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Julian Union Elementary schools

Julian Union Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 20th to the 78th 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 · 6 schools

from 20th to 78th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • JCS - Mountain Oaks: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Julian Elementary: 74th percentile, Solid
  • JCS - Cedar Cove: 73rd percentile, Solid
  • Julian Charter: 55th percentile, Solid
  • Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Harbor Springs Charter: 20th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
1Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 4 schools

from 43rd to 66th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Julian Charter: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Julian Junior High: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Harbor Springs Charter: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy: 43rd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
0Strong

High · 1 school

at 5th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy: 5th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 7 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 7 ranked schools
  • 5 of 7 are charter schools

Schools around the Julian Union Elementary district

7 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 the Julian Union Elementary district score highest?

JCS - Mountain Oaks is highest, at the 78th percentile.

That’s higher than 78 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Julian Union Elementary district

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

Show the other 3 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Julian Union Elementary district had 7 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 the Julian Union Elementary district score highest?

Julian Charter is highest, at the 66th percentile.

That’s higher than 66 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Julian Union Elementary district

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

Show the other 1 middle school
Context

The average middle school in the Julian Union Elementary district had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Where does the high school we score in the Julian Union Elementary district stand?

Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy is at the 5th percentile.

That’s higher than 5 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Julian Union Elementary.

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

The district

Where does Julian Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Julian Union Elementary district spent $24,020 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Julian 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

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support13%
  • Student services9%
  • 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

$2.7 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 18 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 39% of its $6.9 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, 87 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 78% of the money. The plan itself puts 76% of it toward staff.

  • Highly qualified teachers $1.4 million
  • Student transportation $331,927
  • School Sites $326,782
  • 15 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 18 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

Actions whose titles name reading or catch-up help
  • Reading $10,000
  • Catch-up help $10,000

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Reading intervention teacher$10,000
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 $2.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $2.6 million and estimates it spent $1.6 million, $1.0 million (36%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $1.0 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $474,016 (15%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Before and after school program and counseling, which went from $314,812 to $170,183.

Largest cuts

  • Before and after school program and counseling−⁠$144,629
  • Student Support Specialist / Attendance Clerk−⁠$127,153
  • Special Ed Support-Annual Contribution−⁠$87,540

Largest increases

  • Technology+⁠$34,029
  • Late bus+⁠$19,032

Ask: What did Before and after school program and counseling pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $144,629 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 238%42%up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 230%43%up 13 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 38 in 1008 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 34.0%0 of 292down 4.0 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
  • Highly qualified teachers · $1,449,323
  • Student transportation · $331,927
  • School Sites · $326,782
The full plan3 goals, 21 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 ($2.7 million).

Where does the money go?

95% 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.

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 1Increase student achievement by increasing student access to academic support and basic services$2.6 million95% of action budgets

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.9 million (−⁠$299,944) · p. 12 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Highly qualified teachers$1.4 millionaction 1.1 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Student transportation$0.3 millionaction 1.7 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. School Sites$0.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Special Ed Support-Annual Contribution$0.3 millionaction 1.8 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Before and after school program and counseling$0.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 49 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Late bus · action 1.3 · p. 49 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Reading intervention teacher · action 1.4 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Lead teachers · action 1.6 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Before and after school program and counseling−⁠$144,629$314,812 → $170,183 · p. 49 ↗
  2. Special Ed Support-Annual Contribution−⁠$87,540$339,010 → $251,470 · p. 49 ↗
  3. Student transportation−⁠$68,813$400,740 → $331,927 · p. 49 ↗

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

  • Highly qualified teachers · $1.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 49 ↗unchanged
  • School Sites · $346,547 → $326,782 · p. 49 ↗−⁠$19,765
  • Late bus · $15,000 → $34,032 · p. 49 ↗+⁠$19,032
  • Reading intervention teacher · $5,000 → $10,000 · p. 49 ↗+⁠$5,000
  • Lead teachers · $9,360 → $6,131 · p. 49 ↗−⁠$3,229

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 12 ↗.

Goal 2Increase percent of students who are on-track to graduate college and career ready$82,9063% of action budgets

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $48,880 (+⁠$34,026) · p. 21 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Technology$40,004action 2.2 · p. 50 ↗
  2. English Language Learners teacher$14,585action 2.8 · p. 50 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Field trips$12,827action 2.7 · p. 50 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Writing Program$7,490action 2.6 · p. 50 ↗
  5. Character Education$6,000action 2.1 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • College Readiness · action 2.4 · p. 50 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Technology+⁠$34,029$5,975 → $40,004 · p. 50 ↗
  2. Writing Program−⁠$3,066$10,556 → $7,490 · p. 50 ↗
  3. English Language Learners teacher+⁠$3,063$11,522 → $14,585 · p. 50 ↗

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

  • Field trips · $12,827 → $12,827 · p. 50 ↗unchanged
  • Character Education · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 49 ↗unchanged
  • College Readiness · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 50 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.

Goal 3JUESD believes that student success depends on the mental, physical, and emotional state of all students$50,2172% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $258,315 (−⁠$208,098) · p. 28 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Student Support Specialist / Attendance Clerk$30,001action 3.6 · p. 50 ↗
  2. Counseling services$8,500action 3.4 · p. 50 ↗
  3. Support Pathways program$5,926action 3.1 · p. 50 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $5,003 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Native American Liaison$5,790action 3.3 · p. 50 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Student Support Specialist / Attendance Clerk−⁠$127,153$157,154 → $30,001 · p. 50 ↗
  2. Counseling services−⁠$75,489$83,989 → $8,500 · p. 50 ↗
  3. Support Pathways program−⁠$6,099$12,025 → $5,926 · p. 50 ↗

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

  • Native American Liaison · $4,147 → $5,790 · p. 50 ↗+⁠$1,643

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 28 ↗.

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, 2,289 students
1. White: 48%2. Hispanic or Latino: 37%3. Two or more races: 6%4. Black or African American: 3%5. Asian: 3%6. Not reported: 1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%8. Filipino: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White48%
  2. Hispanic or Latino37%
  3. Two or more races6%
  4. Black or African American3%
  5. Asian3%
  6. Not reported1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native1%
  8. Filipino<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

58%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,333 of 2,288 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?

Julian 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, 45% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (5 of 11 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Julian Union Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: JCS - Mountain Oaks, 78th percentile (Strong). Middle: Julian Charter, 66th percentile (Solid). High: Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy, 5th percentile (Needs Support). 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 Julian 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.
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Are the public schools in the Julian Union Elementary district good?

Julian Union Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 20th to the 78th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Julian Union Elementary’s 4 public middle schools run from the 43rd to the 66th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Solid and 1 Developing. Julian Union Elementary has one public high school we score, Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy, at the 5th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 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 the Julian Union Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Julian Union Elementary district had 7 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 the Julian Union Elementary district had 8 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 the Julian Union Elementary district spend per student?

The Julian Union Elementary district spent $24,020 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Julian 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 Julian Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $2.7 million into 18 funded actions in 3 goals, 39% of its $6.9 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $2.6 million, 95% 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 the Julian Union Elementary district, 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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