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Gilroy Unified schools

Gilroy Unified’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 18th to the 83rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 8 schools

from 18th to 83rd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School): 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Luigi Aprea Elementary: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Las Animas Elementary: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Rucker Elementary: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Rod Kelley Elementary: 33rd percentile, Developing
  • El Roble Elementary: 31st percentile, Developing
  • Eliot Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Glen View Elementary: 18th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
2Developing
3Solid
1Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 4 schools

from 30th to 83rd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School): 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Solorsano Middle: 52nd percentile, Solid
  • Brownell Middle: 37th percentile, Developing
  • South Valley Middle: 30th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
1Strong

High · 3 schools

from 19th to 99th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy: 99th percentile, Strong
  • Christopher High: 55th percentile, Solid
  • Gilroy High: 19th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 14 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.

  • 14 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Gilroy Unified

15 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 Gilroy Unified score highest?

Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) is highest, at the 83rd percentile.

That’s higher than 83 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Gilroy Unified

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

Show the other 5 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Gilroy Unified had 21 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 Gilroy Unified score highest?

Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) is highest, at the 83rd percentile.

That’s higher than 83 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Gilroy Unified

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

Show the other 1 middle school
Context

The average middle school in Gilroy Unified had 18 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 Gilroy Unified score highest?

Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is highest, at the 99th percentile.

That’s higher than 99 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Gilroy Unified

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

Context

The average high school in Gilroy Unified had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide
  • Mt. Madonna HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Gilroy Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Gilroy Unified spent $18,856 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Gilroy 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

  • Instruction60%
  • Instruction support12%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration6%
  • 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

$149.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 22 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 76% of its $195.5 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, 126 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 88% of the money. The plan itself puts 89% of it toward staff.

  • Ensure hiring of effective staff $110.0 million
  • Retaining highly qualified staff to support the target populations $15.2 million
  • Ensure equitable and well maintained facilities $5.8 million
  • 19 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 22 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $1.5 million
  • Catch-up help $1.8 million
  • English learners $1.5 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Expanded Learning Opportunities (Acceleration, Intervention, & Summer Intersession)$1.8 million
  • Language & Literacy for Multilingual Learners (MLLs / ELLs)$1.5 million
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 $18.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $19.6 million and estimates it spent $19.0 million, $0.6 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $3.0 million (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Evidence-Based Instructional Practices, which went from $234,711 to $3.2 million.

Largest cuts

  • Expanded Learning Opportunities (Acceleration, Intervention, & Summer Intersession)−⁠$521,030

Largest increases

  • Evidence-Based Instructional Practices+⁠$2.9 million
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 2024–25Goals 1 and 240%40%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 232%33%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 322 in 10022 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 34.4%3.8%down 0.6 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 4 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
  • Ensure hiring of effective staff · $110,000,000
  • Retaining highly qualified staff to support the target populations · $15,240,671
  • Ensure equitable and well maintained facilities · $5,830,000
The full plan5 goals, 50 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 ($149.1 million).

Where does the money go?

89% 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.

G1
G2
G3
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
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Create rigorous and innovative learning spaces that deepen students' conceptual understanding and support…$6.5 million4% of action budgets

“Create rigorous and innovative learning spaces that deepen students' conceptual understanding and support students to achieve successful post-secondary outcomes” p. 20 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.4 million (+⁠$3.1 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Evidence-Based Instructional Practices$3.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $99,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Certificated Coaching, Mentorship & Support$1.1 millionaction 1.5 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $317,564 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. College and Career Readiness (including Career Technical Education (CTE))$1.0 millionaction 1.1 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $210,100 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Educational Technology Integration$0.8 millionaction 1.2 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. District-led Professional Learning$0.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $415,000 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Evidence-Based Instructional Practices+⁠$2.9 million$0.2 million → $3.2 million · p. 85 ↗
  2. District-led Professional Learning−⁠$250,711$693,561 → $442,850 · p. 85 ↗
  3. College and Career Readiness (including Career Technical Education (CTE))+⁠$0.2 million$0.8 million → $1.0 million · p. 85 ↗

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

  • Certificated Coaching, Mentorship & Support · $1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 85 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Educational Technology Integration · $752,711 → $799,000 · p. 85 ↗+⁠$46,289

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 3 quoted

  • CTE completers (Senior Grads) p. 22 ↗
    Baseline
    17.0% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    25%
  • A-G & CTE completers (Seniors) p. 22 ↗
    Baseline
    11.5% (2023 CA Dashboard)
    Target for year 3
    20%
  • CAST (CA Science Test) Met/Exceeded p. 22 ↗
    Baseline
    27.3% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    40%

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Maximize resources that provide equitable student support$4.9 million3% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.3 million (−⁠$435,848) · p. 38 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunities (Acceleration, Intervention, & Summer Intersession)$1.8 millionaction 2.4 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Language & Literacy for Multilingual Learners (MLLs / ELLs)$1.5 millionaction 2.3 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $327,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Equity & Inclusion$0.9 millionaction 2.1 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Assessment, Data & Accountability Systems$0.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 85 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $302,000 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Expanded Learning Opportunities (Acceleration, Intervention, & Summer Intersession)−⁠$0.5 million$2.3 million → $1.8 million · p. 86 ↗
  2. Equity & Inclusion+⁠$178,242$678,367 → $856,609 · p. 85 ↗
  3. Language & Literacy for Multilingual Learners (MLLs / ELLs)−⁠$0.1 million$1.6 million → $1.5 million · p. 85 ↗

