Fillmore Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 55th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 4 schools
from 10th to 55th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Mountain Vista: 55th percentile, Solid
Rio Vista Elementary: 53rd percentile, Solid
Piru Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
San Cayetano Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 2 schools
from 11th to 17th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Heritage Valley Independent Study: 17th percentile, Needs Support
Fillmore Middle: 11th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong
High · 1 school
at 35th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Fillmore Senior High: 35th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in Fillmore Unified had 15 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 Fillmore Unified score highest?
Heritage Valley Independent Study is highest, at the 17th percentile.
That’s higher than 17 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Fillmore Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does the high school we score in Fillmore Unified stand?
Fillmore Senior High is at the 35th percentile.
That’s higher than 35 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Fillmore Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Sierra HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
The district
Where does Fillmore Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Fillmore Unified spent $21,959 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 54 cents of every Fillmore 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
Instruction54%
Instruction support11%
Student services13%
Administration10%
Buildings & maintenance11%
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
$12.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 24 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 16% of its $79.0 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, 136 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 33% of the money. The plan itself puts 73% of it toward staff.
Safe and Secure Learning Environments $2.0 million
Support Technology Integration $1.3 million
Wellness/Social Emotional Support $957,162
21 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
5 of the plan’s 24 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math or English learners
Reading $1.3 million
Math $0.4 million
English learners $0.4 million
Largest of these
Early Literacy Instruction to Increase Student Achievement$825,089
Focused Literacy Instruction and Support$444,363
Provide English Language Development (ELD) Instruction and Support$438,336
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 $12.4 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 $14.9 million, $1.4 million (11%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$14.9 million spent (estimated)$13.5 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.1 million (8%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Sustain Class Size Reduction, which went from $976,369 to $356,455.
Largest cuts
Sustain Class Size Reduction−$619,914
Support Technology Integration−$395,517
Access and Support for Students with Disabilities (inclusive of unduplicated students)−$262,009
Largest increases
Professional Development for Instructional Initiatives+$262,902
Early Literacy Instruction to Increase Student Achievement+$228,197
Support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Agriculture, Math) Learning+$146,161
Ask: What did Sustain Class Size Reduction pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $619,914 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
34%
31%
down 3 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
18%
19%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
21 in 100
17 in 100
4 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
2.8%
3.2%
up 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
Safe and Secure Learning Environments · $1,973,128
Support Technology Integration · $1,302,955
Wellness/Social Emotional Support · $957,162
The full plan5 goals, 44 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 ($12.8 million).
Where does the money go?
47% 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 1Achieve the highest academic standards through best practices for every student’s postsecondary career and…$6.0 million47% of action budgets
“Achieve the highest academic standards through best practices for every student’s postsecondary career and college success” p. 19 ↗
13 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.0 million (−$1.1 million)
Largest funded actions
Support Technology Integration$1.3 millionaction 1.9 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Access and Support for Students with Disabilities (inclusive of unduplicated students)$0.9 millionaction 1.11 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Early Literacy Instruction to Increase Student Achievement$0.8 millionaction 1.3 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
College and Career Readiness Through Support and Instruction$0.5 millionaction 1.10 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Focused Literacy Instruction and Support$0.4 millionaction 1.7 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
8 more funded actions in this goal
Provide English Language Development (ELD) Instruction and Support · action 1.6 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Sustain Class Size Reduction · action 1.13 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Agriculture, Math) Learning · action 1.12 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Expanded Learning Opportunities to Improve Student Achievement · action 1.5 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Site Determined Actions to Improve Student Achievement · action 1.2 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Assessment to Inform Teaching and Learning · action 1.1 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Mathematics Instruction to Improve Student Achievement · action 1.4 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Gifted and Talented Program Implementation · action 1.8 · p. 94 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Sustain Class Size Reduction−$619,914$976,369 → $356,455 · p. 95 ↗
Support Technology Integration−$0.4 million$1.7 million → $1.3 million · p. 95 ↗
Access and Support for Students with Disabilities (inclusive of unduplicated students)−$0.3 million$1.2 million → $0.9 million · p. 95 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Early Literacy Instruction to Increase Student Achievement · $596,892 → $825,089 · p. 94 ↗+$228,197
College and Career Readiness Through Support and Instruction · $461,613 → $471,513 · p. 95 ↗+$9,900
Focused Literacy Instruction and Support · $432,079 → $444,363 · p. 94 ↗+$12,284
Provide English Language Development (ELD) Instruction and Support · $471,327 → $438,336 · p. 94 ↗−$32,991
Support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art/Agriculture, Math) Learning · $194,149 → $340,310 · p. 95 ↗+$146,161
Expanded Learning Opportunities to Improve Student Achievement · $292,642 → $295,084 · p. 94 ↗+$2,442
Site Determined Actions to Improve Student Achievement · $454,263 → $288,612 · p. 94 ↗−$165,651
Assessment to Inform Teaching and Learning · $200,370 → $211,873 · p. 94 ↗+$11,503
Mathematics Instruction to Improve Student Achievement · $38,581 → $38,903 · p. 94 ↗+$322
Gifted and Talented Program Implementation · $24,507 → $24,712 · p. 94 ↗+$205
How the plan measures it · 22 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 19 ↗.
