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Oakdale Joint Unified schools

Oakdale Joint Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 37th to the 76th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 4 schools

from 37th to 76th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Fair Oaks Elementary: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Sierra View Elementary: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Cloverland Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Magnolia Elementary: 37th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
1Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 1 school

at 40th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Oakdale Junior High: 40th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong

High · 1 school

at 51st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Oakdale High: 51st percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.

  • 3 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Oakdale Joint Unified

9 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 Oakdale Joint Unified score highest?

Fair Oaks Elementary is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Oakdale Joint Unified

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

Show the other 1 elementary school
Context

The average elementary school in Oakdale Joint Unified had 15 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 Oakdale Joint Unified stand?

Oakdale Junior High is at the 40th percentile.

That’s higher than 40 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Oakdale Joint Unified.

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

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Oakdale Joint Unified stand?

Oakdale High is at the 51st percentile.

That’s higher than 51 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Oakdale Joint Unified.

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

3 high schools not ranked statewide

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.

The district

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

Oakdale Joint Unified spent $17,239 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Oakdale 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

  • Instruction66%
  • Instruction support9%
  • Student services11%
  • 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

$73.8 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 20 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 84% of its $87.4 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, 109 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 82% of the money. The plan itself puts 93% of it toward staff.

  • Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff $54.5 million
  • Transportation $3.0 million
  • Credit recovery, remediation, and learning loss mitigation $2.7 million
  • 17 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

2 of the plan’s 20 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 $2.7 million
  • English learners $0.6 million

Largest of these

  • Credit recovery, remediation, and learning loss mitigation$2.7 million
  • English Learner Development$618,789
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 $11.6 million and estimates it spent $11.5 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $3.7 million (5%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff, which went from $51.8 million to $54.5 million.

Largest increases

  • Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff+⁠$2.7 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
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 251%51%no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 237%40%up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 218 in 10015 in 1003 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 25.6%5.0%down 0.6 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
  • Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff · $54,508,679
  • Transportation · $3,038,128
  • Credit recovery, remediation, and learning loss mitigation · $2,678,662
The full plan4 goals, 33 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 ($73.8 million).

Where does the money go?

84% 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 1OJUSD will provide a K-12 continuum of academic excellence producing graduates who are college and/​or career ready$61.7 million84% of action budgets

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $58.5 million (+⁠$3.2 million) · p. 12 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff$54.5 millionaction 1.8 · p. 68 ↗
  2. Career Readiness$1.9 millionaction 1.6 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Curriculum Implementation$1.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $410,836 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. College Readiness$0.9 millionaction 1.5 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $896,447 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Academic Enrichment$0.9 millionaction 1.9 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $370,394 is state funding counted toward those services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Transitional Kinder Expansion and Full Day Kindergarten Support · action 1.10 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $663,118 is state funding counted toward those services$0.9 million
  • Systemic Support of Dynamic Instruction · action 1.3 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • Central Office Coordination of Curriculum and Instruction · action 1.4 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $506,724 is state funding counted toward those services$0.6 million
  • New Teacher Support · action 1.7 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Facilitation and Support of Professional Learning Communities · action 1.2 · p. 68 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Hire and Maintain Highly Qualified Staff+⁠$2.7 million$51.8 million → $54.5 million · p. 68 ↗
  2. Career Readiness+⁠$0.2 million$1.8 million → $1.9 million · p. 68 ↗
  3. Academic Enrichment+⁠$130,107$808,463 → $938,570 · p. 69 ↗

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

  • Curriculum Implementation · $1.1 million → $1.1 million · p. 68 ↗−⁠$11,617
  • College Readiness · $923,327 → $947,438 · p. 68 ↗+⁠$24,111
  • Transitional Kinder Expansion and Full Day Kindergarten Support · $815,421 → $876,656 · p. 69 ↗+⁠$61,235
  • Systemic Support of Dynamic Instruction · $695,763 → $710,412 · p. 68 ↗+⁠$14,649
  • Central Office Coordination of Curriculum and Instruction · $493,977 → $558,166 · p. 68 ↗+⁠$64,189
  • New Teacher Support · $121,335 → $121,335 · p. 68 ↗unchanged
  • Facilitation and Support of Professional Learning Communities · $11,434 → $11,434 · p. 68 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 1 quoted

  • Standards Aligned Curriculum (CA Schools Dashboard) p. 14 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024: 100% of curriculum is aligned to standards
    Target for year 3
    100% of curriculum will continue to be aligned to standards.

