Fremont Unified’s 29 public elementary schools run from the 44th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 29 schools
from 44th to 99th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
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0Needs Support
3Developing
3Solid
23Strong
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Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 6 schools
from 66th to 97th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
William Hopkins Middle: 97th percentile, Strong
John M. Horner Middle: 95th percentile, Strong
Thornton Middle: 93rd percentile, Strong
Centerville Middle: 77th percentile, Strong
Circle of Independent Learning: 69th percentile, Solid
G. M. Walters Middle: 66th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
4Strong
High · 6 schools
from 32nd to 98th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Mission San Jose High: 98th percentile, Strong
Irvington High: 97th percentile, Strong
American High: 96th percentile, Strong
Washington High: 86th percentile, Strong
John F. Kennedy High: 54th percentile, Solid
Circle of Independent Learning: 32nd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
4Strong
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Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 39 ranked schools teaches all three levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Fremont Unified had 10 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 Fremont Unified score highest?
William Hopkins Middle is highest, at the 97th percentile.
That’s higher than 97 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Fremont Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
The average middle school in Fremont Unified had 7 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 Fremont Unified score highest?
Mission San Jose High is highest, at the 98th percentile.
That’s higher than 98 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).
Highest in Fremont Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
The average high school in Fremont Unified had 11 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.
Where does Fremont Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Fremont Unified spent $16,597 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Fremont 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
Instruction64%
Instruction support11%
Student services9%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other2%
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
$52.4 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 42 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 10% of its $545.2 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, 239 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Facilities, School Counselors and Support multilingual families take 59% of the money. The plan itself puts 85% of it toward staff.
Facilities $15.0 million
School Counselors $14.0 million
Support multilingual families $2.1 million
39 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
6 of the plan’s 42 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $0.5 million
Math $0.2 million
Catch-up help $1.5 million
English learners $1.7 million
Largest of these
Credit Recovery$1.5 million
Address the needs of newcomers and Long Term English Learners (LTEL)$1.2 million
Fostering Literacy$466,266
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 $29.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $28.4 million and estimates it spent $27.6 million, $0.8 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$27.6 million spent (estimated)$28.4 million planned
What changed
The total is $3.8 million (8%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is School Counselors, which went from $10.7 million to $14.0 million.
Largest cuts
Therapeutic Services−$2.4 million
Address the needs of newcomers and Long Term English Learners (LTEL)−$1.8 million
Expanded learning opportunities for EL−$299,234
Largest increases
School Counselors+$3.3 million
Unduplicated Student Proficiency+$833,194
School-To-Home Connectedness+$740,323
New in the 2026–27 plan
Differentiated Mathematics Instruction$199,341
Ask: What did Therapeutic Services pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $2.4 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
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
69%
68%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 4
11 in 100
11 in 100
no change
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 4
2.5%
2.0%
down 0.5 pts
Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 1 tracks 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
Facilities · $14,985,406
School Counselors · $14,010,172
Support multilingual families · $2,081,260
The full plan5 goals, 54 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 ($52.4 million).
Where does the money go?
48% to Goal 2. 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 1 · Focus GoalImprove outcomes for unduplicated students by targeting resources to provide research based interventions…$5.5 million11% of action budgets
“Improve outcomes for unduplicated students by targeting resources to provide research based interventions that address the needs of students and identified areas of disproportionality” p. 24 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.0 million (−$1.4 million)
Largest funded actions
Support multilingual families$2.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Address the needs of newcomers and Long Term English Learners (LTEL)$1.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Kennedy and Robertson High Schools$0.8 millionaction 1.7 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Special Education Coaching$0.4 millionaction 1.6 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Unhoused transportation and mentorship$0.3 millionaction 1.8 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
5 more funded actions in this goal
LTEL support · action 1.9 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $274,620 is state funding counted toward those services$0.3 million
Dual Immersion Programs · action 1.2 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Expanded learning opportunities for EL · action 1.10 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Peer Assistance and Review · action 1.5 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Access to Technology · action 1.1 · p. 185 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Address the needs of newcomers and Long Term English Learners (LTEL)−$1.8 million$3.0 million → $1.2 million · p. 185 ↗
