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Eastside Union Elementary schools

Eastside Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 35th 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.

Elementary · 4 schools

from bottom 1% to 35th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Eastside Elementary: 35th percentile, Developing
  • Tierra Bonita Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
  • Enterprise Elementary: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • Columbia Elementary: bottom 1%, Needs Support
3Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong

Middle · 1 school

at 1st · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Gifford C. Cole Middle: 1st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.

  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around the Eastside Union 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 Eastside Union Elementary district score highest?

Eastside Elementary is highest, at the 35th percentile.

That’s higher than 35 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Eastside Union Elementary district

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

Show the other 1 elementary school
Context

The average elementary school in the Eastside Union Elementary district had 35 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.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide

Middle schools

Where does the middle school we score in the Eastside Union Elementary district stand?

Gifford C. Cole Middle is at the 1st percentile.

That’s higher than 1 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Eastside Union Elementary.

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

The district

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

The Eastside Union Elementary district spent $23,028 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Eastside Union 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

  • Instruction58%
  • Instruction support8%
  • Student services13%
  • Administration10%
  • Buildings & maintenance11%

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

$29.6 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 31 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 41% of its $71.6 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, 172 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 55% of the money. The plan itself puts 81% of it toward staff.

  • Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers $10.4 million
  • Personalized Learning and Differentiated Instruction $4.1 million
  • Repair and Maintenance Program $1.9 million
  • 28 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 31 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 $1.2 million
  • English learners $0.1 million

Largest of these

  • Intervention Strategies for English Learners, foster youth and low income students$1.2 million
  • Supporting English Learners$51,670
  • MTSS Implementation and Capacity$14,833
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 $13.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $13.5 million and estimates it spent $12.4 million, $1.1 million (8%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $1.1 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $1.3 million (4%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Supporting Students with Disabilities, which went from $2.2 million to $971,699.

Largest cuts

  • Supporting Students with Disabilities−⁠$1.2 million
  • Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers−⁠$845,051
  • Student Wellness and Social Emotional Support−⁠$258,807

Largest increases

  • Campus Safety+⁠$581,498
  • 21st Century Learning Environment+⁠$232,965
  • Instructional Leadership Teams (ILT)+⁠$191,662

Ask: What did Supporting Students with Disabilities pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.2 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
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 123%23%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 115%17%up 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 239 in 10037 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 211.0%8.4%down 2.6 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
  • Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers · $10,419,621
  • Personalized Learning and Differentiated Instruction · $4,056,801
  • Repair and Maintenance Program · $1,852,845
The full plan5 goals, 51 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 ($29.6 million).

Where does the money go?

44% 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.

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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 1Improve teaching for student learning, achievement, and success - All students will demonstrate high levels…$9.8 million33% of action budgets

“Improve teaching for student learning, achievement, and success - All students will demonstrate high levels of academic through mastery of grade level content as determined by state proficiency levels, with an increased focus placed on ELA and Math. To accomplish this goal, the district will provide professional development that addresses the needs for our unduplicated students as we seek to prepare them for college and career. Utilizing rigorous, research based and standards aligned curriculum, students will receive instruction rooted in best practices and guided by the analysis of data from assessments that measure success toward established learning goals. Unduplicated students will have specific plans to meet their unique needs such as our English Learner Support Plan and Foster Youth Support Plans. Although the rate for unduplicated students within the district is in excess of 85%, there is a focus on ensuring students are provided an individualized education based on their specific learning and social emotional needs” p. 18 ↗

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.4 million (+⁠$385,561)

Largest funded actions

  1. Personalized Learning and Differentiated Instruction$4.1 millionaction 1.11 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Instructional Leadership Teams (ILT)$1.3 millionaction 1.1 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Intervention Strategies for English Learners, foster youth and low income students$1.2 millionaction 1.4 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Early Education Program$0.7 millionaction 1.7 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Student Device Program$0.6 millionaction 1.9 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • 21st Century Learning Environment · action 1.10 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $246,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.5 million
  • Enrichment Programs · action 1.6 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • Comprehensive Library Program · action 1.8 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching · action 1.2 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Assessment and Progress Monitoring · action 1.5 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Supporting English Learners · action 1.3 · p. 130 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. 21st Century Learning Environment+⁠$232,965$307,095 → $540,060 · p. 131 ↗
  2. Instructional Leadership Teams (ILT)+⁠$0.2 million$1.1 million → $1.3 million · p. 130 ↗
  3. Early Education Program+⁠$110,108$580,618 → $690,727 · p. 130 ↗