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Oakdale Joint Unified School District will provide strategic and accelerated intervention in academics…$4.8 million7% of action budgets

“Oakdale Joint Unified School District will provide strategic and accelerated intervention in academics, mental health, and behavioral health for identified at-risk students, including but not limited to Students with Disabilities (SWD), English Learners (ELs), foster youth, and socio- economically disadvantaged (SED) students” p. 25 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.5 million (+⁠$301,250)

Largest funded actions

  1. Credit recovery, remediation, and learning loss mitigation$2.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.2 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Mental and Behavioral Health Services -- Multitiered System of Supports$0.9 millionaction 2.5 · p. 69 ↗
  3. English Learner Development$0.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $558,454 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Academic Multi-Tiered System of Supports$0.5 millionaction 2.1 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6,127 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. East Stanislaus -- class size and electives$0.1 millionaction 2.7 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Special Education Services · action 2.4 · p. 69 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Mental and Behavioral Health Services -- Multitiered System of Supports+⁠$138,479$749,070 → $887,549 · p. 69 ↗
  2. Credit recovery, remediation, and learning loss mitigation+⁠$0.1 million$2.6 million → $2.7 million · p. 69 ↗
  3. Academic Multi-Tiered System of Supports−⁠$52,465$528,335 → $475,870 · p. 69 ↗

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

  • English Learner Development · $628,628 → $618,789 · p. 69 ↗−⁠$9,839
  • East Stanislaus -- class size and electives · $130,139 · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
  • Special Education Services · $14,246 → $38,611 · p. 69 ↗+⁠$24,365

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 10 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 25 ↗.

Goal 3OJUSD will maintain facilities, transportation services, and a technology infrastructure supporting a…$7.2 million10% of action budgets

“OJUSD will maintain facilities, transportation services, and a technology infrastructure supporting a well-equipped, safe, and secure learning environment for all students and educational partners” p. 40 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.0 million (+⁠$291,954)

Largest funded actions

  1. Transportation$3.0 millionaction 3.3 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Facilities$2.1 millionaction 3.2 · p. 70 ↗
  3. Technology Infrastructure$1.3 millionaction 3.4 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Student Safety$0.8 millionaction 3.1 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Facilities+⁠$0.1 million$2.0 million → $2.1 million · p. 70 ↗
  2. Transportation+⁠$0.1 million$3.0 million → $3.0 million · p. 70 ↗
  3. Technology Infrastructure+⁠$48,024$1.3 million → $1.3 million · p. 70 ↗

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

  • Student Safety · $725,736 → $768,756 · p. 70 ↗+⁠$43,020

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. 40 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOakdale Joint Unified School District will utilize the Equity Multiplier funds granted by the State of…$00% of action budgets

“Oakdale Joint Unified School District will utilize the Equity Multiplier funds granted by the State of California to increase the academic success of students at East Stanislaus Continuation High School. This goal has been discontinued” p. 53 ↗

No funded actions in this plan · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

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. 53 ↗.

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, 5,118 students
1. White: 50%2. Hispanic or Latino: 43%3. Two or more races: 4%4. Asian: <1%5. Black or African American: <1%6. Filipino: <1%7. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White50%
  2. Hispanic or Latino43%
  3. Two or more races4%
  4. Asian<1%
  5. Black or African American<1%
  6. Filipino<1%
  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

41%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 2,081 of 5,113 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 Oakdale 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, 47% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (174 of 372 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.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Oakdale Joint Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Fair Oaks Elementary, 76th percentile (Strong). Middle: Oakdale Junior High, 40th percentile (Developing). High: Oakdale High, 51st percentile (Solid). 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 Oakdale 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 Oakdale Joint Unified good?

Oakdale Joint Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 37th to the 76th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Developing. Oakdale Joint Unified has one public middle school we score, Oakdale Junior High, at the 40th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Developing. Oakdale Joint Unified has one public high school we score, Oakdale High, at the 51st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid. 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 Oakdale Joint Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Oakdale Joint Unified had 15 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 Oakdale Joint Unified spend per student?

Oakdale Joint Unified spent $17,239 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Oakdale 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 Oakdale Joint Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $73.8 million into 20 funded actions in 4 goals, 84% of its $87.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $61.7 million, 84% 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 Oakdale 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.