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Hayward Unified schools

Hayward Unified’s 20 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 70th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Solid, Developing and Needs Support.

Elementary · 20 schools

from bottom 1% to 70th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Southgate Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Stonebrae Elementary: 68th percentile, Solid
  • Palma Ceia Elementary: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy: 42nd percentile, Developing
  • Schafer Park Elementary: 40th percentile, Developing
  • Eden Gardens Elementary: 40th percentile, Developing
  • Lorin A. Eden Elementary: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Tyrrell Elementary: 33rd percentile, Developing
  • East Avenue Elementary: 33rd percentile, Developing
  • Longwood Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Park Elementary: 15th percentile, Needs Support
  • Ruus Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Burbank Elementary: 13th percentile, Needs Support
  • Fairview Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
  • Eldridge Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
  • Glassbrook Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Harder Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Cherryland Elementary: 1st percentile, Needs Support
  • Treeview Elementary: bottom 1%, Needs Support
10Needs Support
6Developing
4Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 8 schools

from 7th to 54th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Impact Academy of Arts & Technology: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Bret Harte Middle: 31st percentile, Developing
  • Anthony W. Ochoa Middle: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Winton Middle: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Cesar Chavez Middle: 7th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
5Developing
1Solid
0Strong

High · 6 schools

from 1st to 76th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Leadership Public Schools - Hayward: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Impact Academy of Arts & Technology: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Mt. Eden High: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Hayward High: 19th percentile, Needs Support
  • Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Tennyson High: 1st percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 30 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 30 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Hayward Unified

31 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 Hayward Unified score highest?

Southgate Elementary is highest, at the 70th percentile.

That’s higher than 70 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hayward Unified

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

Show the other 17 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Hayward Unified had 24 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 Hayward Unified score highest?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle is highest, at the 54th percentile.

That’s higher than 54 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hayward Unified

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

Show the other 5 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Hayward Unified had 20 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 Hayward Unified score highest?

Leadership Public Schools - Hayward is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Hayward Unified

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

Show the other 3 high schools
Context

The average high school in Hayward Unified had 21 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
  • Brenkwitz HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

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

Hayward Unified spent $23,754 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Hayward 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 support13%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance8%
  • 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

$97.0 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 25 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 25% of its $382.0 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, 183 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 67% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 98% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 25 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name math or English learners
  • Math $7.2 million
  • English learners $0.3 million

Largest of these

  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)$7.2 million
  • Attract and Retain Bilingual Staff and in Specialized Fields$315,352
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 $69.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $62.0 million and estimates it spent $65.5 million, $3.5 million (6%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $12.6 million (15%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Recruit and Retain Highly Qualified Teachers, which went from $22.2 million to $50.2 million.

Largest cuts

  • The Hayward USD will implement an equitable facilities plan, standards, and timelines to support cleanliness, technology, and basic safety upgrades to every campus/​site−⁠$7.3 million
  • Deeper Learning Activities−⁠$2.6 million
  • College and Career Readiness−⁠$1.9 million

Largest increases

  • Recruit and Retain Highly Qualified Teachers+⁠$28.0 million
  • Increase Parent Education and Involvement+⁠$1.1 million
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)+⁠$683,394
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 2024–25Goal 1 · Deeper Learning33%34%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 320%22%up 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 1 and 227 in 10025 in 1002 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 25.2%4.4%down 0.8 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
  • Recruit and Retain Highly Qualified Teachers · $50,233,641
  • Multilingual Language Learners and Language Acquisition · $7,418,266
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) · $7,199,235
The full plan5 goals, 58 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 ($97.0 million).

Where does the money go?

