Galt Joint Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 5 public elementary schools run from the 24th to the 64th 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
Galt Joint Union Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 5 schools
from 24th to 64th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Lake Canyon Elementary: 64th percentile, Solid
River Oaks Elementary: 60th percentile, Solid
Vernon E. Greer Elementary: 48th percentile, Developing
The average elementary school in the Galt Joint Union Elementary district had 13 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
Where does the middle school we score in the Galt Joint Union Elementary district stand?
Robert L. McCaffrey Middle is at the 50th percentile.
That’s higher than 50 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Galt Joint Union Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Galt Joint Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Galt Joint Union Elementary district spent $17,817 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Galt Joint 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
Instruction68%
Instruction support10%
Student services6%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%
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
$36.6 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 2 goals. That’s 59% of its $61.8 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, 112 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 54% of the money. The plan itself puts 85% of it toward staff.
Certificated Teaching Staff $14.0 million
Expanded Learning Programs $2.9 million
Administrative Staffing $2.8 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 $0.1 million
English learners $1.6 million
Largest of these
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program$1.2 million
Long Term English Learners$315,540
English Learners-ELD$84,272
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 $7.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $7.8 million and estimates it spent $10.9 million, $3.1 million (41%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$10.9 million spent (estimated)$7.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $450,433 (1%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Instructional Assistant (IA) Support, which went from $843,348 to $413,038.
Largest cuts
Instructional Assistant (IA) Support−$430,310
Administrative Staffing−$100,001
Largest increases
Professional Learning+$100,000
Ask: What did Instructional Assistant (IA) Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $430,310 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
53%
53%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
40%
40%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
14 in 100
15 in 100
1 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
3.1%
3.5%
up 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
Certificated Teaching Staff · $14,012,171
Expanded Learning Programs · $2,949,051
Administrative Staffing · $2,781,176
The full plan2 goals, 29 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 ($36.6 million).
Where does the money go?
77% 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 1Engaging all learners with a focus on academic rigor using inclusive practices in a variety of learning environments$28.1 million77% of action budgets
22 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $28.5 million (−$450,433) · p. 20 ↗
Largest funded actions
Certificated Teaching Staff$14.0 millionaction 1.2 · p. 71 ↗
Administrative Staffing$2.8 millionaction 1.4 · p. 71 ↗
School Readiness$2.4 millionaction 1.1 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $980,821 is state funding counted toward those services
Class Size$1.7 millionaction 1.5 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Transportation Services$1.5 millionaction 1.16 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
17 more funded actions in this goal
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program · action 1.8 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.2 million
California Content Standards · action 1.12 · p. 72 ↗$0.8 million
Technology for Instruction and Learning · action 1.14 · p. 72 ↗$0.7 million
Online Learning Courseware · action 1.13 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $140,015 is state funding counted toward those services$0.5 million
Instructional Assistant (IA) Support · action 1.7 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $208,038 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
Parent Engagement and Participation · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 72 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 18 measures · 2 quoted
100% of Students taught with CCSS aligned ELA, Math, ELD & NGSS curriculum and supplemental bridge resources will be maintained at 100%p. 28 ↗
Baseline
2023-24 District Data Maintained 100%
Target for year 3
2026-27 District Data Maintained 100%
School Readiness direct services to unduplicated families will increase by at least 25 families each yearp. 28 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024 263 unduplicated families were served
Target for year 3
338 unduplicated families were served
16 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Promoting PreK-8 whole learner development through social and emotional learning opportunities in a variety…$8.6 million23% of action budgets
“Promoting PreK-8 whole learner development through social and emotional learning opportunities in a variety of safe and supportive environments” p. 47 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $8.6 million (unchanged)
Largest funded actions
Expanded Learning Programs$2.9 millionaction 2.3 · p. 73 ↗
Behavior$1.2 millionaction 2.6 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $358,387 is state funding counted toward those services
Mental Health Supports$0.9 millionaction 2.1 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $569,992 is state funding counted toward those services
Chronic Absenteeism · action 2.7 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $180,937 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
SEL Curriculum · action 2.5 · p. 73 ↗under $0.1 million
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Expanded Learning Programs · $2.9 million → $2.9 million · p. 73 ↗unchanged
Facilities · $2.5 million → $2.5 million · p. 73 ↗unchanged
Behavior · $1.2 million → $1.2 million · p. 73 ↗unchanged
Mental Health Supports · $851,629 → $851,629 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
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, 3,452 students
1Hispanic or Latino62%
2White28%
3Two or more races4%
4Asian4%
5Filipino1%
6Black or African American1%
7Pacific Islander<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Not reported<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
56%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,851 of 3,281 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?
Galt Joint Union Elementary 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, 47% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (204 of 434 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 the Galt Joint Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Lake Canyon Elementary, 64th percentile (Solid). Middle: Robert L. McCaffrey Middle, 50th percentile (Solid). 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 Galt Joint 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Galt Joint Union Elementary district good?
Galt Joint Union Elementary’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 24th to the 64th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid, 2 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Galt Joint Union Elementary has one public middle school we score, Robert L. McCaffrey Middle, at the 50th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 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 the Galt Joint Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Galt Joint Union Elementary district had 13 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 Galt Joint Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Galt Joint Union Elementary district spent $17,817 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Galt Joint 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 Galt Joint Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $36.6 million into 29 funded actions in 2 goals, 59% of its $61.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $28.1 million, 77% 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 Galt Joint 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.