Duarte Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 22nd to the 81st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Strong, Solid and Needs Support.
Elementary · 4 schools
from 22nd to 81st · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Valley View Academy of Technology and Creative Learning (TK-6): 81st percentile, Strong
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8): 61st percentile, Solid
Royal Oaks STEAM Academy (K-8): 56th percentile, Solid
Maxwell Academy (PK-8): 22nd percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 3 schools
from 34th to 64th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Maxwell Academy (PK-8): 64th percentile, Solid
Royal Oaks STEAM Academy (K-8): 54th percentile, Solid
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8): 34th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
0Strong
High · 2 schools
from 61st to 94th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley: 94th percentile, Strong
Duarte High: 61st percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 6 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Duarte Unified had 16 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 Duarte Unified score highest?
Maxwell Academy (PK-8) is highest, at the 64th percentile.
That’s higher than 64 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Duarte Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in Duarte Unified had 17 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 Duarte Unified score highest?
California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley is highest, at the 94th percentile.
That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).
Highest in Duarte Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Duarte Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Duarte Unified spent $19,147 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Duarte 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
Instruction60%
Instruction support9%
Student services10%
Administration10%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%
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
$35.3 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 61% of its $58.0 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, 159 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 66% of the money. The plan itself puts 89% of it toward staff.
Quality Certificated Staff $9.7 million
Quality classified support staff $7.7 million
Quality administrators $5.8 million
26 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
4 of the plan’s 29 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 $1.0 million
English learners $0.7 million
Largest of these
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) & Professional Learning Communities (PLC)$634,784
English Learner Supports$443,000
High School Intervention K-8 Intervention Teachers$414,000
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 $7.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $8.6 million and estimates it spent $8.6 million, the same as planned.
$8.6 million spent (estimated)$8.6 million planned
What changed
The total is $7.1 million (17%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Quality Certificated Staff, which went from $17.7 million to $9.7 million.
Largest cuts
Quality Certificated Staff−$8.0 million
Quality classified support staff−$2.0 million
Career Preparation−$386,000
Largest increases
Quality administrators+$1.3 million
Attendance Initiative+$627,000
Parent/Family Focused Events+$370,000
New in the 2026–27 plan
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) & Professional Learning Communities (PLC)$634,784
Instructional Improvement and Coherence$500,000
Enhanced Learning Opportunities LREBG$495,000
Ask: What did Quality Certificated Staff pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $8.0 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 · College, Career and Life
49%
50%
up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · College, Career and Life
34%
35%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
19 in 100
17 in 100
2 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.7%
2.3%
down 0.4 pts
Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goals 3 and 4 track 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
Quality Certificated Staff · $9,701,127
Quality classified support staff · $7,682,132
Quality administrators · $5,836,189
The full plan5 goals, 30 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 ($35.3 million).
Where does the money go?
70% 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
small actions drawn together
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1College, Career and Life$7.7 million22% of action budgets
“Provide equitable access to teaching and learning that improves outcomes for all students and closes the achievement gap” p. 33 ↗
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.9 million (−$182,474)
Largest funded actions
Targeted Class Size Reduction$2.9 millionaction 1.2 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Supplemental resources targeted to close the achievement gap$0.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $688,900 is state funding counted toward those services
Middle School Career Exploration$0.7 millionaction 1.8 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $210,484 is state funding counted toward those services
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) & Professional Learning Communities (PLC)$0.6 millionaction 1.7 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6,784 is state funding counted toward those services
Instructional Improvement and Coherence$0.5 millionaction 1.13 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $100,000 is state funding counted toward those services
6 more funded actions in this goal
Enhanced Learning Opportunities LREBG · action 1.12 · p. 119 ↗$0.5 million
Technology Initiative · action 1.9 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
English Learner Supports · action 1.3 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $385,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
High School Intervention K-8 Intervention Teachers · action 1.6 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Long-Term English Learners · action 1.4 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Career Preparation · action 1.5 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $20,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Career Preparation−$386,000$481,000 → $95,000 · p. 118 ↗
Supplemental resources targeted to close the achievement gap−$0.3 million$1.1 million → $0.8 million · p. 118 ↗
English Learner Supports+$198,000$245,000 → $443,000 · p. 118 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Targeted Class Size Reduction · $3.0 million → $2.9 million · p. 118 ↗−$0.1 million
Middle School Career Exploration · $615,000 → $717,484 · p. 118 ↗+$102,484
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) & Professional Learning Communities (PLC) · $634,784 · p. 118 ↗new or renamed
Instructional Improvement and Coherence · $500,000 · p. 119 ↗new or renamed
Enhanced Learning Opportunities LREBG · $495,000 · p. 119 ↗new or renamed
Technology Initiative · $593,087 → $473,203 · p. 119 ↗−$119,884
High School Intervention K-8 Intervention Teachers · $414,000 · p. 118 ↗new or renamed
Long-Term English Learners · $241,406 → $255,406 · p. 118 ↗+$14,000
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. 33 ↗.