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

  • Personalized Learning and Differentiated Instruction · $4.0 million → $4.1 million · p. 131 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Intervention Strategies for English Learners, foster youth and low income students · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 130 ↗+⁠$38,665
  • Student Device Program · $491,074 → $555,780 · p. 131 ↗+⁠$64,706
  • Enrichment Programs · $493,546 → $439,479 · p. 130 ↗−⁠$54,067
  • Comprehensive Library Program · $474,044 → $435,651 · p. 131 ↗−⁠$38,393
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching · $359,008 → $276,130 · p. 130 ↗−⁠$82,878
  • Assessment and Progress Monitoring · $348,356 → $244,217 · p. 130 ↗−⁠$104,139
  • Supporting English Learners · $105,268 → $51,670 · p. 130 ↗−⁠$53,598

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 18 ↗.

Goal 2Promote a safe and caring learning environment. This goal is a critical component of ensuring that our…$4.2 million14% of action budgets

“Promote a safe and caring learning environment. This goal is a critical component of ensuring that our students experience positive learning environments, provided through trained staff, and clean, safe campuses and facilities. Ensuring that students, staff and families experience a welcoming, safe and healthy environment allows for students to focus on academic achievement and supports their social emotional well being” p. 43 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.1 million (+⁠$139,150)

Largest funded actions

  1. Campus Safety$1.7 millionaction 2.3 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Student Wellness and Social Emotional Support$1.4 millionaction 2.2 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Improve Attendance$1.0 millionaction 2.4 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $431,376 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Student Engagement Activities$0.1 millionaction 2.5 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. MTSS Implementation and Capacityunder $0.1 millionaction 2.1 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Campus Safety+⁠$0.6 million$1.1 million → $1.7 million · p. 131 ↗
  2. Student Wellness and Social Emotional Support−⁠$0.3 million$1.7 million → $1.4 million · p. 131 ↗
  3. Improve Attendance−⁠$0.1 million$1.1 million → $1.0 million · p. 131 ↗

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

  • Student Engagement Activities · $100,000 → $93,500 · p. 131 ↗−⁠$6,500
  • MTSS Implementation and Capacity · $14,833 · p. 131 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 43 ↗.

Goal 3Foster a team commitment. This goal is needed to ensure that students receive a consistent focused education…$839,0813% of action budgets

“Foster a team commitment. This goal is needed to ensure that students receive a consistent focused education based on their specific needs. Schools across the district have high rates of transiency and the more consistent the instruction and information that is being shared with students, families, and the community, the better it is for supporting all educational partners” p. 53 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $713,072 (+⁠$126,009)

Largest funded actions

  1. Family and Community Resource Development$311,335action 3.1 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Family and Community Engagement and Empowerment$267,625action 3.2 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Maintaining Ongoing Communication$260,121action 3.3 · p. 131 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Family and Community Resource Development+⁠$59,977$251,358 → $311,335 · p. 131 ↗
  2. Family and Community Engagement and Empowerment+⁠$57,685$209,940 → $267,625 · p. 131 ↗
  3. Maintaining Ongoing Communication+⁠$8,346$251,775 → $260,121 · p. 131 ↗

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. 53 ↗.

Goal 4Operate with increasing efficiency and effectiveness. The Eastside Union School District will provide basic…$13.2 million44% of action budgets

“Operate with increasing efficiency and effectiveness. The Eastside Union School District will provide basic services such as certificated staff, instructional materials /​textbooks, facilities and operations, site allocations for basic school supplies and services, transportation, access to technology, classified staffing in the areas of health and safety, pupil engagement and parent involvement, and school climate, as required by the Williams Act requirements and outlined in the Facilities Inspection Tool” p. 60 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $13.9 million (−⁠$707,948)

Largest funded actions

  1. Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers$10.4 millionaction 4.7 · p. 132 ↗
  2. Repair and Maintenance Program$1.9 millionaction 4.8 · p. 132 ↗
  3. Development of Staff$0.4 millionaction 4.2 · p. 132 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Implementation of Academic Standards$0.2 millionaction 4.6 · p. 132 ↗
  5. Fiscal Solvency$0.1 millionaction 4.4 · p. 132 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Resource and Asset Management and Maintenance · action 4.3 · p. 132 ↗$0.1 million
  • Facilities Master Planning · action 4.5 · p. 132 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Recruitment of Qualified Staff · action 4.1 · p. 132 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers−⁠$0.8 million$11.3 million → $10.4 million · p. 132 ↗
  2. Fiscal Solvency+⁠$75,000$50,000 → $125,000 · p. 132 ↗
  3. Development of Staff+⁠$29,768$363,587 → $393,355 · p. 132 ↗

