Lakeside Union Elementary’s 7 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 84th 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 · 7 schools
from 6th to 84th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Riverview Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
Barona Charter: 64th percentile, Solid
Lakeside Farms Elementary: 57th percentile, Solid
DREAM Academy: 51st percentile, Solid
Lakeview Elementary: 48th percentile, Developing
Lindo Park Elementary: 22nd percentile, Needs Support
Lemon Crest Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 4 schools
from 37th to 69th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
DREAM Academy: 69th percentile, Solid
Lakeside Middle: 41st percentile, Developing
Barona Charter: 39th percentile, Developing
Tierra del Sol Middle: 37th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
3Developing
1Solid
0Strong
High · 1 school
at 88th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
River Valley Charter: 88th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 10 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.
10 ranked schools
Schools around the Lakeside Union Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district had 13 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district score highest?
DREAM Academy is highest, at the 69th percentile.
That’s higher than 69 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in the Lakeside Union Elementary district
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district had 13 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district stand?
River Valley Charter is at the 88th percentile.
That’s higher than 88 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Lakeside Union Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Lakeside Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Lakeside Union Elementary district spent $17,252 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Lakeside 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
Instruction68%
Instruction support9%
Student services8%
Administration8%
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
$11.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 21 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 15% of its $77.1 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, 111 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 57% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 84% of it toward staff.
Action 1 $3.0 million
Home to School Transportation $2.3 million
Technology Integration $1.4 million
18 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
3 of the plan’s 21 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
Catch-up help $1.3 million
English learners under $0.1 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
MTSS and Implementation of State Standards$1.3 million
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development related to designated and integrated ELD$12,200
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development and capacity building related to long term English learners$12,200
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 $8.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $6.8 million and estimates it spent $7.1 million, $0.3 million (4%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$7.1 million spent (estimated)$6.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $1.1 million (11%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Home to School Transportation, which went from $1.7 million to $2.3 million.
Largest cuts
Special Education Program Staffing−$159,095
Student Engagement−$35,745
Largest increases
Home to School Transportation+$588,926
MTSS and Implementation of State Standards+$162,501
Assistant Principals, Coordinators of Ed Services, Director of Student Support, Student Support Assistant, Counselors, Health Services including Nurses and LVNs+$150,765
Ask: What did Special Education Program Staffing pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $159,095 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 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
48%
46%
down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
34%
35%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
16 in 100
16 in 100
no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 3
2.5%
2.5%
no change
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
Assistant Principals, Coordinators of Ed Services, Director of Student Support, Student Support Assistant, Counselors, Health Services including Nurses and LVNs · $2,955,009
Home to School Transportation · $2,311,466
Technology Integration · $1,394,780
The full plan3 goals, 26 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 ($11.8 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.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1All students will make academic growth in order to reach mastery of grade level standards, individual goals…$4.7 million40% of action budgets
“All students will make academic growth in order to reach mastery of grade level standards, individual goals, and development of the LUSD Student Profile competencies” p. 16 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.3 million (+$401,809)
Largest funded actions
Technology Integration$1.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Engagement$1.3 millionaction 1.6 · p. 70 ↗
MTSS and Implementation of State Standards$1.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $718,702 is state funding counted toward those services
Expanded/Extended Learning$0.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 70 ↗
Parent Engagement Unduplicated$0.2 millionaction 1.8 · p. 70 ↗
3 more funded actions in this goal
Curriculum Assessments and Curriculum and Instruction Support aligned with Implementation of State Standards · action 1.1 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $27,525 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
Materials Adoption and Implementation of State Standards · action 1.10 · p. 70 ↗$0.1 million
Parent Engagement · action 1.7 · p. 70 ↗$0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
MTSS and Implementation of State Standards+$0.2 million$1.1 million → $1.3 million · p. 70 ↗
Technology Integration+$0.1 million$1.3 million → $1.4 million · p. 70 ↗
Expanded/Extended Learning+$67,736$335,967 → $403,703 · p. 70 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Student Engagement · $1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 70 ↗−$35,745
Curriculum Assessments and Curriculum and Instruction Support aligned with Implementation of State Standards · $127,885 → $106,025 · p. 70 ↗−$21,860
Materials Adoption and Implementation of State Standards · $23,746 → $86,368 · p. 70 ↗+$62,622
Parent Engagement · $38,050 → $58,445 · p. 70 ↗+$20,395
How the plan measures it · 12 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 16 ↗.