Goal 2Goal 2: Welcoming, Positive and Supportive Schools (Pupil engagement and School Climate) Establish a school…$2.1 million6% of action budgets
“Goal 2: Welcoming, Positive and Supportive Schools (Pupil engagement and School Climate) Establish a school environment which fosters physical and emotional security, encourages community involvement, and promotes inclusive opportunities for student engagement” p. 60 ↗
5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.1 million (+$960,200)
Largest funded actions
Attendance Initiative$1.0 millionaction 2.4 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $877,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Mental Health Support$0.7 millionaction 2.3 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Enhanced Campus Security$0.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $170,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Professional Development LREBG$0.1 millionaction 2.5 · p. 119 ↗
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)under $0.1 millionaction 2.1 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Attendance Initiative+$0.6 million$0.4 million → $1.0 million · p. 119 ↗
Enhanced Campus Security+$187,000$20,000 → $207,000 · p. 119 ↗
Mental Health Support+$125,000$575,000 → $700,000 · p. 119 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Development LREBG · $60,000 → $80,000 · p. 119 ↗+$20,000
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) · $44,700 · p. 119 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 10 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 60 ↗.
Goal 3Family & Community Partnerships$480,8001% of action budgets
“Provide parent/family engagement based on a climate of trust and authentic two-way communication” p. 76 ↗
Parent/Family Focused Events$430,000action 3.2 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $280,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Enhanced Communication Tools$50,800action 3.1 · p. 119 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Parent/Family Focused Events+$370,000$60,000 → $430,000 · p. 119 ↗
Enhanced Communication Tools+$10,000$40,800 → $50,800 · p. 119 ↗
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. 76 ↗.
Goal 421st Century Schools, Facilities and Operations: Provide a highly skilled staff and 21st century facilities…$24.9 million70% of action budgets
“21st Century Schools, Facilities and Operations: Provide a highly skilled staff and 21st century facilities that support diverse educational programs that prepare students for college, career and life” p. 82 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $33.2 million (−$8.3 million)
Largest funded actions
Quality Certificated Staff$9.7 millionaction 4.1 · p. 119 ↗
Quality classified support staff$7.7 millionaction 4.3 · p. 120 ↗
Quality administrators$5.8 millionaction 4.2 · p. 119 ↗
Maintenance and Facilities$0.9 millionaction 4.5 · p. 120 ↗
Operational Expenses$0.4 millionaction 4.4 · p. 120 ↗
1 more funded action in this goal
Standards-based Instructional Materials · action 4.6 · p. 120 ↗$0.3 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Quality Certificated Staff−$8.0 million$17.7 million → $9.7 million · p. 119 ↗
Quality classified support staff−$2.0 million$9.7 million → $7.7 million · p. 120 ↗
Quality administrators+$1.3 million$4.6 million → $5.8 million · p. 119 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Maintenance and Facilities · $805,000 → $885,500 · p. 120 ↗+$80,500
Operational Expenses · $405,000 → $446,000 · p. 120 ↗+$41,000
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 82 ↗.
Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High School will increase the percentage of low-income and…$125,000under 1% of action budgets
“By June 2027, Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High School will increase the percentage of low-income and English Learner students graduating “Prepared” on the College and Career Indicator (CCI) from 0% to at least 10%, and will increase the DASS 1-Year Graduation Rate for these student groups from 91% to at least 95%, as measured by the California School Dashboard” p. 87 ↗
5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
Workshops, Internships & Work-Based Learning$50,000action 5.3 · p. 120 ↗
College & Career Guidance$30,000action 5.2 · p. 120 ↗
Cinematic Arts Pathway Technology$25,000action 5.7 · p. 120 ↗
CTE Professional Development$14,000action 5.6 · p. 120 ↗
Industry & Business Partner Support$6,000action 5.5 · p. 120 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
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, 7,547 students
1Hispanic or Latino66%
2White11%
3Black or African American8%
4Asian5%
5Two or more races4%
6Not reported3%
7Filipino2%
8Pacific Islander<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
71%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 5,344 of 7,516 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 Duarte Unified extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.
It also qualified the year before.
Which students, on which measures
Students with disabilities
English and math
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 48% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (180 of 372 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
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.
Does living in the Duarte 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Duarte Unified good?
Duarte Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 22nd to the 81st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Duarte Unified’s 3 public middle schools run from the 34th to the 64th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid and 1 Developing. Duarte Unified’s 2 public high schools run from the 61st to the 94th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 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 Duarte Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Duarte Unified had 16 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 Duarte Unified had 17 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 Duarte Unified spend per student?
Duarte Unified spent $19,147 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Duarte 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 Duarte Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $35.3 million into 29 funded actions in 5 goals, 61% of its $58.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $24.9 million, 70% 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 Duarte 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.