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

  • Repair and Maintenance Program · $1.8 million → $1.9 million · p. 132 ↗+⁠$5,681
  • Implementation of Academic Standards · $248,625 → $243,450 · p. 132 ↗−⁠$5,175
  • Resource and Asset Management and Maintenance · $68,206 → $72,335 · p. 132 ↗+⁠$4,129
  • Facilities Master Planning · $35,500 · p. 132 ↗new or renamed
  • Recruitment of Qualified Staff · $30,500 → $22,700 · p. 132 ↗−⁠$7,800

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 1 quoted

  • Access to Standards Aligned Instructional Materials p. 60 ↗
    Baseline
    100% Compliant - Williams Report 2023
    Target for year 3
    100% Compliant

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalImprove outcomes for students who are affected academically and social-emotionally at Equity Multiplier…$1.6 million5% of action budgets

“Improve outcomes for students who are affected academically and social-emotionally at Equity Multiplier Schools (Eastside Elementary School and the Eastside Academy). The metrics used to measure the effectiveness of the Equity Multiplier Goal for both Eastside Elementary as follows: Pupil Achievement - ELA and Mathematics All students will increase in ELA and math by 20 points (DFS) by 2027 English Learner students will increase in ELA and math by 20 points (DFS) by 2027 Socially Economically Disadvantaged students will increase in ELA and math by 20 points (DFS) by 2027 Hispanic students will increase in ELA and math by 20 points (DFS) by 2027 Students with Disabilities will increase in ELA and math by 20 points (DFS) by 2027) School Climate - Suspension Rate All students will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 English Learner students will will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 Homeless Youth will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 Socially Economically Disadvantaged students will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 Students with Disabilities will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 African American will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 Hispanic students will decrease suspension rate by 3% by 2027 Pupil Engagement - Chronic Absenteeism All students will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 English Learner students will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 Homeless Youth will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 Socially Economically Disadvantaged students will improve in ELA and Math by 5% by 2027 Students with Disabilities will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 African American will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 Hispanic students will decrease in chronic absenteeism by 5% by 2027 The metrics used to measure the effectiveness of the Equity Multiplier Goal for both Eastside Academy as follows:” p. 67 ↗

4 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Supporting Students with Disabilities$971,699action 5.2 · p. 132 ↗
  2. Increase Student Safety$251,630action 5.4 · p. 132 ↗
  3. Multi-tiered System of Support$199,934action 5.1 · p. 132 ↗
  4. Increased Staffing$181,730action 5.3 · p. 132 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Supporting Students with Disabilities−⁠$1.2 million$2.2 million → $1.0 million · p. 132 ↗
  2. Increased Staffing−⁠$192,908$374,638 → $181,730 · p. 132 ↗
  3. Multi-tiered System of Support+⁠$164,532$35,402 → $199,934 · p. 132 ↗

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

  • Increase Student Safety · $241,471 → $251,630 · p. 132 ↗+⁠$10,159

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. 67 ↗.

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, 3,032 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 68%2. Black or African American: 22%3. White: 4%4. Two or more races: 3%5. Filipino: <1%6. Asian: <1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Not reported: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino68%
  2. Black or African American22%
  3. White4%
  4. Two or more races3%
  5. Filipino<1%
  6. Asian<1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  8. Not reported<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

87%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 2,628 of 3,032 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 Eastside Union Elementary 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

Homeless students
English and math

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 38% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (166 of 433 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

3 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Eastside Elementary (Targeted support) · Enterprise Elementary (Targeted support) · Gifford C. Cole Middle (Extra 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.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Eastside Union Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Eastside Elementary, 35th percentile (Developing). Middle: Gifford C. Cole Middle, 1st percentile (Needs Support). 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 Eastside Union 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 Eastside Union Elementary district good?

Eastside Union Elementary’s 4 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 35th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Developing and 3 Needs Support. Eastside Union Elementary has one public middle school we score, Gifford C. Cole Middle, at the 1st percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Needs Support. 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 Eastside Union Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Eastside Union Elementary district had 35 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 Eastside Union Elementary district spend per student?

The Eastside Union Elementary district spent $23,028 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Eastside Union 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 Eastside Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $29.6 million into 31 funded actions in 5 goals, 41% of its $71.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $13.2 million, 44% 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 Eastside Union 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.

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

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