Escondido Union runs schools through 8th grade. Its 20 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 82nd 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
Escondido Union · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 20 schools
from 6th to 82nd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Bernardo Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
Heritage K-8 Charter: 82nd percentile, Strong
Reidy Creek Elementary: 72nd percentile, Solid
Classical Academy: 72nd percentile, Solid
Quantum Academy: 70th percentile, Solid
L. R. Green Elementary: 68th percentile, Solid
North Broadway Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
Central Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
Rock Springs Elementary: 18th percentile, Needs Support
Pioneer Elementary: 18th percentile, Needs Support
Oak Hill Elementary: 12th percentile, Needs Support
Orange Glen Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
Lincoln Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
6Needs Support
8Developing
4Solid
2Strong
Middle · 8 schools
from 9th to 80th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Heritage K-8 Charter: 80th percentile, Strong
Classical Academy: 76th percentile, Strong
Bear Valley Middle: 63rd percentile, Solid
Quantum Academy: 60th percentile, Solid
Rincon Middle: 29th percentile, Developing
Mission Middle: 22nd percentile, Needs Support
Hidden Valley Middle: 10th percentile, Needs Support
Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences: 9th percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
2Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 25 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Escondido Union had 19 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 Escondido Union score highest?
Heritage K-8 Charter is highest, at the 80th percentile.
That’s higher than 80 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Escondido Union
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in Escondido Union had 20 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.
The district
Where does Escondido Union’s money go, and what does it plan?
Escondido Union spent $19,826 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Escondido Union 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
Instruction63%
Instruction support11%
Student services10%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance10%
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
$48.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 35 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 16% of its $302.3 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, 147 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 44% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.
Special Education Supports $11.4 million
Extended Day Programs for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten $6.9 million
Enhanced Noon Time Duty Support , Safety, Crossing Guards and Security Camera Monitoring $2.9 million
32 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
3 of the plan’s 35 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 $0.3 million
English learners $2.2 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Bilingual Family Liaisons at Each School$1.9 million
Newcomer Assistance Support and Tutoring$300,000
Professional Development for Standards-Based English Learner instructional strategies including Designated and Integrated ELD$24,924
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 $48.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $46.6 million and estimates it spent $46.5 million, within 1% of the plan.
$46.5 million spent (estimated)$46.6 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.5 million (3%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Paraprofessionals to Support Full Day Kindergarten, which went from $1.5 million to $2.5 million.
Largest cuts
Integrated Student Services District Supports−$630,170
Special Education Supports−$441,328
Extended Day Programs for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten−$277,814
Largest increases
Paraprofessionals to Support Full Day Kindergarten+$1.0 million
Health Tech Additional Hours and Additional School Nurse+$627,422
Devices and Digital Platforms to Enhance and Support Rigorous Standards-Based Instruction+$522,037
Ask: What did Integrated Student Services District Supports pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $630,170 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 2024–25Goals 1 and 3
37%
35%
down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 3
30%
29%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
24 in 100
22 in 100
2 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.5%
2.1%
down 0.4 pts
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
Special Education Supports · $11,427,496
Extended Day Programs for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten · $6,946,440
Enhanced Noon Time Duty Support, Safety, Crossing Guards and Security Camera Monitoring · $2,878,209
The full plan3 goals, 34 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 ($48.8 million).
Where does the money go?
53% to Goal 1. 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 1Provide personalized, competency-based, authentic learning experiences to create a foundation for achievement…$25.8 million53% of action budgets
“Provide personalized, competency-based, authentic learning experiences to create a foundation for achievement for all learners” p. 16 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $26.0 million (−$173,352)
Largest funded actions
Special Education Supports$11.4 millionaction 1.12 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Extended Day Programs for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten$6.9 millionaction 1.4 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Elementary Physical Education Teachers$2.7 millionaction 1.3 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Paraprofessionals to Support Full Day Kindergarten$2.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and Accountability Districtwide Support$1.1 millionaction 1.11 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
5 more funded actions in this goal
Limitless Learning Program · action 1.13 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Newcomer Assistance Support and Tutoring · action 1.7 · p. 100 ↗$0.3 million
Home School Program · action 1.9 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $300 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
Support for Middle School AVID Classes · action 1.10 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Professional Development for Standards-Based English Learner instructional strategies including Designated and Integrated ELD · action 1.8 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Paraprofessionals to Support Full Day Kindergarten+$1.0 million$1.5 million → $2.5 million · p. 100 ↗
Special Education Supports−$0.4 million$11.9 million → $11.4 million · p. 101 ↗
Extended Day Programs for Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten−$0.3 million$7.2 million → $6.9 million · p. 100 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Elementary Physical Education Teachers · $2.8 million → $2.7 million · p. 100 ↗−$0.1 million
Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and Accountability Districtwide Support · $1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 101 ↗+$10,807
Limitless Learning Program · $523,257 → $604,751 · p. 101 ↗+$81,494
Newcomer Assistance Support and Tutoring · $300,000 → $300,000 · p. 100 ↗unchanged
Home School Program · $210,481 → $207,737 · p. 101 ↗−$2,744
Support for Middle School AVID Classes · $50,736 → $76,736 · p. 101 ↗+$26,000
Professional Development for Standards-Based English Learner instructional strategies including Designated and Integrated ELD · $25,000 → $24,924 · p. 101 ↗−$76
How the plan measures it · 19 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.