53% to Goal 3. 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

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 1Deeper Learning$28.8 million30% of action budgets

“HUSD will increase students' deeper learning experiences, particularly for our students furthest from opportunity, by building staff capacity to teach and interact with students in culturally and linguistically responsive ways” p. 18 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $35.7 million (−⁠$6.9 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Multilingual Language Learners and Language Acquisition$7.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)$7.2 millionaction 1.8 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $227,568 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. College and Career Readiness$7.1 millionaction 1.7 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Personalized Learning$2.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Building District Common Assessments and Data Driven$2.2 millionaction 1.6 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.7 million is state funding counted toward those services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Best First Instruction · action 1.3 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $897,135 is state funding counted toward those services$1.4 million
  • Induction Program · action 1.9 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • Deeper Learning Activities · action 1.10 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $37,364 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
  • Professional Learning and Instructional Leadership · action 1.2 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $45,190 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
  • Equity and Anti-Bias/​Anti-Racism Training and Policies · action 1.1 · p. 134 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Deeper Learning Activities−⁠$2.6 million$2.8 million → $0.2 million · p. 135 ↗
  2. College and Career Readiness−⁠$1.9 million$9.1 million → $7.1 million · p. 134 ↗
  3. Best First Instruction−⁠$1.0 million$2.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 134 ↗

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

  • Multilingual Language Learners and Language Acquisition · $7.1 million → $7.4 million · p. 134 ↗+⁠$0.3 million
  • Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) and Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) · $6.5 million → $7.2 million · p. 134 ↗+⁠$0.7 million
  • Personalized Learning · $2.7 million → $2.3 million · p. 134 ↗−⁠$0.4 million
  • Building District Common Assessments and Data Driven · $3.2 million → $2.2 million · p. 134 ↗−⁠$0.9 million
  • Induction Program · $541,833 → $731,512 · p. 134 ↗+⁠$189,679
  • Professional Learning and Instructional Leadership · $906,439 → $74,420 · p. 134 ↗−⁠$832,019
  • Equity and Anti-Bias/​Anti-Racism Training and Policies · $398,165 → $69,086 · p. 134 ↗−⁠$329,079

How the plan measures it · 24 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 18 ↗.

Goal 2HUSD will work collaboratively with families, community partners, and staff to increase equitable student…$16.2 million17% of action budgets

“HUSD will work collaboratively with families, community partners, and staff to increase equitable student access to social-emotional supports and trauma-informed care, particularly through positive relationship-building and integration with HUSD's Multi-Tiered System of Supports” p. 55 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.4 million (−⁠$1.1 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Improve Student Feelings of School Safety through Relationships and Structures of Support$7.1 millionaction 2.4 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $16,220 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Improve Students’ Health and Well-Being$3.1 millionaction 2.8 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.9 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Coordination of Services to Support the Whole Student$2.7 millionaction 2.1 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $37,926 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Increase Parent Education and Involvement$1.9 millionaction 2.6 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $70,126 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Reduce Exclusionary Discipline and Support School Connectedness$0.4 millionaction 2.5 · p. 135 ↗

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • Institutionalize an Emphasis on Social-Emotional Learning · action 2.3 · p. 135 ↗$0.4 million
  • Promote Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism · action 2.7 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $93,471 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
  • Enhance Professional Development and Programs Around Relationship-Centered School Strategies · action 2.2 · p. 135 ↗$0.2 million
  • Students with Disabilities · action 2.9 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Coordination of Services to Support the Whole Student−⁠$1.1 million$3.8 million → $2.7 million · p. 135 ↗
  2. Increase Parent Education and Involvement+⁠$1.1 million$0.8 million → $1.9 million · p. 135 ↗
  3. Reduce Exclusionary Discipline and Support School Connectedness−⁠$391,984$831,121 → $439,137 · p. 135 ↗

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

  • Improve Student Feelings of School Safety through Relationships and Structures of Support · $7.2 million → $7.1 million · p. 135 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Improve Students’ Health and Well-Being · $3.3 million → $3.1 million · p. 135 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Institutionalize an Emphasis on Social-Emotional Learning · $737,439 → $395,327 · p. 135 ↗−⁠$342,112
  • Promote Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism · $405,291 → $384,637 · p. 135 ↗−⁠$20,654
  • Enhance Professional Development and Programs Around Relationship-Centered School Strategies · $196,736 → $188,583 · p. 135 ↗−⁠$8,153
  • Students with Disabilities · $100,000 → $93,651 · p. 135 ↗−⁠$6,349

How the plan measures it · 16 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 55 ↗.

