students) · $3,325,018
  • Base Program · $2,387,205
  • Special Education · $618,883
The full plan3 goals, 15 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 ($7.4 million).

Where does the money go?

96% 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.

G2

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 1Provide family and community engagement opportunities to support and improve student achievement and to…$187,7953% of action budgets

“Provide family and community engagement opportunities to support and improve student achievement and to promote a positive school climate” p. 17 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $121,000 (+⁠$66,795)

Largest funded actions

  1. Schoolwide Events Goal 1.1, 1.2,$116,887action 1.1 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $92,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Staff Training$23,500action 1.5 · p. 53 ↗
  3. Volunteers$16,908action 1.2 · p. 53 ↗
  4. Parent Advisory Groups$16,000action 1.4 · p. 53 ↗
  5. Workshops$14,500action 1.3 · p. 53 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Schoolwide Events Goal 1.1, 1.2,+⁠$41,887$75,000 → $116,887 · p. 53 ↗
  2. Staff Training+⁠$8,500$15,000 → $23,500 · p. 53 ↗
  3. Volunteers+⁠$7,908$9,000 → $16,908 · p. 53 ↗

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

  • Parent Advisory Groups · $10,000 → $16,000 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$6,000
  • Workshops · $12,000 → $14,500 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$2,500

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 2 quoted

  • Increase Parent Input as measured by attendance at various parent meetings p. 17 ↗
    Baseline
    2% of parent population attended the SSC meetings in 2020-21
    Target for year 3
    5% of parents participated in various parent meetings.
  • Increase number of parents that respond to parent survey p. 19 ↗
    Baseline
    11 % responded to parent survey
    Target for year 3
    20% responded to parent survey

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Provide curriculum and professional development to support building student success based on Common Core…$7.1 million96% of action budgets

“Provide curriculum and professional development to support building student success based on Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, technology and other areas of the curriculum” p. 24 ↗

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.1 million (+⁠$3.1 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. New Academic Programs (All Students)$3.3 millionaction 2.9 · p. 54 ↗
  2. Base Program$2.4 millionaction 2.1 · p. 53 ↗
  3. Special Education$0.6 millionaction 2.5 · p. 53 ↗
  4. New Academic Programs (Supp/​Conc)$0.6 millionaction 2.10 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Supplemental Support$0.1 millionaction 2.6 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • English Learner Support · action 2.4 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Professional Development · action 2.3 · p. 53 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Attendance · action 2.8 · p. 53 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Assessment System · action 2.2 · p. 53 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Technology · action 2.7 · p. 53 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Expanded Instructional Time (LREBG) · action 2.11 · p. 54 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. New Academic Programs (All Students)+⁠$1.7 million$1.7 million → $3.3 million · p. 54 ↗
  2. Base Program+⁠$1.3 million$1.1 million → $2.4 million · p. 53 ↗
  3. Special Education+⁠$68,883$550,000 → $618,883 · p. 53 ↗

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

  • New Academic Programs (Supp/​Conc) · $552,635 → $586,768 · p. 54 ↗+⁠$34,133
  • Supplemental Support · $75,000 → $73,000 · p. 53 ↗−⁠$2,000
  • English Learner Support · $44,000 → $46,000 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$2,000
  • Professional Development · $30,000 → $32,325 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$2,325
  • Attendance · $15,000 → $18,000 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$3,000
  • Assessment System · $13,000 → $13,000 · p. 53 ↗unchanged
  • Technology · $10,000 → $13,000 · p. 53 ↗+⁠$3,000
  • Expanded Instructional Time (LREBG) · $10,292 · p. 54 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

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. 24 ↗.

Goal 3Use community and school services and differentiated instructions/​materials to support the social- emotional…$71,0001% of action budgets

“Use community and school services and differentiated instructions/​materials to support the social- emotional and physical well-being of students and their families” p. 37 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $63,000 (+⁠$8,000)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social Emotional Learning$40,000action 3.2 · p. 54 ↗
  2. Community Involvement$21,000action 3.1 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $16,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. School climate$10,000action 3.3 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Community Involvement+⁠$8,000$13,000 → $21,000 · p. 54 ↗

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

  • Social Emotional Learning · $40,000 → $40,000 · p. 54 ↗unchanged
  • School climate · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 54 ↗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. 37 ↗.

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, 13,578 students
1. White: 52%2. Hispanic or Latino: 31%3. Two or more races: 8%4. Asian: 4%5. Not reported: 2%6. Black or African American: 2%7. Filipino: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White52%
  2. Hispanic or Latino31%
  3. Two or more races8%
  4. Asian4%
  5. Not reported2%
  6. Black or African American2%
  7. Filipino1%
  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.

Free or reduced-price meals

35%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 4,796 of 13,576 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?

Dehesa 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, 71% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (15 of 21 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Dehesa Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: The Heights Charter, 76th percentile (Strong). Middle: The Heights Charter, 84th percentile (Strong). High: 2 schools at the 72nd percentile (Solid): Cabrillo Point Academy and Pacific Coast Academy. 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 Dehesa 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 Dehesa Elementary district good?

Dehesa Elementary’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 31st to the 76th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 3 Developing. Dehesa Elementary’s 6 public middle schools run from the 6th to the 84th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Dehesa Elementary’s 3 public high schools run from the 29th to the 72nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 2 Solid and 1 Developing. 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 Dehesa Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Dehesa Elementary district had 4 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 Dehesa Elementary district had 14 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 Dehesa Elementary district had 4 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 Dehesa Elementary district spend per student?

The Dehesa Elementary district spent $17,921 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 50 cents of every Dehesa 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 Dehesa Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $7.4 million into 19 funded actions in 3 goals, 76% of its $9.7 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $7.1 million, 96% 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 Dehesa 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.

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