Goal 2All students with special needs and all English Learners in LUSD will make academic growth in order to reach…$767,8937% of action budgets
“All students with special needs and all English Learners in LUSD will make academic growth in order to reach mastery of grade level standards, individual goals, and development of the LUSD Student Profile competencies” p. 39 ↗
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development related to designated and integrated ELD$12,200action 2.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4,150 is state funding counted toward those services
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development and capacity building related to long term English learners$12,200action 2.5 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4,150 is state funding counted toward those services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Professional Development - Special Education Curriculum Adoption · action 2.7 · p. 71 ↗$10,000
Professional Development Classified Employees · action 2.9 · p. 71 ↗$5,000
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Special Education Program Staffing−$159,095$544,717 → $385,622 · p. 71 ↗
Community Liaisons+$51,564$101,307 → $152,871 · p. 71 ↗
Extended School Year+$12,305$177,695 → $190,000 · p. 70 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development related to designated and integrated ELD · $23,057 → $12,200 · p. 71 ↗−$10,857
MTSS English Learners: Professional Development and capacity building related to long term English learners · $23,055 → $12,200 · p. 71 ↗−$10,855
Professional Development - Special Education Curriculum Adoption · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 71 ↗unchanged
Professional Development Classified Employees · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 71 ↗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. 39 ↗.
Goal 3All students will receive support that enables them to thrive socially and emotionally, including the…$6.3 million53% of action budgets
“All students will receive support that enables them to thrive socially and emotionally, including the celebration of the diversity within our community and affirmation of the importance of our common humanity” p. 50 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.4 million (+$874,659)
Largest funded actions
Assistant Principals, Coordinators of Ed Services, Director of Student Support, Student Support Assistant, Counselors, Health Services including Nurses and LVNs$3.0 millionaction 3.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Home to School Transportation$2.3 millionaction 3.7 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
District Behavior Team$0.5 millionaction 3.3 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS Behavior and Mental Health$0.4 millionaction 3.5 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $380,007 is state funding counted toward those services
Attendance Improvement Plans and attendance tracking$0.1 millionaction 3.6 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
District wide social emotional curriculum · action 3.2 · p. 71 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Home to School Transportation+$0.6 million$1.7 million → $2.3 million · p. 72 ↗
Assistant Principals, Coordinators of Ed Services, Director of Student Support, Student Support Assistant, Counselors, Health Services including Nurses and LVNs+$0.2 million$2.8 million → $3.0 million · p. 71 ↗
District Behavior Team+$126,721$341,211 → $467,932 · p. 71 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
MTSS Behavior and Mental Health · $421,760 → $410,007 · p. 72 ↗−$11,753
Attendance Improvement Plans and attendance tracking · $101,300 → $101,300 · p. 72 ↗unchanged
District wide social emotional curriculum · $20,000 · p. 71 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
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. 50 ↗.
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, 4,832 students
1White48%
2Hispanic or Latino38%
3Two or more races7%
4Black or African American3%
5Asian2%
6American Indian or Alaska Native2%
7Filipino<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9Not reported0%
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
41%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,862 of 4,552 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?
Lakeside 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, 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 (112 of 273 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
Lemon Crest Elementary (Targeted support)
Lemon Crest ElementaryTargeted support: students with disabilities and students of two or more races
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 Lakeside Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Riverview Elementary, 84th percentile (Strong). Middle: DREAM Academy, 69th percentile (Solid). High: River Valley Charter, 88th 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 Lakeside 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district good?
Lakeside Union Elementary’s 7 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 84th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 1 Developing and 2 Needs Support. Lakeside Union Elementary’s 4 public middle schools run from the 37th to the 69th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 3 Developing. Lakeside Union Elementary has one public high school we score, River Valley Charter, at the 88th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong. 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Lakeside Union Elementary district had 13 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district had 13 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Lakeside Union Elementary district spent $17,252 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 68 cents of every Lakeside 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 Lakeside Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $11.8 million into 21 funded actions in 3 goals, 15% of its $77.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.3 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 the Lakeside 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.