Goal 2Build a culture centered on whole learner outcomes including: engagement, social-emotional, cognitive and…$10.9 million22% of action budgets
“Build a culture centered on whole learner outcomes including: engagement, social-emotional, cognitive and mental health needs of learners” p. 42 ↗
17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $10.5 million (+$414,344)
Largest funded actions
Social Worker/Counselor Support$2.8 millionaction 2.1 · p. 101 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Bilingual Family Liaisons at Each School$1.9 millionaction 2.8 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Two School Counselors at Each Middle School$1.3 millionaction 2.2 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Integrated Student Services District Supports$1.3 millionaction 2.19 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Behavioral Technician Supports$1.0 millionaction 2.4 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
12 more funded actions in this goal
Four Elementary Music Teachers · action 2.12 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
TREC (Trust, Relationships, Empowerment, Choice) Program · action 2.5 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Roving Social Workers/Counselors · action 2.14 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Enrichment Wheel · action 2.10 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
District Student Engagement and Attendance Team (SEAT) · action 2.7 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Visual and Performing Arts Enrichment Opportunities · action 2.13 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Welcome Assessment Center · action 2.16 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
District/School Website and Communication Tool · action 2.18 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Juvenile Diversion · action 2.6 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Fieldwork Experiences · action 2.11 · p. 102 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Specialty School Funding for Conway · action 2.17 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Gifted and Talented Enrichment · action 2.15 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Integrated Student Services District Supports−$0.6 million$1.9 million → $1.3 million · p. 103 ↗
Behavioral Technician Supports+$506,055$483,541 → $989,596 · p. 102 ↗
Enrichment Wheel+$292,315$50,000 → $342,315 · p. 102 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Social Worker/Counselor Support · $2.5 million → $2.8 million · p. 101 ↗+$0.3 million
Bilingual Family Liaisons at Each School · $1.9 million → $1.9 million · p. 102 ↗+$27,504
Two School Counselors at Each Middle School · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 102 ↗+$0.1 million
Four Elementary Music Teachers · $501,139 → $475,492 · p. 103 ↗−$25,647
TREC (Trust, Relationships, Empowerment, Choice) Program · $454,756 → $462,003 · p. 102 ↗+$7,247
Roving Social Workers/Counselors · $495,066 → $371,774 · p. 103 ↗−$123,292
District Student Engagement and Attendance Team (SEAT) · $302,557 → $310,813 · p. 102 ↗+$8,256
Visual and Performing Arts Enrichment Opportunities · $129,861 → $129,861 · p. 103 ↗unchanged
Welcome Assessment Center · $119,045 → $127,767 · p. 103 ↗+$8,722
District/School Website and Communication Tool · $117,945 → $120,540 · p. 103 ↗+$2,595
Juvenile Diversion · $120,208 → $120,208 · p. 102 ↗unchanged
Fieldwork Experiences · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 102 ↗unchanged
Specialty School Funding for Conway · $27,500 → $27,500 · p. 103 ↗unchanged
Gifted and Talented Enrichment · $25,000 → $24,977 · p. 103 ↗−$23
How the plan measures it · 11 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 42 ↗.
Goal 3Ensure enabling conditions are in place for optimal learning that includes a shared vision, supportive…$12.0 million25% of action budgets
“Ensure enabling conditions are in place for optimal learning that includes a shared vision, supportive policies, aligned resource allocation, trust, and safety” p. 64 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $10.8 million (+$1.2 million)
Largest funded actions
Enhanced Noon Time Duty Support, Safety, Crossing Guards and Security Camera Monitoring$2.9 millionaction 3.7 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Devices and Digital Platforms to Enhance and Support Rigorous Standards-Based Instruction$2.6 millionaction 3.5 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Learning Time for Teachers$2.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Degree Stipend$1.3 millionaction 3.3 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Health Tech Additional Hours and Additional School Nurse$1.2 millionaction 3.8 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
School Site Allocations · action 3.9 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.0 million
New Escondido Teacher Support (Teacher Induction) · action 3.4 · p. 103 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Data Warehouse · action 3.6 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Health Tech Additional Hours and Additional School Nurse+$0.6 million$0.6 million → $1.2 million · p. 104 ↗
Devices and Digital Platforms to Enhance and Support Rigorous Standards-Based Instruction+$0.5 million$2.1 million → $2.6 million · p. 104 ↗
Enhanced Noon Time Duty Support, Safety, Crossing Guards and Security Camera Monitoring+$0.1 million$2.8 million → $2.9 million · p. 104 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Learning Time for Teachers · $2.5 million → $2.5 million · p. 103 ↗+$32,687
Degree Stipend · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 103 ↗+$5,328
School Site Allocations · $1.0 million → $1.0 million · p. 104 ↗−$0.1 million
New Escondido Teacher Support (Teacher Induction) · $337,329 → $330,841 · p. 103 ↗−$6,488
Data Warehouse · $135,000 → $135,000 · p. 104 ↗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. 64 ↗.
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, 16,848 students
1Hispanic or Latino71%
2White18%
3Two or more races5%
4Asian3%
5Filipino2%
6Black or African American<1%
7Not reported<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
71%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 11,927 of 16,846 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 Escondido Union 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
Long-term English learners
English and math
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 45% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,597 of 3,517 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 Escondido Union rank highest?
Elementary: 2 schools at the 82nd percentile (Strong): Bernardo Elementary and Heritage K-8 Charter. Middle: Heritage K-8 Charter, 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 Escondido Union 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 Escondido Union good?
Escondido Union’s 20 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 82nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 4 Solid, 8 Developing and 6 Needs Support. Escondido Union’s 8 public middle schools run from the 9th to the 80th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 2 Solid, 1 Developing and 3 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 Escondido Union compare with California?
The average elementary school in Escondido Union had 19 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 Escondido Union had 20 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 Escondido Union spend per student?
Escondido Union spent $19,826 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Escondido Union 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 Escondido Union’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $48.8 million into 35 funded actions in 3 goals, 16% of its $302.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $25.8 million, 53% 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 Escondido Union, 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.