Miller Creek Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 3 public elementary schools run from the 72nd to the 88th 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
Miller Creek Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 3 schools
from 72nd to 88th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Lucas Valley Elementary: 88th percentile, Strong
Vallecito Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
Mary E. Silveira Elementary: 72nd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
2Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 84th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Miller Creek Middle: 84th 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.
Schools around the Miller Creek Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Miller Creek Elementary district had 5 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
Where does the middle school we score in the Miller Creek Elementary district stand?
Miller Creek Middle is at the 84th percentile.
That’s higher than 84 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Miller Creek Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Miller Creek Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Miller Creek Elementary district spent $18,493 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 Miller Creek 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 support10%
Student services8%
Administration8%
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
$26.0 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 76% of its $34.1 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, 86 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 71% of the money. The plan itself puts 94% of it toward staff.
Certificated Staffing $14.2 million
Expanding Basic Course of Study $2.6 million
Instructional Classified Support $1.6 million
26 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
3 of the plan’s 29 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name math, catch-up help or English learners
Math $72,788
Catch-up help $856,514
English learners $920,285
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Intervention and EL Services$856,514
6-8 Math Acceleration$72,788
Testing & EL Coordination$63,771
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 $1.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth.
What changed
The total is $936,570 (4%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Certificated Staffing, which went from $13.3 million to $14.2 million.
Largest cuts
Instructional Classified Support−$219,398
Intervention and EL Services−$180,618
Facilities−$87,883
Largest increases
Certificated Staffing+$912,494
Mental Health+$211,298
Home to School Transportation+$155,360
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 2
66%
65%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2
59%
60%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
10 in 100
7 in 100
3 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3
2.3%
2.5%
up 0.2 pts
Goal 1 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
Certificated Staffing · $14,163,412
Expanding Basic Course of Study · $2,624,874
Instructional Classified Support · $1,598,576
The full plan3 goals, 22 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 ($26.0 million).
Where does the money go?
88% to Goal 1, Broad Goal. 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 1Broad Goal$22.9 million88% of action budgets
“To build the necessary infrastructure that supports access to programs for all students, particularly to address and reduce disparities in opportunities and outcomes between student groups” p. 14 ↗
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $22.1 million (+$851,919)
Largest funded actions
Certificated Staffing$14.2 millionaction 1.1 · p. 47 ↗
Expanding Basic Course of Study$2.6 millionaction 1.4 · p. 47 ↗
Instructional Classified Support$1.6 millionaction 1.3 · p. 47 ↗
Goal 2To increase academic achievement in mathematics and English language arts for all students with a focus on…$1.5 million6% of action budgets
“To increase academic achievement in mathematics and English language arts for all students with a focus on narrowing the achievement gap for English learners, students receiving special education, Hispanic/Latinx, and socioeconomically disadvantaged through best-practices in personalized learning and use of a multi-tiered system of support” p. 20 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (−$141,218)
Largest funded actions
Intervention and EL Services$856,514action 2.5 · p. 48 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $794,096 is state funding counted toward those services
Standards Aligned Curriculum$233,000action 2.3 · p. 48 ↗
Extended School Year Program · $35,800 → $19,750 · p. 48 ↗−$16,050
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. 20 ↗.
Goal 3To increase connectedness for students through social emotional learning, campus inclusion, and wellness.…$1.6 million6% of action budgets
“To increase connectedness for students through social emotional learning, campus inclusion, and wellness. Focus Goal: Decrease student chronic absenteeism by creating welcoming environments, engaging with parents in Site Attendance Review Meetings, and creating student incentives” p. 31 ↗
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.4 million (+$225,869)
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, 1,755 students
1White54%
2Hispanic or Latino27%
3Two or more races10%
4Asian5%
5Not reported1%
6Black or African American1%
7Filipino1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
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
20%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 343 of 1,755 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 Miller Creek Elementary 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, 43% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (70 of 164 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in the Miller Creek Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Lucas Valley Elementary, 88th percentile (Strong). Middle: Miller Creek Middle, 84th 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 Miller Creek 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 Miller Creek Elementary district good?
Miller Creek Elementary’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 72nd to the 88th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong and 1 Solid. Miller Creek Elementary has one public middle school we score, Miller Creek Middle, at the 84th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 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 Miller Creek Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Miller Creek Elementary district had 5 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. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does the Miller Creek Elementary district spend per student?
The Miller Creek Elementary district spent $18,493 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 Miller Creek 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 Miller Creek Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $26.0 million into 29 funded actions in 3 goals, 76% of its $34.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $22.9 million, 88% 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 Miller Creek 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.