Goal 3HUSD will create a welcoming environment and positive experiences and outcomes for our diverse community by…$51.4 million53% of action budgets

“HUSD will create a welcoming environment and positive experiences and outcomes for our diverse community by recruiting and retaining highly qualified staff and providing training and support on achieving service excellence” p. 83 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $23.6 million (+⁠$27.9 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Recruit and Retain Highly Qualified Teachers$50.2 millionaction 3.1 · p. 135 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Translation/​Interpretation Services$0.9 millionaction 3.4 · p. 136 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Attract and Retain Bilingual Staff and in Specialized Fields$0.3 millionaction 3.2 · p. 135 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Recruit and Retain Highly Qualified Teachers+⁠$28.0 million$22.2 million → $50.2 million · p. 135 ↗
  2. Translation/​Interpretation Services−⁠$80,147$976,808 → $896,661 · p. 136 ↗
  3. Attract and Retain Bilingual Staff and in Specialized Fields−⁠$48,253$363,605 → $315,352 · p. 135 ↗

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. 83 ↗.

Goal 4Goal 4: Operational Sustainability: HUSD will create and implement comprehensive facilities, safety, and…$169,151under 1% of action budgets

“Goal 4: Operational Sustainability: HUSD will create and implement comprehensive facilities, safety, and technology plans that ensure equitable and sustainable upgrades” p. 99 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $7.5 million (−⁠$7.3 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. The Hayward USD will implement an equitable facilities plan, standards, and timelines to support cleanliness, technology, and basic safety upgrades to every campus/​site$169,151action 4.1 · p. 136 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. The Hayward USD will implement an equitable facilities plan, standards, and timelines to support cleanliness, technology, and basic safety upgrades to every campus/​site−⁠$7.3 million$7.5 million → $0.2 million · p. 136 ↗

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 99 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalWithin three years, Brenkwitz Continuation High School will improve graduation rates, College and Career…$373,645under 1% of action budgets

“Within three years, Brenkwitz Continuation High School will improve graduation rates, College and Career Indicator (CCI) outcomes, and academic achievement in English Language Arts and Mathematics for all students, with a particular focus on Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students, English Learners (EL/​MLs), Long-Term English Learners (LTELs), and Hispanic students” p. 106 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Increase academic support for students once they are in attendance at Brenkwitz$268,149action 5.2 · p. 136 ↗
  2. Increase Graduation Rates at Brenkwitz$105,496action 5.1 · p. 136 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Increase academic support for students once they are in attendance at Brenkwitz+⁠$106,576$161,573 → $268,149 · p. 136 ↗
  2. Increase Graduation Rates at Brenkwitz−⁠$44,504$150,000 → $105,496 · p. 136 ↗

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 106 ↗.

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, 19,954 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 66%2. Asian: 9%3. Black or African American: 7%4. Filipino: 6%5. Two or more races: 4%6. White: 4%7. Pacific Islander: 3%8. Not reported: 2%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino66%
  2. Asian9%
  3. Black or African American7%
  4. Filipino6%
  5. Two or more races4%
  6. White4%
  7. Pacific Islander3%
  8. Not reported2%
  9. American 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

74%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 14,752 of 19,850 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 Hayward 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 (2,235 of 4,443 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

3 schools getting state support, 2025–26

East Avenue Elementary (Targeted support) · Tennyson High (Most intensive support, graduation rate) · Treeview Elementary (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.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Hayward Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Southgate Elementary, 70th percentile (Solid). Middle: Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle, 54th percentile (Solid). High: Leadership Public Schools - Hayward, 76th 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 Hayward 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 Hayward Unified good?

Hayward Unified’s 20 public elementary schools run from the bottom 1% to the 70th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Solid, 6 Developing and 10 Needs Support. Hayward Unified’s 8 public middle schools run from the 7th to the 54th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 5 Developing and 2 Needs Support. Hayward Unified’s 6 public high schools run from the 1st to the 76th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 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 Hayward Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Hayward Unified had 24 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 Hayward Unified had 20 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Hayward Unified had 21 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 Hayward Unified spend per student?

Hayward Unified spent $23,754 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Hayward 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 Hayward Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $97.0 million into 25 funded actions in 5 goals, 25% of its $382.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $51.4 million, 53% 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 Hayward 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.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.