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

  • Assessment, Data & Accountability Systems · $695,030 → $671,000 · p. 85 ↗−⁠$24,030

How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP ELA % Met/Exceeded p. 38 ↗
    Baseline
    40.2% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    55%
  • CAASPP Math % Met/Exceeded p. 38 ↗
    Baseline
    30.4% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    45%
  • UC/CSU A-G Ready p. 38 ↗
    Baseline
    45.3% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    60%

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Build inclusive and safe schools that prioritize mental health and social-emotional well-being of all…$4.4 million3% of action budgets

“Build inclusive and safe schools that prioritize mental health and social-emotional well-being of all, especially by focusing on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), and School Climate and Culture” p. 51 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.4 million (+⁠$18,484)

Largest funded actions

  1. Behavior & Discipline$1.7 millionaction 3.2 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $80,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Wellness$0.9 millionaction 3.5 · p. 86 ↗
  3. Climate and Culture (Diversity & Belonging)$0.8 millionaction 3.3 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $213,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Attendance$0.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $424,538 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Family Engagement$0.5 millionaction 3.4 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Wellness+⁠$38,000$817,000 → $855,000 · p. 86 ↗
  2. Behavior & Discipline−⁠$30,303$1.7 million → $1.7 million · p. 86 ↗
  3. Climate and Culture (Diversity & Belonging)+⁠$29,929$818,915 → $848,844 · p. 86 ↗

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

  • Attendance · $522,209 → $512,138 · p. 86 ↗−⁠$10,071
  • Family Engagement · $489,671 → $480,600 · p. 86 ↗−⁠$9,071

How the plan measures it · 14 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 51 ↗.

Goal 4 · Maintenance of Progress GoalProvide equitable and high quality basic services (materials, staffing, facilities)$133.0 million89% of action budgets

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $132.7 million (+⁠$358,854) · p. 64 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Ensure hiring of effective staff$110.0 millionaction 4.3 · p. 86 ↗
  2. Retaining highly qualified staff to support the target populations$15.2 millionaction 4.2 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $12.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Ensure equitable and well maintained facilities$5.8 millionaction 4.5 · p. 86 ↗
  4. Provide standards aligned textbooks to all students$1.7 millionaction 4.1 · p. 86 ↗
  5. Provide training and support systems for all staff$0.3 millionaction 4.4 · p. 86 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Retaining highly qualified staff to support the target populations+⁠$0.4 million$14.9 million → $15.2 million · p. 86 ↗

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

  • Ensure hiring of effective staff · $110.0 million → $110.0 million · p. 86 ↗unchanged
  • Ensure equitable and well maintained facilities · $5.8 million → $5.8 million · p. 86 ↗unchanged
  • Provide standards aligned textbooks to all students · $1.7 million → $1.7 million · p. 86 ↗unchanged
  • Provide training and support systems for all staff · $290,000 → $290,000 · p. 86 ↗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 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalMount Madonna High School - Equity Multiplier$347,960under 1% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $367,624 (−⁠$19,664) · p. 70 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Wellness Center Needs$178,000action 5.3 · p. 87 ↗
  2. College and Career Readiness$168,960action 5.1 · p. 86 ↗
  3. Instructional Technology for Differentiated Instruction$1,000action 5.2 · p. 86 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. College and Career Readiness−⁠$19,664$188,624 → $168,960 · p. 86 ↗

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

  • Wellness Center Needs · $178,000 → $178,000 · p. 87 ↗unchanged
  • Instructional Technology for Differentiated Instruction · $1,000 → $1,000 · p. 86 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 1 quoted

  • MMHS CAASPP ELA -- Nearly Met or above p. 71 ↗
    Baseline
    15% (2023)
    Target for year 3
    25%

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

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, 10,768 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 71%2. White: 12%3. Asian: 5%4. Not reported: 5%5. Two or more races: 3%6. Filipino: 3%7. Black or African American: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino71%
  2. White12%
  3. Asian5%
  4. Not reported5%
  5. Two or more races3%
  6. Filipino3%
  7. Black or African American1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

51%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 5,467 of 10,763 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 Gilroy 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, 41% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (838 of 2,024 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Brownell Middle (Extra targeted support) · South Valley Middle (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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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in Gilroy Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School), 83rd percentile (Strong). Middle: Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School), 83rd percentile (Strong). High: Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, 99th 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 Gilroy 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.
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Are the public schools in Gilroy Unified good?

Gilroy Unified’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 18th to the 83rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 2 Developing and 2 Needs Support. Gilroy Unified’s 4 public middle schools run from the 30th to the 83rd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 2 Developing. Gilroy Unified’s 3 public high schools run from the 19th to the 99th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 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 Gilroy Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Gilroy Unified had 21 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 Gilroy Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Gilroy Unified had 17 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 Gilroy Unified spend per student?

Gilroy Unified spent $18,856 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Gilroy 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 Gilroy Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $149.1 million into 22 funded actions in 5 goals, 76% of its $195.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $133.0 million, 89% 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 Gilroy 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.

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