Newhall runs schools through 6th grade. Its 10 public elementary schools run from the 40th to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K6Elementary
712Middle and high
Newhall · grades K–6
Another district · grades 7–12
Elementary · 10 schools
from 40th to 98th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
The average elementary school in Newhall 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.
The district
Where does Newhall’s money go, and what does it plan?
Newhall spent $16,843 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Newhall 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
Instruction66%
Instruction support11%
Student services6%
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
$43.4 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 32 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 42% of its $102.5 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, 133 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 78% of the money. The plan itself puts 86% of it toward staff.
Highly Qualified Teachers $28.7 million
Student Learning Acceleration Program $2.6 million
Facilities $2.5 million
29 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
6 of the plan’s 32 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 $2.6 million
English learners $0.3 million
Largest of these
Student Learning Acceleration Program$2.6 million
Dual Language Immersion Program Support$200,000
Enhanced Language Development for English Learners and Long Term English Learners$114,000
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 $6.8 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $6.4 million and estimates it spent $6.3 million, within 1% of the plan.
$6.3 million spent (estimated)$6.4 million planned
What changed
The total is $738,891 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Highly Qualified Teachers, which went from $28.1 million to $28.7 million.
Largest cuts
Science Lab Technicians−$184,000
Enhanced Language Development for English Learners and Long Term English Learners−$176,000
Largest increases
Highly Qualified Teachers+$561,804
Student Learning Acceleration Program+$255,175
Data Analysis Systems+$110,000
Ask: What did Science Lab Technicians pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $184,000 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 2024–25Goal 1
69%
70%
up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
64%
63%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
9 in 100
8 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
0.6%
0.4%
down 0.2 pts
Goals 3 and 4 aren’t shown because they track 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
Highly Qualified Teachers · $28,651,977
Student Learning Acceleration Program · $2,630,175
Facilities · $2,500,000
The full plan4 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 ($43.4 million).
Where does the money go?
79% to Goal 4. 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 1To ensure that all students achieve academic success, fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment$4.2 million10% of action budgets
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.2 million (−$49,318) · p. 15 ↗
Largest funded actions
Student Learning Acceleration Program$2.6 millionaction 1.3 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
Instructional Collaboration Time$0.6 millionaction 1.1 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $160,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Science Lab Technicians$0.3 millionaction 1.8 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Dual Language Immersion Program Support$0.2 millionaction 1.9 · p. 92 ↗
Data Analysis Systems$0.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
6 more funded actions in this goal
Enhanced Language Development for English Learners and Long Term English Learners · action 1.11 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Teacher Leader Collaboratives · action 1.5 · p. 91 ↗$0.1 million
Additional Hour for Library Media Technicians · action 1.10 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Instructional Leadership Teams · action 1.4 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Teacher Collaborative · action 1.6 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Goal Setting · action 1.7 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Student Learning Acceleration Program+$0.3 million$2.4 million → $2.6 million · p. 91 ↗
Science Lab Technicians−$184,000$435,000 → $251,000 · p. 91 ↗
Enhanced Language Development for English Learners and Long Term English Learners−$176,000$290,000 → $114,000 · p. 92 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Instructional Collaboration Time · $601,493 → $570,000 · p. 91 ↗−$31,493
Dual Language Immersion Program Support · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 92 ↗unchanged
Data Analysis Systems · $80,000 → $190,000 · p. 91 ↗+$110,000
Additional Hour for Library Media Technicians · $67,411 → $67,411 · p. 92 ↗unchanged
Instructional Leadership Teams · $97,500 → $50,000 · p. 91 ↗−$47,500
English Learner Teacher Collaborative · $10,000 → $5,000 · p. 91 ↗−$5,000
English Learner Goal Setting · $1,000 → $500 · p. 91 ↗−$500
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. 15 ↗.
