Dry Creek Joint Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 7 public elementary schools run from the 48th to the 80th 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
Dry Creek Joint Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 7 schools
from 48th to 80th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
from 72nd to 80th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Creekview Ranch: 80th percentile, Strong
Silverado Middle: 76th percentile, Strong
Antelope Crossing Middle: 72nd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
2Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 9 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
9 ranked schools
Schools around the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district 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 the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district score highest?
Creekview Ranch is highest, at the 80th percentile.
That’s higher than 80 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.
The district
Where does Dry Creek Joint Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Dry Creek Joint Elementary district spent $14,132 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Dry Creek Joint 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 support10%
Student services7%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance7%
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
$64.5 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 23 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 60% of its $107.3 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, 114 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 77% of the money. The plan itself puts 82% of it toward staff.
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental $36.0 million
Safe & Orderly Schools $8.1 million
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental $5.4 million
20 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
2 of the plan’s 23 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
Catch-up help $223,910
English learners $13,958
Largest of these
Multi-Tier Systems of Supports (MTSS)- Academic$223,910
English Learner Family Support & Services$13,958
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
For English learners, low-income students and foster youth: For 2025–26, it planned $7.5 million and estimates it spent $7.4 million, $0.1 million (1%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$7.4 million spent (estimated)$7.5 million planned
What changed
The total is $364,552 (1%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is College & Career Readiness, which went from $20,060 to $1.4 million.
Largest cuts
English Language Supports & Services−$1.1 million
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental−$965,647
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental−$441,536
Largest increases
College & Career Readiness+$1.4 million
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental+$353,468
Increased Support Services & Staffing+$347,520
Ask: What did English Language Supports & Services pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.1 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
54%
58%
up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
45%
46%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
14 in 100
13 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.7%
2.5%
down 0.2 pts
Goals 3 and 4 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
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental · $35,984,568
Safe & Orderly Schools · $8,085,092
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental · $5,382,982
The full plan4 goals, 25 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 ($64.5 million).
Where does the money go?
76% to Goal 4. 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 1All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in Math and English Language Arts…$9.2 million14% of action budgets
“All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) and English Learners will demonstrate progress in developing English language proficiency” p. 15 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $8.8 million (+$403,321)
Largest funded actions
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental$5.4 millionaction 1.9 · p. 72 ↗
College & Career Readiness$1.4 millionaction 1.5 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
Professional Learning & Standards Implementation$1.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $855,802 is state funding counted toward those services
Instructional Planning$0.4 millionaction 1.8 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
English Language Supports & Services$0.3 millionaction 1.3 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
4 more funded actions in this goal
Increased Time to Learn · action 1.2 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Multi-Tier Systems of Supports (MTSS)- Academic · action 1.7 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Foster Youth Supports & Services · action 1.6 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Technology Access & Integration · action 1.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
College & Career Readiness+$1.4 millionunder $0.1 million → $1.4 million · p. 71 ↗
English Language Supports & Services−$1.1 million$1.4 million → $0.3 million · p. 71 ↗
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental+$0.4 million$5.0 million → $5.4 million · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Learning & Standards Implementation · $1.0 million → $1.0 million · p. 71 ↗+$0.1 million
Instructional Planning · $455,204 → $392,763 · p. 72 ↗−$62,441
Increased Time to Learn · $309,820 → $230,941 · p. 71 ↗−$78,879
Multi-Tier Systems of Supports (MTSS)- Academic · $112,084 → $223,910 · p. 72 ↗+$111,826
Williams Audit - Instructional Materials Students with access to standards-aligned instructional materialsp. 16 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024 100% compliance
Target for year 3
100% Compliance
10 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Maintain safe and orderly schools with a positive, engaging and supportive climate$6.0 million9% of action budgets
5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.9 million (+$109,155) · p. 29 ↗
Largest funded actions
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental$3.1 millionaction 2.5 · p. 73 ↗
School Based Social-Emotional Behavior Health$1.4 millionaction 2.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $632,792 is state funding counted toward those services
Increased Support Services & Staffing$1.3 millionaction 2.4 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $805,066 is state funding counted toward those services
Positive School Climate & Support$0.2 millionaction 2.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Attendance Supports & Services$0.1 millionaction 2.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental−$0.4 million$3.5 million → $3.1 million · p. 73 ↗
Increased Support Services & Staffing+$0.3 million$0.9 million → $1.3 million · p. 72 ↗
Attendance Supports & Services+$94,289$9,789 → $104,078 · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
School Based Social-Emotional Behavior Health · $1.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 72 ↗+$28,592
Positive School Climate & Support · $109,611 → $189,901 · p. 72 ↗+$80,290
How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 2 quoted
Middle School Drop Out Rate % of Middle School Studentsp. 31 ↗
Communication & Input$79,684action 3.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Engagement Opportunities$45,204action 3.1 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
English Learner Family Support & Services$13,958action 3.3 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental$4,500action 3.4 · p. 73 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Engagement Opportunities+$43,050$2,154 → $45,204 · p. 73 ↗
Communication & Input+$24,009$55,675 → $79,684 · p. 73 ↗
English Learner Family Support & Services+$1,935$12,023 → $13,958 · p. 73 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental · $4,500 → $4,500 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
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. 37 ↗.
Goal 4 · Maintenance of Progress GoalEnsure compliance, programs, services and facilities are maintained at high levels$49.2 million76% of action budgets
5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $50.1 million (−$946,022) · p. 42 ↗
Largest funded actions
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental$36.0 millionaction 4.5 · p. 74 ↗
Safe & Orderly Schools$8.1 millionaction 4.4 · p. 74 ↗
Instructional Materials$2.6 millionaction 4.1 · p. 73 ↗
Class Size Targets$2.1 millionaction 4.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Minimize K/1 Combo$0.3 millionaction 4.3 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Items not funded from LCFF Supplemental−$1.0 million$37.0 million → $36.0 million · p. 74 ↗
Instructional Materials+$0.2 million$2.5 million → $2.6 million · p. 73 ↗
Safe & Orderly Schools−$0.1 million$8.2 million → $8.1 million · p. 74 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Class Size Targets · $2.2 million → $2.1 million · p. 73 ↗−$0.1 million
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, 6,801 students
1White44%
2Hispanic or Latino24%
3Asian13%
4Two or more races12%
5Black or African American4%
6Filipino2%
7Pacific Islander<1%
8Not reported<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
48%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 3,224 of 6,785 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 Dry Creek Joint 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, 60% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (483 of 810 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 Dry Creek Joint Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Creekview Ranch, 80th percentile (Strong). Middle: Creekview Ranch, 80th 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 Dry Creek Joint 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 Dry Creek Joint Elementary district good?
Dry Creek Joint Elementary’s 7 public elementary schools run from the 48th to the 80th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 3 Solid and 1 Developing. Dry Creek Joint Elementary’s 3 public middle schools run from the 72nd to the 80th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 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 the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district 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 the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district had 13 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Dry Creek Joint Elementary district spend per student?
The Dry Creek Joint Elementary district spent $14,132 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Dry Creek Joint 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 Dry Creek Joint Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $64.5 million into 23 funded actions in 4 goals, 60% of its $107.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $49.2 million, 76% 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 Dry Creek Joint 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.