Keppel Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 6 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 54th 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
Keppel Union Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 6 schools
from 1st to 54th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel: 54th percentile, Solid
Lake Los Angeles Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
Daisy Gibson Elementary: 7th percentile, Needs Support
Antelope Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
Pearblossom Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
Alpine Elementary: 1st percentile, Needs Support
5Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong
Middle · 6 schools
from 2nd to 77th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel: 77th percentile, Strong
Antelope Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
Alpine Elementary: 9th percentile, Needs Support
Pearblossom Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
Lake Los Angeles Elementary: 2nd percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 6 of the 6 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.
6 ranked schools
Schools around the Keppel Union Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Keppel Union Elementary district had 23 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 Keppel Union Elementary district score highest?
Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel is highest, at the 77th percentile.
That’s higher than 77 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in the Keppel Union Elementary district
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in the Keppel Union Elementary district had 23 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.
The district
Where does Keppel Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Keppel Union Elementary district spent $20,898 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 65 cents of every Keppel 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
Instruction65%
Instruction support8%
Student services8%
Administration9%
Buildings & maintenance10%
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
$34.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 37 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 59% of its $58.5 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, 115 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 61% of the money. The plan itself puts 78% of it toward staff.
Qualified Teachers $10.5 million
General Education Contribution To Special Education $5.4 million
Safe and Clean School Facilities $5.2 million
34 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
10 of the plan’s 37 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $3.4 million
Math $2.0 million
Catch-up help $1.5 million
English learners $1.3 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Small Group Math and Literacy Instruction$1.9 million
Bilingual Support$803,660
Intervention Teachers and Programs$748,036
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 $12.7 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 $12.9 million, $0.3 million (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$12.9 million spent (estimated)$13.2 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.6 million (5%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Professional Development and Support, which went from $1.6 million to $311,957.
Largest cuts
Professional Development and Support−$1.3 million
Literacy Coaches and Release Time−$295,520
Long Term English Learners−$176,248
Largest increases
General Education Contribution To Special Education+$1.2 million
Qualified Teachers+$562,428
Safe and Clean School Facilities+$322,070
New in the 2026–27 plan
Technology, Professional Development, and Support$602,551
School Safety$550,000
Instructional Rounds and Embedded PLC Time$450,000
Ask: What did Professional Development and Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.3 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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
22%
24%
up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
16%
15%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 4
26 in 100
27 in 100
1 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 4
2.9%
3.3%
up 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
Qualified Teachers · $10,488,145
General Education Contribution To Special Education · $5,406,838
Safe and Clean School Facilities · $5,226,770
The full plan4 goals, 45 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 ($34.8 million).
Where does the money go?
35% to Goal 2. 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 1All Students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards for English Language Arts and…$7.8 million22% of action budgets
“All Students will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics and all English Learners will demonstrate annual growth in their English language proficiency” p. 17 ↗
15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $8.8 million (−$1.1 million)
Largest funded actions
Small Group Math and Literacy Instruction$1.9 millionaction 1.10 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Classroom Modernization$0.8 millionaction 1.7 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Intervention Teachers and Programs$0.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Literacy Program$0.7 millionaction 1.4 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Literacy Coaches and Release Time$0.7 millionaction 1.15 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
10 more funded actions in this goal
Technology, Professional Development, and Support · action 1.6 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Educational Field Trips · action 1.11 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Instructional Rounds and Embedded PLC Time · action 1.16 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Long Term English Learners · action 1.9 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Professional Development and Support · action 1.5 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
English Learner Support · action 1.3 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Core Instructional Materials · action 1.2 · p. 73 ↗$0.2 million
Extended Learning Opportunities · action 1.8 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Literacy Materials and Resource Clerk · action 1.12 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Math Intervention · action 1.13 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Professional Development and Support−$1.3 million$1.6 million → $0.3 million · p. 73 ↗
