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Hollister schools

Hollister runs schools through 8th grade. Its 8 public elementary schools run from the 16th to the 75th 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.

Elementary · 8 schools

from 16th to 75th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Sunnyslope Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Hollister Prep: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Ladd Lane Elementary: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Cerra Vista Elementary: 52nd percentile, Solid
  • Calaveras Elementary: 38th percentile, Developing
  • R. O. Hardin Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Rancho Santana: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Hollister Dual Language Academy: 16th percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
1Strong

Middle · 8 schools

from 8th to 97th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Accelerated Achievement Academy: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Hollister Prep: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Hollister Dual Language Academy: 48th percentile, Developing
  • Calaveras Elementary: 39th percentile, Developing
  • Rancho San Justo: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Rancho Santana: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Ladd Lane Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Maze Middle: 8th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
4Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 11 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 11 ranked schools

Schools around Hollister

11 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 Hollister score highest?

Sunnyslope Elementary is highest, at the 75th percentile.

That’s higher than 75 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hollister

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

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Context

The average elementary school in Hollister had 18 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 Hollister score highest?

Accelerated Achievement Academy is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hollister

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

Show the other 5 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Hollister had 16 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

The district

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

Hollister spent $17,117 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Hollister 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

  • Instruction63%
  • Instruction support12%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance7%

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

$17.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 17 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 16% of its $109.1 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, 151 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 47% of the money. The plan itself puts 88% of it toward staff.

  • Early Literacy $3.8 million
  • Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials $2.5 million
  • Instructional Support $1.8 million
  • 14 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 17 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading or catch-up help
  • Reading $3.8 million
  • Catch-up help $3.4 million

Largest of these

  • Early Literacy$3.8 million
  • Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials$2.5 million
  • Summer School$855,369
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 $14.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $13.2 million and estimates it spent $13.0 million, $0.2 million (1%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $42,891 lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Early Literacy, which went from $5.3 million to $3.8 million.

Largest cuts

  • Early Literacy−⁠$1.5 million
  • Safe Spaces−⁠$93,051
  • Multilingual Learner Support−⁠$52,810

Largest increases

  • Instructional Support+⁠$438,067
  • Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials+⁠$431,746
  • Summer School+⁠$252,202

Ask: What did Early Literacy pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.5 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
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Student Achievement38%37%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Student Achievement25%28%up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 1 · Student Achievement20 in 10019 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 1 · Student Achievement4.2%3.8%down 0.4 pts

Goals 2 and 3 aren’t shown because they track other measures.

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
  • Early Literacy · $3,771,249
  • Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials · $2,545,060
  • Instructional Support · $1,760,847
The full plan3 goals, 32 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 ($17.1 million).

Where does the money go?

68% to Goal 1, Student Achievement. 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

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Student Achievement$11.5 million68% of action budgets

“All students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding the common core content standards, social emotional, and behavioral competencies” p. 34 ↗

11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $12.5 million (−⁠$968,098)

Largest funded actions

  1. Early Literacy$3.8 millionaction 1.2 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials$2.5 millionaction 1.10 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Mental Health and Wellness$1.6 millionaction 1.5 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Safe Spaces$1.4 millionaction 1.7 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Summer School$0.9 millionaction 1.9 · p. 112 ↗

6 more funded actions in this goal

  • Relevant Technology · action 1.6 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Multilingual Learner Support · action 1.3 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Student Engagement · action 1.8 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • College and Career Readiness · action 1.1 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Inclusive Classrooms · action 1.4 · p. 111 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Universal Prekindergarten · action 1.11 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Early Literacy−⁠$1.5 million$5.3 million → $3.8 million · p. 111 ↗
  2. Supportive Assessments, Interventions, & Materials+⁠$0.4 million$2.1 million → $2.5 million · p. 112 ↗
  3. Summer School+⁠$252,202$603,167 → $855,369 · p. 112 ↗

