School district · Alameda County

Livermore Valley Joint Unified schools

Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 55th to the 94th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 11 schools

from 55th to 94th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Emma C. Smith Elementary: 94th percentile, Strong
  • Lawrence Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Sunset Elementary: 93rd percentile, Strong
  • Altamont Creek Elementary: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Joe Michell: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Jackson Avenue Elementary: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Arroyo Seco Elementary: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Rancho Las Positas Elementary: 66th percentile, Solid
  • Junction K-8: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Leo R. Croce Elementary: 56th percentile, Solid
  • Marylin Avenue Elementary: 55th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
6Solid
5Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 5 schools

from 44th to 85th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • William Mendenhall Middle: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Andrew N. Christensen Middle: 74th percentile, Solid
  • Joe Michell: 71st percentile, Solid
  • East Avenue Middle: 61st percentile, Solid
  • Junction K-8: 44th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
1Strong

High · 3 schools

from 16th to 81st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Granada High: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Livermore High: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Vineyard Alternative: 16th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 17 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 17 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Livermore Valley Joint Unified

18 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified score highest?

Emma C. Smith Elementary is highest, at the 94th percentile.

That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Livermore Valley Joint Unified

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

Show the other 8 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 11 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified score highest?

William Mendenhall Middle is highest, at the 85th percentile.

That’s higher than 85 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Livermore Valley Joint Unified

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

Show the other 2 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 11 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified score highest?

Granada High is highest, at the 81st percentile.

That’s higher than 81 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Livermore Valley Joint Unified

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

Context

The average high school in Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 23 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

The district

Where does Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Livermore Valley Joint Unified spent $16,839 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Livermore Valley Joint 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

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support14%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration5%
  • 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

$9.6 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 25 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 4% of its $217.8 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 43% of the money. The plan itself puts 77% of it toward staff.

  • Career Technical Education $1.7 million
  • Counseling and Social Emotional Support $1.3 million
  • Junction and Marylin School Support $1.1 million
  • 22 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

6 of the plan’s 25 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 $1.2 million
  • English learners $0.6 million

Largest of these

  • Intervention Specialists$568,838
  • Leadership to Support Intervention for Unduplicated Students$495,042
  • District Support and Leadership for Academic Achievement and English Language Development$417,495
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 $7.1 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $7.1 million and estimates it spent $7.1 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $239,596 (3%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is District Support and Leadership for Academic Achievement and English Language Development, which went from $677,928 to $417,495.

Largest cuts

  • District Support and Leadership for Academic Achievement and English Language Development−⁠$260,433
  • Community Engagement−⁠$243,559
  • Programs for Student Intervention and Support−⁠$125,000

Largest increases

  • Counseling and Social Emotional Support+⁠$225,689
  • Junction and Marylin School Support+⁠$165,157
  • Support for Student Attendance+⁠$145,742
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 162%61%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 150%52%up 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 213 in 10012 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 22.2%2.1%down 0.1 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks 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
  • Career Technical Education · $1,661,494
  • Counseling and Social Emotional Support · $1,290,234
  • Junction and Marylin School Support · $1,134,103
The full plan3 goals, 35 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 ($9.6 million).

Where does the money go?

60% 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 the percentage of students who have the skills and knowledge to graduate from high school college…$5.7 million60% of action budgets

“Increase the percentage of students who have the skills and knowledge to graduate from high school college and/​or career ready” p. 15 ↗

13 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.7 million (+⁠$42,704)

Largest funded actions

  1. Career Technical Education$1.7 millionaction 1.12 · p. 72 ↗
  2. Junction and Marylin School Support$1.1 millionaction 1.6 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Intervention Specialists$0.6 millionaction 1.5 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Assessment and Accountability Programs for Unduplicated Students$0.5 millionaction 1.9 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Continuation School Support$0.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

8 more funded actions in this goal

  • District Support and Leadership for Academic Achievement and English Language Development · action 1.8 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • Support for New Teachers · action 1.11 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $173,059 is state funding counted toward those services$0.3 million
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support · action 1.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • English Language Development Curriculum and Instruction · action 1.13 · p. 72 ↗$0.2 million
  • Programs for Student Intervention and Support · action 1.2 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Equitable access to Field Trips & Camp for Low-Income Students · action 1.7 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Summer School · action 1.1 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Professional Development · action 1.10 · p. 72 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. District Support and Leadership for Academic Achievement and English Language Development−⁠$260,433$677,928 → $417,495 · p. 71 ↗
  2. Junction and Marylin School Support+⁠$0.2 million$1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 71 ↗
  3. Programs for Student Intervention and Support−⁠$125,000$224,863 → $99,863 · p. 71 ↗

