National Elementary runs schools through 6th grade. Its 11 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 56th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are a separate district, Sweetwater Union High.
K6Elementary
712Middle and high
National Elementary · grades K–6
Sweetwater Union High · grades 7–12
Elementary · 11 schools
from 10th to 56th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Ira Harbison: 56th percentile, Solid
Kimball: 46th percentile, Developing
Rancho de la Nacion: 44th percentile, Developing
Palmer Way: 41st percentile, Developing
Olivewood: 39th percentile, Developing
Lincoln Acres: 36th percentile, Developing
John A. Otis Elementary: 30th percentile, Developing
Central Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
Integrity Charter: 24th percentile, Needs Support
Las Palmas: 17th percentile, Needs Support
El Toyon Elementary: 10th percentile, Needs Support
3Needs Support
7Developing
1Solid
0Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 33rd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Integrity Charter: 33rd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 11 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
The record sends National Elementary addresses to this high school. Boundaries come from the district’s published 2025 attendance boundaries; districts redraw them, and they are approximate at the edges.
The average elementary school in the National Elementary district had 24 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 National Elementary district stand?
Integrity Charter is at the 33rd percentile.
That’s higher than 33 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in National Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does National Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The National Elementary district spent $28,064 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every National 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
Instruction64%
Instruction support9%
Student services9%
Administration8%
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 16 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 36% of its $97.3 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, 110 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 68% of the money. The plan itself puts 58% of it toward staff.
Specialized and Highly Qualified Staff $11.3 million
Expanded Learning Opportunities $9.0 million
Multi-Tiered System of Support for Academic Achievement $3.5 million
13 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
2 of the plan’s 16 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading or English learners
Reading $50,000
English learners $15,000
Largest of these
Literacy and Social Development$50,000
English Learner's Parent Engagement$15,000
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 $17.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $18.9 million and estimates it spent $18.9 million, the same as planned.
$18.9 million spent (estimated)$18.9 million planned
What changed
The total is $2.8 million (7%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Expanded Learning Opportunities, which went from $6.9 million to $9.0 million.
Largest cuts
Data Analysis, Assessment and Instructional Planning−$2.0 million
Guaranteed and Viable Tier I Curriculum and Instruction−$1.0 million
Learning Environments and School Access−$606,624
Largest increases
Expanded Learning Opportunities+$2.1 million
New in the 2026–27 plan
MTSS Social/Emotional & Behavioral (LREBG funded action)$2.5 million
Ask: What did Data Analysis, Assessment and Instructional Planning pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $2.0 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 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
34%
35%
up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2
28%
28%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
25 in 100
24 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 3 and 4
2.8%
1.4%
down 1.4 pts
Goal 5 isn’t shown because it tracks named schools.
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
Specialized and Highly Qualified Staff · $11,264,510
Expanded Learning Opportunities · $8,965,997
Multi-Tiered System of Support for Academic Achievement · $3,507,386
The full plan5 goals, 38 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?
44% 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 1 · Focus GoalEnglish Learners will demonstrate one-year English language acquisition growth, increased performance on…$1.1 million3% of action budgets
“English Learners will demonstrate one-year English language acquisition growth, increased performance on grade level academic expectations and meet reclassification within five years” p. 13 ↗
3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.6 million (−$452,771)
Largest funded actions
Language Acquisition Professional Learning and Instructional Coaching$668,626action 1.1 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $274,313 is state funding counted toward those services
Curricular Supports and Coordinated Services$442,519action 1.2 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $417,519 is state funding counted toward those services
English Learner's Parent Engagement$15,000action 1.3 · p. 71 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Language Acquisition Professional Learning and Instructional Coaching−$191,290$859,916 → $668,626 · p. 71 ↗
Curricular Supports and Coordinated Services−$66,281$508,800 → $442,519 · p. 71 ↗
English Learner's Parent Engagement−$5,000$20,000 → $15,000 · p. 71 ↗
How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 2 quoted
CAASPP results for English learners in English Language Arts will increase 2% each yearp. 14 ↗
Baseline
2022-2023 13.08% Met/ Exceed
Target for year 3
2026-2027 19% Met/Exceed
CAASPP results for English learners in mathematics will increase 2% each yearp. 14 ↗
Baseline
2022-2023 12.56% Met/ Exceed
Target for year 3
2026-2027 19% Met/Exceed
6 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Increase academic proficiency for all students through a multi-tiered system of supports framework that…$15.2 million44% of action budgets
“Increase academic proficiency for all students through a multi-tiered system of supports framework that advances the global citizenship through sustainable development goals, exceptional personalized learning, innovation and competency skills” p. 22 ↗
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $16.4 million (−$1.1 million)
Largest funded actions
Expanded Learning Opportunities$9.0 millionaction 2.2 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $167,219 is state funding counted toward those services
Multi-Tiered System of Support for Academic Achievement$3.5 millionaction 2.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
Data Analysis, Assessment and Instructional Planning$1.7 millionaction 2.1 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $730,018 is state funding counted toward those services
Guaranteed and Viable Tier I Curriculum and Instruction$1.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $148,555 is state funding counted toward those services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Expanded Learning Opportunities+$2.1 million$6.9 million → $9.0 million · p. 71 ↗
Data Analysis, Assessment and Instructional Planning−$2.0 million$3.6 million → $1.7 million · p. 71 ↗
Guaranteed and Viable Tier I Curriculum and Instruction−$1.0 million$2.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 71 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Multi-Tiered System of Support for Academic Achievement · $3.7 million → $3.5 million · p. 71 ↗−$0.2 million
How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 1 quoted
Increase engagement percentage of "strength" and "high strength" in SEL engagement Panorama assessment by 3% each yearp. 23 ↗
Baseline
2023- 2024, 58% of students reported as "strength" and "high strength".