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

  • Mental Health and Wellness · $1.6 million → $1.6 million · p. 111 ↗+⁠$47,366
  • Safe Spaces · $1.5 million → $1.4 million · p. 112 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Relevant Technology · $446,615 → $458,346 · p. 111 ↗+⁠$11,731
  • Multilingual Learner Support · $372,913 → $320,103 · p. 111 ↗−⁠$52,810
  • Student Engagement · $228,644 → $229,246 · p. 112 ↗+⁠$602
  • College and Career Readiness · $160,500 → $160,500 · p. 111 ↗unchanged
  • Inclusive Classrooms · $203,318 → $151,350 · p. 111 ↗−⁠$51,968
  • Universal Prekindergarten · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 112 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 24 measures · 1 quoted

  • Percentage of District schools implementing co-teaching p. 41 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 50% of district schools implement co-teaching
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of district schools implementing co- teaching

23 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Staff Success$2.9 million17% of action budgets

“Staff success equates to all students having equitable access to a learning environment that is responsive to their academic, social emotional, and behavioral learning needs” p. 59 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.4 million (+⁠$560,516)

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional Support$1.8 millionaction 2.2 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Instructional Development$0.8 millionaction 2.1 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Teacher Recruitment and Retention$0.3 millionaction 2.3 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Instructional Support+⁠$0.4 million$1.3 million → $1.8 million · p. 112 ↗
  2. Instructional Development+⁠$86,055$761,641 → $847,696 · p. 112 ↗
  3. Teacher Recruitment and Retention+⁠$36,394$282,258 → $318,652 · p. 112 ↗

How the plan measures it · 2 measures · 1 quoted

  • % participation of short term staff in the NEST program p. 61 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100% of short term staff were assigned a NEST provider
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of short term staff were assigned a NEST provider

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Parent Support and Engagement$2.6 million15% of action budgets

“Rich and meaningful partnerships will be developed and maintained between caregiver and educational partners” p. 69 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.3 million (+⁠$364,691)

Largest funded actions

  1. Parent Communication$1.7 millionaction 3.2 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Family Support$0.9 millionaction 3.1 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Parent Engagement and Educationunder $0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 112 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Family Support+⁠$220,007$660,341 → $880,348 · p. 112 ↗
  2. Parent Communication+⁠$0.2 million$1.6 million → $1.7 million · p. 112 ↗
  3. Parent Engagement and Education−⁠$5,590$38,000 → $32,410 · p. 112 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 3 quoted

  • % Participation for Parent and Family needs assessment survey p. 71 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 31% of parents responded to the annual Kelvin Pulse Survey
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 51% of parents responded to the annual Kelvin Pulse Survey
  • % of contactable families through the district communication platform p. 72 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 99% of contactable families through the district communication platform
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of contactable families through the district communication platform
  • % of Community Schools that host at least one Parent Liaison p. 72 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100% of Community Schools that host at least one Parent Liaison
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 100% of Community Schools that host at least one Parent Liaison

3 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, 6,447 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 82%2. White: 10%3. Not reported: 2%4. Asian: 2%5. Black or African American: 1%6. Two or more races: 1%7. Filipino: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino82%
  2. White10%
  3. Not reported2%
  4. Asian2%
  5. Black or African American1%
  6. Two or more races1%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

62%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 4,020 of 6,446 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 Hollister 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, 48% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (573 of 1,202 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26

Rancho San Justo (Extra 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

Common questions

Which public schools in Hollister rank highest?

Elementary: Sunnyslope Elementary, 75th percentile (Strong). Middle: Accelerated Achievement Academy, 97th 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 Hollister 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 Hollister good?

Hollister’s 8 public elementary schools run from the 16th to the 75th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 1 Developing and 3 Needs Support. Hollister’s 8 public middle schools run from the 8th to the 97th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 4 Developing and 2 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 Hollister compare with California?

The average elementary school in Hollister had 18 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 Hollister had 16 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Hollister spend per student?

Hollister spent $17,117 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Hollister 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 Hollister’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $17.1 million into 17 funded actions in 3 goals, 16% of its $109.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $11.5 million, 68% 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 Hollister, 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.

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

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