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

  • Career Technical Education · $1.6 million → $1.7 million · p. 72 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Intervention Specialists · $497,367 → $568,838 · p. 71 ↗+⁠$71,471
  • Assessment and Accountability Programs for Unduplicated Students · $424,918 → $465,219 · p. 72 ↗+⁠$40,301
  • Continuation School Support · $320,921 → $445,301 · p. 71 ↗+⁠$124,380
  • Support for New Teachers · $364,860 → $346,118 · p. 72 ↗−⁠$18,742
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support · $194,847 → $188,310 · p. 71 ↗−⁠$6,537
  • English Language Development Curriculum and Instruction · $154,193 → $162,397 · p. 72 ↗+⁠$8,204
  • Equitable access to Field Trips & Camp for Low-Income Students · $88,000 → $88,000 · p. 71 ↗unchanged
  • Summer School · $84,510 → $84,510 · p. 71 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Development · $70,000 → $50,000 · p. 72 ↗−⁠$20,000

How the plan measures it · 21 measures · 1 quoted

  • Percentage of students with access to their own copies of standards- aligned instructional materials for use at school and home p. 16 ↗
    Baseline
    100 percent
    Target for year 3
    100 percent

20 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Provide an engaging, clean, healthy, and physically and emotionally safe environment to support learning at…$3.2 million33% of action budgets

“Provide an engaging, clean, healthy, and physically and emotionally safe environment to support learning at the highest levels” p. 34 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.8 million (+⁠$402,241)

Largest funded actions

  1. Counseling and Social Emotional Support$1.3 millionaction 2.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Support for Student Attendance$0.6 millionaction 2.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Leadership to Support Intervention for Unduplicated Students$0.5 millionaction 2.4 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Elementary Behavior Intervention$0.5 millionaction 2.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Supporting Positive Student Behavior$0.3 millionaction 2.5 · p. 72 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Homeless Student Support · action 2.6 · p. 72 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Counseling and Social Emotional Support+⁠$0.2 million$1.1 million → $1.3 million · p. 72 ↗
  2. Support for Student Attendance+⁠$145,742$473,134 → $618,876 · p. 72 ↗
  3. Elementary Behavior Intervention+⁠$49,927$429,757 → $479,684 · p. 72 ↗

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

  • Leadership to Support Intervention for Unduplicated Students · $517,540 → $495,042 · p. 72 ↗−⁠$22,498
  • Supporting Positive Student Behavior · $248,024 → $251,405 · p. 72 ↗+⁠$3,381
  • Homeless Student Support · $50,000 → $50,000 · p. 72 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 3 quoted

  • Percentage of middle school students who have dropped out of school p. 36 ↗
    Baseline
    0%
    Target for year 3
    Maintain 0%
  • Percentage of high school students who have dropped out of school p. 36 ↗
    Baseline
    1.1%
    Target for year 3
    Maintain overall rate of less than 5%
  • Percentage of students expelled p. 37 ↗
    Baseline
    0.1%
    Target for year 3
    Maintain overall rate of less than 0.2%

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Increase parent engagement in student learning by providing parent education opportunities, enabling parent…$683,4537% of action budgets

“Increase parent engagement in student learning by providing parent education opportunities, enabling parent involvement in schools, and delivering effective communication; and increase partnerships with community organizations to maximize student achievement” p. 44 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $888,802 (−⁠$205,349)

Largest funded actions

  1. Student Health$319,808action 3.3 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Community Engagement$206,602action 3.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Parent Education$127,543action 3.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $71,933 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Translation and Interpretation Services$20,000action 3.6 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Communication and Social Emotional Data Collection$7,500action 3.4 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Access to Meetings · action 3.5 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Community Engagement−⁠$243,559$450,161 → $206,602 · p. 72 ↗
  2. Student Health+⁠$29,325$290,483 → $319,808 · p. 73 ↗
  3. Parent Education+⁠$13,885$113,658 → $127,543 · p. 73 ↗

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

  • Translation and Interpretation Services · $25,000 → $20,000 · p. 73 ↗−⁠$5,000
  • Communication and Social Emotional Data Collection · $7,500 → $7,500 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
  • Access to Meetings · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 73 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 44 ↗.

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, 12,968 students
1. White: 39%2. Hispanic or Latino: 32%3. Asian: 16%4. Two or more races: 9%5. Filipino: 3%6. Black or African American: 1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White39%
  2. Hispanic or Latino32%
  3. Asian16%
  4. Two or more races9%
  5. Filipino3%
  6. Black or African American1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

20%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 2,551 of 12,945 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 Livermore Valley Joint 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, 44% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (394 of 888 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.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

Cities in the district

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Common questions

Which public schools in Livermore Valley Joint Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Emma C. Smith Elementary, 94th percentile (Strong). Middle: William Mendenhall Middle, 85th percentile (Strong). High: Granada High, 81st 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 Livermore Valley Joint 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified good?

Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 55th to the 94th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 5 Strong and 6 Solid. Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s 5 public middle schools run from the 44th to the 85th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid and 1 Developing. Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s 3 public high schools run from the 16th to the 81st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 11 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 11 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Livermore Valley Joint Unified had 23 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified spend per student?

Livermore Valley Joint Unified spent $16,839 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Livermore Valley Joint 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 Livermore Valley Joint Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $9.6 million into 25 funded actions in 3 goals, 4% of its $217.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $5.7 million, 60% 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 Livermore Valley Joint 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.