Target for year 3
2026- 2027, 67% of students reported as "strength" and "high strength".
11 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3Expand collaboration and engagement with parents, families, and community partners to increase equity and…$4.6 million13% of action budgets
“Expand collaboration and engagement with parents, families, and community partners to increase equity and access to learning including English learners, foster/homeless youth, students with disability and low income students” p. 32 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.9 million (−$1.3 million)
Largest funded actions
Equitable Technology and Information System Access$3.2 millionaction 3.5 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
Family and Community Partnerships for Student Achievement$0.6 millionaction 3.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $535,174 is state funding counted toward those services
Community and Basic Resources$0.4 millionaction 3.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $251,401 is state funding counted toward those services
Learning Environments and School Access$0.4 millionaction 3.3 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Reduce Chronic Absenteeism and Suspensions$0.1 millionaction 3.6 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
Pre-Natal to 3rd Grade Community Based Opportunities · action 3.4 · p. 72 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Learning Environments and School Access−$606,624$967,393 → $360,769 · p. 72 ↗
Family and Community Partnerships for Student Achievement−$293,230$856,795 → $563,565 · p. 72 ↗
Pre-Natal to 3rd Grade Community Based Opportunities−$230,596$270,596 → $40,000 · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Equitable Technology and Information System Access · $3.2 million → $3.2 million · p. 72 ↗−$22,480
Community and Basic Resources · $413,412 → $382,802 · p. 72 ↗−$30,610
Reduce Chronic Absenteeism and Suspensions · $182,374 → $94,817 · p. 72 ↗−$87,557
Goal 4Provide an integrated multi-tiered framework of support that incorporates social emotional learning and…$13.8 million40% of action budgets
“Provide an integrated multi-tiered framework of support that incorporates social emotional learning and positive behavior intervention to improve individualized student outcomes and learning” p. 41 ↗
2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $13.7 million (+$46,865)
Largest funded actions
Specialized and Highly Qualified Staff$11.3 millionaction 4.1 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
MTSS Social/Emotional & Behavioral (LREBG funded action)$2.5 millionaction 4.2 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Specialized and Highly Qualified Staff · $11.3 million → $11.3 million · p. 72 ↗unchanged
MTSS Social/Emotional & Behavioral (LREBG funded action) · $2.5 million · p. 72 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
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. 41 ↗.
Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalProvide expanded day access to preschool for State-Only qualifying students to increase early academic and…$50,000under 1% of action budgets
“Provide expanded day access to preschool for State-Only qualifying students to increase early academic and social/emotional skills” 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, 4,360 students
1Hispanic or Latino83%
2Filipino9%
3Two or more races2%
4Black or African American1%
5White1%
6Not reported1%
7Asian<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. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
85%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 3,707 of 4,357 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?
National 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, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (624 of 1,285 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 National Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Ira Harbison, 56th percentile (Solid). Middle: Integrity Charter, 33rd percentile (Developing). 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 National 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 National Elementary district good?
National Elementary’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 10th to the 56th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 7 Developing and 3 Needs Support. National Elementary has one public middle school we score, Integrity Charter, at the 33rd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Developing. 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 National Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the National Elementary district had 24 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 National Elementary district spend per student?
The National Elementary district spent $28,064 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every National 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 National Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $34.8 million into 16 funded actions in 5 goals, 36% of its $97.3 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $15.2 million, 44% 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 National 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.