Goal 2To enhance student engagement and foster a positive school climate, ensuring that every student feels…$4.1 million10% of action budgets
“To enhance student engagement and foster a positive school climate, ensuring that every student feels connected, supported, and motivated to actively participate in their educational journey” p. 29 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.0 million (+$129,555)
Largest funded actions
Additional Assistant Principal Positions$1.6 millionaction 2.1 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Student Social-Emotional Well-Being$1.5 millionaction 2.4 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports$0.4 millionaction 2.6 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Increased Visual and Performing Arts Staff and Services$0.2 millionaction 2.3 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Additional Hours for Office Assistant II$0.2 millionaction 2.5 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Additional School Psychologist · action 2.2 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Attendance Recognition and Response · action 2.7 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Additional Assistant Principal Positions+$0.1 million$1.5 million → $1.6 million · p. 92 ↗
Additional Hours for Office Assistant II+$35,778$144,222 → $180,000 · p. 92 ↗
Student Social-Emotional Well-Being+$19,943$1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 92 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports · $439,920 → $450,000 · p. 92 ↗+$10,080
Increased Visual and Performing Arts Staff and Services · $254,606 → $250,000 · p. 92 ↗−$4,606
Additional School Psychologist · $150,000 → $150,000 · p. 92 ↗unchanged
Attendance Recognition and Response · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 92 ↗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. 29 ↗.
Goal 3To expand partnership with parents in decision-making processes and school activities, fostering a…$646,2501% of action budgets
“To expand partnership with parents in decision-making processes and school activities, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment that positively impacts student success” p. 40 ↗
School Community Outreach$403,000action 3.5 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Communication Systems and Services$165,000action 3.3 · p. 93 ↗
Parent Engagment and Education$42,000action 3.1 · p. 92 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $26,000 is state funding counted toward those services
Connecting Families with Community Resources$25,000action 3.7 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
English Learner Parent Education$10,000action 3.2 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $5,000 is state funding counted toward those services
2 more funded actions in this goal
McKenney-Vento Support · action 3.4 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$750
Parent Advisory Councils · action 3.6 · p. 93 ↗$500
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Parent Communication Systems and Services+$19,200$145,800 → $165,000 · p. 93 ↗
English Learner Parent Education−$10,000$20,000 → $10,000 · p. 93 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
School Community Outreach · $403,000 → $403,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
Parent Engagment and Education · $42,000 → $42,000 · p. 92 ↗unchanged
Connecting Families with Community Resources · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
McKenney-Vento Support · $750 → $750 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 40 ↗.
Goal 4To provide equitable access to basic services, rigorous implementation of state standards, and increased…$34.4 million79% of action budgets
“To provide equitable access to basic services, rigorous implementation of state standards, and increased accessibility to a diverse range of courses for all students within the school district” p. 48 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $33.8 million (+$649,454)
Largest funded actions
Highly Qualified Teachers$28.7 millionaction 4.1 · p. 93 ↗
Technology Support$0.7 millionaction 4.5 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Certificated Staff Professional Development · action 4.2 · p. 93 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $100,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
Classified Staff Professional Development · action 4.3 · p. 93 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Highly Qualified Teachers+$0.6 million$28.1 million → $28.7 million · p. 93 ↗
Certificated Staff Professional Development+$87,650$512,350 → $600,000 · p. 93 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Facilities · $2.5 million → $2.5 million · p. 93 ↗unchanged
Instructional Materials · $1.0 million → $1.0 million · p. 93 ↗unchanged
Technology · $1.0 million → $1.0 million · p. 93 ↗unchanged
Technology Support · $660,000 → $660,000 · p. 93 ↗unchanged
Classified Staff Professional Development · $35,000 → $35,000 · p. 93 ↗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. 48 ↗.
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, 6,022 students
1Hispanic or Latino45%
2White28%
3Asian11%
4Two or more races7%
5Filipino4%
6Not reported3%
7Black or African American2%
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.
Free or reduced-price meals
47%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 2,805 of 6,020 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?
Newhall 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, 53% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (395 of 745 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Elementary: Stevenson Ranch Elementary, 98th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California elementary schools we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Newhall 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 Newhall good?
Newhall’s 10 public elementary schools run from the 40th to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 7 Strong, 2 Solid and 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 Newhall compare with California?
The average elementary school in Newhall 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 Newhall spend per student?
Newhall spent $16,843 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Newhall 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 Newhall’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $43.4 million into 32 funded actions in 4 goals, 42% of its $102.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $34.4 million, 79% 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 Newhall, 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.