Of Milpitas Unified’s 10 public elementary schools, 8 sit between the 73rd and the 95th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 10 schools
from 51st to 96th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Anthony Spangler Elementary: 96th percentile, Strong
The average elementary school in Milpitas Unified had 8 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 Milpitas Unified score highest?
Thomas Russell Middle is highest, at the 95th percentile.
That’s higher than 95 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Milpitas Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does the high school we score in Milpitas Unified stand?
Milpitas High is at the 85th percentile.
That’s higher than 85 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Milpitas Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Continuation schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with schools of its kind. The others have no statewide percentile this year.
Calaveras HillsContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
Where does Milpitas Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Milpitas Unified spent $18,174 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Milpitas 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
Instruction64%
Instruction support16%
Student services6%
Administration5%
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
$158.6 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 41 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 84% of its $189.3 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 87% of the money. The plan itself puts 98% of it toward staff.
General Education Staffing $69.9 million
Support and Administrative Staffing $37.2 million
Special Education Staffing $30.2 million
38 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
5 of the plan’s 41 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $1.5 million
Catch-up help $2.0 million
English learners $0.6 million
Largest of these
Early Literacy K-3 Staffing$1.5 million
High Impact Tutoring$1.2 million
Acceleration and Intervention to Meet Needs of Unduplicated Students$837,196
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 $11.8 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $10.9 million and estimates it spent $10.6 million, $0.3 million (3%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$10.6 million spent (estimated)$10.9 million planned
What changed
The total is $6.5 million (4%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Special Education Staffing, which went from $27.9 million to $30.2 million.
Largest increases
Special Education Staffing+$2.3 million
Support and Administrative Staffing+$1.8 million
General Education Staffing+$1.8 million
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
71%
70%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
64%
65%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
10 in 100
9 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
1.6%
1.3%
down 0.3 pts
Goal 4 tracks named schools and Goal 3 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.
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
General Education Staffing · $69,887,625
Support and Administrative Staffing · $37,205,012
Special Education Staffing · $30,211,449
The full plan4 goals, 44 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 ($158.6 million).
Where does the money go?
94% 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.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1All MUSD students will receive standards-based instruction, curriculum, and assessments by highly qualified…$149.3 million94% of action budgets
“All MUSD students will receive standards-based instruction, curriculum, and assessments by highly qualified teachers in inclusive, culturally responsive environments to be fully prepared for their future careers. Unduplicated students (low socio-economic, Foster/Homeless Youth, English Learners) as well as Students with Disabilities will make accelerated growth” p. 13 ↗
22 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
General Education Staffing$69.9 millionaction 1.1 · p. 69 ↗
Support and Administrative Staffing$37.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 69 ↗
Special Education Staffing$30.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 69 ↗
Educational Pathways and Staffing$3.2 millionaction 1.20 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Early Literacy K-3 Staffing$1.5 millionaction 1.19 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
17 more funded actions in this goal
STEAM Staffing · action 1.18 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $690,241 is state funding counted toward those services$1.4 million
High Impact Tutoring · action 1.4 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $565,395 is state funding counted toward those services$1.2 million
Educational Staffing to Address CDE Dashboard · action 1.22 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.1 million
Acceleration and Intervention to Meet Needs of Unduplicated Students · action 1.5 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $245,741 is state funding counted toward those services$0.8 million
Technology Tools and Blended Learning · action 1.7 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $435,009 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
Adult Professional Development: TK-6 Teachers · action 1.11 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $343,990 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
English Learner Development · action 1.13 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $94,357 is state funding counted toward those services$0.4 million
Adult Professional Development: Administrators · action 1.10 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
Formative and Summative Assessments · action 1.15 · p. 70 ↗$0.3 million
Support Staff Staffing · action 1.17 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Special Education and General Education Co-Teacher Development · action 1.14 · p. 70 ↗$0.1 million
English Learning State Testing · action 1.16 · p. 70 ↗$0.1 million
Adult Professional Development: 7-12 Teachers · action 1.12 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $78,250 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
Standards Aligned Curriculum and Facilities · action 1.23 · p. 71 ↗$0.1 million
Educational Staffing to Address CDE Dashboard · action 1.21 · p. 71 ↗$0.1 million
Early Grades Transition (CDC to TK and K) · action 1.8 · p. 69 ↗$0.1 million
State Seal and Pathway to Biliteracy · action 1.9 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $40,602 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Special Education Staffing+$2.3 million$27.9 million → $30.2 million · p. 69 ↗
Support and Administrative Staffing+$1.8 million$35.4 million → $37.2 million · p. 69 ↗
General Education Staffing+$1.8 million$68.1 million → $69.9 million · p. 69 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Educational Pathways and Staffing · $3.2 million → $3.2 million · p. 70 ↗+$41,412
Early Literacy K-3 Staffing · $1.4 million → $1.5 million · p. 70 ↗+$0.1 million
STEAM Staffing · $1.5 million → $1.4 million · p. 70 ↗−$0.1 million
High Impact Tutoring · $1.4 million → $1.2 million · p. 69 ↗−$0.3 million
Educational Staffing to Address CDE Dashboard · $1.3 million → $1.1 million · p. 71 ↗−$0.2 million
Acceleration and Intervention to Meet Needs of Unduplicated Students · $812,093 → $837,196 · p. 69 ↗+$25,103
Technology Tools and Blended Learning · $336,999 → $566,969 · p. 69 ↗+$229,970
Adult Professional Development: TK-6 Teachers · $347,967 → $423,992 · p. 70 ↗+$76,025
English Learner Development · $292,584 → $422,572 · p. 70 ↗+$129,988
Adult Professional Development: Administrators · $323,820 → $355,175 · p. 70 ↗+$31,355
Formative and Summative Assessments · $387,294 → $265,185 · p. 70 ↗−$122,109
Support Staff Staffing · $136,805 → $131,860 · p. 70 ↗−$4,945
Special Education and General Education Co-Teacher Development · $80,000 → $127,500 · p. 70 ↗+$47,500
English Learning State Testing · $127,500 → $127,500 · p. 70 ↗unchanged
Adult Professional Development: 7-12 Teachers · $190,091 → $102,750 · p. 70 ↗−$87,341
Standards Aligned Curriculum and Facilities · $66,000 → $95,150 · p. 71 ↗+$29,150
Educational Staffing to Address CDE Dashboard · $80,385 → $83,269 · p. 71 ↗+$2,884
Early Grades Transition (CDC to TK and K) · $56,581 → $56,581 · p. 69 ↗unchanged
State Seal and Pathway to Biliteracy · $58,533 → $45,602 · p. 69 ↗−$12,931
How the plan measures it · 25 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 13 ↗.