Literacy Coaches and Release Time−$295,520$950,000 → $654,480 · p. 74 ↗
Long Term English Learners−$176,248$500,000 → $323,752 · p. 73 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Small Group Math and Literacy Instruction · $2.0 million → $1.9 million · p. 73 ↗−$0.1 million
Classroom Modernization · $761,000 → $761,000 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
Intervention Teachers and Programs · $750,000 → $748,036 · p. 73 ↗−$1,964
Literacy Program · $655,065 → $729,481 · p. 73 ↗+$74,416
Technology, Professional Development, and Support · $602,551 · p. 73 ↗new or renamed
Educational Field Trips · $300,000 → $453,494 · p. 74 ↗+$153,494
Instructional Rounds and Embedded PLC Time · $450,000 · p. 74 ↗new or renamed
English Learner Support · $207,863 → $210,414 · p. 73 ↗+$2,551
Goal 2KUSD will hire, retain, and ensure all staff are properly credentialed, supported, and engaged in continuous…$12.3 million35% of action budgets
“KUSD will hire, retain, and ensure all staff are properly credentialed, supported, and engaged in continuous improvement and provided high-quality differentiated professional development with a focus on data analysis and results-oriented outcomes to support and maximize student learning and achievement” p. 30 ↗
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $11.6 million (+$714,215)
Largest funded actions
Qualified Teachers$10.5 millionaction 2.1 · p. 74 ↗
Bilingual Support$0.8 millionaction 2.2 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS Supports$0.6 millionaction 2.4 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
New Teacher Support$0.4 millionaction 2.3 · p. 74 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Qualified Teachers+$0.6 million$9.9 million → $10.5 million · p. 74 ↗
MTSS Supports+$194,301$419,967 → $614,268 · p. 74 ↗
Bilingual Support−$42,514$846,174 → $803,660 · p. 74 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
New Teacher Support · $370,945 → $370,945 · p. 74 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 4 measures · 2 quoted
CTC Credentialing data reflects the percent of well-qualified teachersp. 30 ↗
Baseline
89% 2024 CTC.
Target for year 3
95% 2026-2027 CTC
Number/percentage of new teachers enrolled in the Teacher Support Programp. 30 ↗
Baseline
100% 2024 Local Metric Teacher Support Program Enrollment Data
Target for year 3
100% 2027 Local Metric Teacher Support Program Enrollment Data
2 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3Families and community members feel welcomed and engaged in the vision and mission of the District and schools$5.9 million17% of action budgets
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.7 million (+$1.2 million) · p. 35 ↗
Largest funded actions
General Education Contribution To Special Education$5.4 millionaction 3.4 · p. 74 ↗
Unduplicated Student Transportation$0.3 millionaction 3.3 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Workshops and Advisory Councils$0.1 millionaction 3.1 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Community Outreach$0.1 millionaction 3.2 · p. 74 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
General Education Contribution To Special Education+$1.2 million$4.2 million → $5.4 million · p. 74 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
45.8% of parents feel included in decision making Parent Survey 2023-2024
Target for year 3
75.8% of parents feel included in decision making Parent Survey 2026-2027
4 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 4Safe and rigorous environments will be provided for all students, staff, and community with investment in…$8.9 million26% of action budgets
“Safe and rigorous environments will be provided for all students, staff, and community with investment in resources to meet the needs of all educational partners” p. 41 ↗
14 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $8.2 million (+$767,456)
Largest funded actions
Safe and Clean School Facilities$5.2 millionaction 4.1 · p. 74 ↗
Counselors$0.9 millionaction 4.11 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Support Coordinators$0.8 millionaction 4.9 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
School Safety$0.6 millionaction 4.13 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
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, 3,000 students
1Hispanic or Latino84%
2White11%
3Black or African American2%
4Two or more races2%
5Asian<1%
6Filipino<1%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
64%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,927 of 3,000 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 Keppel Union Elementary extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.
It also qualified the year before.
Which students, on which measures
Low-income students
English and math
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 42% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (276 of 658 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
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.
Which public schools in the Keppel Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel, 54th percentile (Solid). Middle: Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel, 77th 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 Keppel 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 Keppel Union Elementary district good?
Keppel Union Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 54th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 5 Needs Support. Keppel Union Elementary’s 6 public middle schools run from the 2nd to the 77th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Developing and 4 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 Keppel Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Keppel Union Elementary district had 23 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 Keppel Union Elementary district had 23 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 Keppel Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Keppel Union Elementary district spent $20,898 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 65 cents of every Keppel 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 Keppel Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $34.8 million into 37 funded actions in 4 goals, 59% of its $58.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $12.3 million, 35% 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 Keppel 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.