Expanded learning opportunities for EL−$299,234$406,234 → $107,000 · p. 186 ↗
LTEL support+$224,620$100,000 → $324,620 · p. 186 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Support multilingual families · $2.0 million → $2.1 million · p. 185 ↗+$41,035
Kennedy and Robertson High Schools · $713,042 → $805,123 · p. 186 ↗+$92,081
Special Education Coaching · $292,647 → $379,242 · p. 186 ↗+$86,595
Unhoused transportation and mentorship · $177,172 → $335,129 · p. 186 ↗+$157,957
Goal 2 · Focus GoalExpand an effective Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to eliminate barriers to improve academic…$25.3 million48% of action budgets
“Expand an effective Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) to eliminate barriers to improve academic, behavioral, and emotional wellness outcomes for students” p. 43 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $19.4 million (+$5.9 million)
Largest funded actions
School Counselors$14.0 millionaction 2.10 · p. 188 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
Extended Learning Opportunities$1.5 millionaction 2.4 · p. 187 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
PBIS$1.5 millionaction 2.9 · p. 188 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Unduplicated Student Proficiency$1.2 millionaction 2.5 · p. 187 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Instructional Coaches$0.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
Wellness Centers · action 2.8 · p. 188 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Fostering Literacy · action 2.3 · p. 187 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Tier 1 Instruction · action 2.1 · p. 186 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
School Counselors+$3.3 million$10.7 million → $14.0 million · p. 188 ↗
Unduplicated Student Proficiency+$0.8 million$0.3 million → $1.2 million · p. 187 ↗
PBIS+$0.4 million$1.0 million → $1.5 million · p. 188 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Title not confirmed · $5.2 million · p. 187 ↗not compared
Extended Learning Opportunities · $1.3 million → $1.5 million · p. 187 ↗+$0.2 million
Instructional Coaches · $642,321 → $690,437 · p. 186 ↗+$48,116
Wellness Centers · $654,069 → $531,593 · p. 188 ↗−$122,476
Fostering Literacy · $542,200 → $466,266 · p. 187 ↗−$75,934
COST Program · $89,960 → $104,529 · p. 190 ↗+$14,569
PSAT/NMSQT · $50,000 → $50,000 · p. 189 ↗unchanged
College Readiness · $30,000 → $12,000 · p. 189 ↗−$18,000
MESA Program · $10,000 → $12,000 · p. 189 ↗+$2,000
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 17 measures · 1 quoted
Percentage of students who received a high school diploma within four or five years of entering ninth gradep. 74 ↗
Baseline
2022-23: Overall (92.8%) • …
Target for year 3
Overall (95.8%) • …
16 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 4 · Focus GoalEnhance student, family and staff connectedness by fostering and supporting an inclusive school culture$18.1 million35% of action budgets
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.0 million (+$1.1 million) · p. 100 ↗
Percentage of interactive CAASPP Student Score Reports, with included next-step resources, accessed by unduplicated familiesp. 116 ↗
Baseline
2023-24: 27% of CAASPP VSSRs accessed (Baseline established in 2024-25)
Target for year 3
100% (Baseline established in 2024-25)
10 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, Robertson High will: Reduce overall suspension rates by 10% to improve school climate and…$271,3861% of action budgets
“By June 2027, Robertson High will: Reduce overall suspension rates by 10% to improve school climate and student outcomes. • Particular focus will be placed on English Learners, Hispanic Students, Long-Term English Learners (LTELs), Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (SED), Students with Disabilities (SWD), and White Students, who were previously identified in Red on the 2024 California School Dashboard. Increase overall College & Career Readiness (CCI) rates by 20% to expand post-secondary opportunities for students. • Particular focus will be placed on Hispanic and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (SED) students, who were previously identified in Red on the California School Dashboard” p. 126 ↗
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, 33,134 students
1Asian65%
2Hispanic or Latino16%
3White7%
4Filipino4%
5Two or more races4%
6Black or African American2%
7Not reported1%
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
30%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 9,867 of 32,502 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 Fremont Unified 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, 50% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,877 of 3,741 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 Fremont 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 Fremont Unified good?
Fremont Unified’s 29 public elementary schools run from the 44th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 23 Strong, 3 Solid and 3 Developing. Fremont Unified’s 6 public middle schools run from the 66th to the 97th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong and 2 Solid. Fremont Unified’s 6 public high schools run from the 32nd to the 98th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 4 Strong, 1 Solid and 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 Fremont Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Fremont Unified had 10 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 Fremont Unified had 7 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Fremont Unified had 11 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Fremont Unified spend per student?
Fremont Unified spent $16,597 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Fremont 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 Fremont Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $52.4 million into 42 funded actions in 5 goals, 10% of its $545.2 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $25.3 million, 48% 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 Fremont 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.