Goal 2All MUSD students are fully invested to thrive academically, socially and emotionally in an inclusive…$8.6 million5% of action budgets
“All MUSD students are fully invested to thrive academically, socially and emotionally in an inclusive, culturally responsive school environment” p. 34 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $8.0 million (+$522,937)
Largest funded actions
Mental Health Staffing$4.7 millionaction 2.6 · p. 72 ↗
Administrative and Support Staff Staffing$2.9 millionaction 2.9 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
Tier 1, 2, and 3 Social Emotional and Mental Health Supports$0.3 millionaction 2.10 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Transportation$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Newcomer Welcome Team$0.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 72 ↗
4 more funded actions in this goal
Mental Health Programming · action 2.7 · p. 72 ↗$0.1 million
Healthy Snacks · action 2.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
SCCOE Partnership for Expelled Students · action 2.8 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Mental Health Systems · action 2.5 · p. 72 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Administrative and Support Staff Staffing+$0.3 million$2.6 million → $2.9 million · p. 72 ↗
Mental Health Staffing+$0.2 million$4.5 million → $4.7 million · p. 72 ↗
Newcomer Welcome Team+$93,375$132,598 → $225,973 · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Tier 1, 2, and 3 Social Emotional and Mental Health Supports · $324,398 → $262,762 · p. 72 ↗−$61,636
Transportation · $231,871 → $231,440 · p. 72 ↗−$431
Mental Health Programming · $111,290 → $113,064 · p. 72 ↗+$1,774
Healthy Snacks · $75,000 → $50,000 · p. 72 ↗−$25,000
SCCOE Partnership for Expelled Students · $26,000 → $40,000 · p. 72 ↗+$14,000
Mental Health Systems · $24,063 → $24,063 · p. 72 ↗unchanged
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. 34 ↗.
Goal 3Every school is a community of educators and families working together as partners, sharing responsibility…$502,878under 1% of action budgets
“Every school is a community of educators and families working together as partners, sharing responsibility, leadership, and advocacy for the success of all children. All MUSD families will feel welcome and engaged in their children's education through authentic partnership with teachers, site, and district leaders” p. 45 ↗
Parent Education Workshops and Events$147,952action 3.2 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Administrative and Support Staff Staffing$123,910action 3.1 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $65,398 is state funding counted toward those services
Internships and Apprenticeships$103,687action 3.6 · p. 73 ↗
Parent and Students Events to Foster the MUSD Culture of We$34,700action 3.3 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $31,550 is state funding counted toward those services
1 more funded action in this goal
Milpitas Elementary Olympics · action 3.5 · p. 73 ↗$27,629
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Internships and Apprenticeships+$84,580$19,107 → $103,687 · p. 73 ↗
Parent and Students Events to Foster the MUSD Culture of We+$14,700$20,000 → $34,700 · p. 73 ↗
Administrative and Support Staff Staffing+$14,694$109,216 → $123,910 · p. 73 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Parent Education Workshops and Events · $142,176 → $147,952 · p. 73 ↗+$5,776
Parent Communication · $55,000 → $65,000 · p. 73 ↗+$10,000
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 45 ↗.
Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalCalaveras Hills High School will implement a comprehensive Equity Multiplier strategy that demonstrably…$221,181under 1% of action budgets
“Calaveras Hills High School will implement a comprehensive Equity Multiplier strategy that demonstrably reduces disparities and accelerates the student well-being and college and career outcomes for our low-income students” p. 51 ↗
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, 10,086 students
1Asian55%
2Hispanic or Latino20%
3Filipino12%
4Two or more races6%
5White4%
6Black or African American2%
7Not reported<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
38%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 3,841 of 10,076 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 Milpitas Unified 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
Students with disabilities
English and math
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 52% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (686 of 1,309 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
Milpitas High (Targeted support)
Milpitas HighTargeted support: students with disabilities
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 Milpitas Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Anthony Spangler Elementary, 96th percentile (Strong). Middle: Thomas Russell Middle, 95th percentile (Strong). High: Milpitas High, 85th 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 Milpitas 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.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Milpitas Unified good?
Milpitas Unified’s 10 public elementary schools run from the 51st to the 96th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 8 Strong and 2 Solid. Milpitas Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 93rd to the 95th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong. Milpitas Unified has one public high school we score, Milpitas High, at the 85th 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 Milpitas Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Milpitas Unified had 8 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 Milpitas Unified spend per student?
Milpitas Unified spent $18,174 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Milpitas 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 Milpitas Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $158.6 million into 41 funded actions in 4 goals, 84% of its $189.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $149.3 million, 94% 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 Milpitas 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.