Goal 2Provide healthy, inclusive, respectful, and safe learning environments that promote social, emotional, and…$4.4 million34% of action budgets
“Provide healthy, inclusive, respectful, and safe learning environments that promote social, emotional, and intellectual growth for the whole child” p. 40 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.6 million (−$262,974)
Largest funded actions
Safe and Secure Learning Environments$2.0 millionaction 2.5 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Wellness/Social Emotional Support$1.0 millionaction 2.3 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Provide Enrichment Opportunities$0.6 millionaction 2.6 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Access Through Transportation$0.6 millionaction 2.4 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Engage in Community Outreach$0.1 millionaction 2.2 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
Encourage Family Engagement · action 2.1 · p. 95 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Student Access Through Transportation−$219,133$858,028 → $638,895 · p. 95 ↗
Wellness/Social Emotional Support−$0.1 million$1.1 million → $1.0 million · p. 95 ↗
Safe and Secure Learning Environments+$0.1 million$1.9 million → $2.0 million · p. 96 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Provide Enrichment Opportunities · $638,040 → $647,672 · p. 96 ↗+$9,632
Engage in Community Outreach · $127,685 → $128,334 · p. 95 ↗+$649
Encourage Family Engagement · $17,091 → $17,234 · p. 95 ↗+$143
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. 40 ↗.
Goal 3Attract, hire, support and retain the highest quality results-driven staff who are committed to ensuring high…$1.5 million12% of action budgets
“Attract, hire, support and retain the highest quality results-driven staff who are committed to ensuring high expectations for every student” p. 54 ↗
3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.2 million (+$308,879)
Largest funded actions
Professional Development for Instructional Initiatives$778,230action 3.1 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Enhance Support for Staff and Students$393,011action 3.2 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Attract and Retain High Quality Staff$334,851action 3.3 · p. 96 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Professional Development for Instructional Initiatives+$262,902$515,328 → $778,230 · p. 96 ↗
Attract and Retain High Quality Staff+$36,676$298,175 → $334,851 · p. 96 ↗
Enhance Support for Staff and Students+$9,301$383,710 → $393,011 · p. 96 ↗
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. 54 ↗.
Goal 4Upgrade and maintain our school facilities to ensure safe and secure environments that support twenty-first…$578,5475% of action budgets
“Upgrade and maintain our school facilities to ensure safe and secure environments that support twenty-first century teaching and learning” p. 59 ↗
“By the end of the 2026-27 school year, Sierra High School (SHS) and Heritage Valley Independent Study (HVIS) will commit to significantly reducing the non-stability rate by 10% for both schools by improving the educational environment and student engagement with a particular focus on improving academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes for low- income students. Both schools are on the same physical campus and under the direction of a single principal who oversees our alternative education program” p. 62 ↗
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, 3,686 students
1Hispanic or Latino92%
2White5%
3Two or more races<1%
4Filipino<1%
5Black or African American<1%
6Asian<1%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Pacific Islander0%
9Not reported0%
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
73%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 2,692 of 3,685 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?
Fillmore Unified 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, 55% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (317 of 574 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.
Which public schools in Fillmore Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Mountain Vista, 55th percentile (Solid). Middle: Heritage Valley Independent Study, 17th percentile (Needs Support). High: Fillmore Senior High, 35th percentile (Developing). 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 Fillmore 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 Fillmore Unified good?
Fillmore Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 55th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Fillmore Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 11th to the 17th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Needs Support. Fillmore Unified has one public high school we score, Fillmore Senior High, at the 35th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 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 Fillmore Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Fillmore Unified had 15 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 Fillmore Unified spend per student?
Fillmore Unified spent $21,959 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 54 cents of every Fillmore 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 Fillmore Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $12.8 million into 24 funded actions in 5 goals, 16% of its $79.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.0 million, 47% 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 Fillmore 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.