Orinda Union runs schools through 8th grade. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the 96th to the 99th 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
Orinda Union · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 4 schools
from 96th to 99th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Wagner Ranch Elementary: 99th percentile, Strong
Sleepy Hollow Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
Glorietta Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
Del Rey Elementary: 96th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
4Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 98th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Orinda Intermediate: 98th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
← lower percentilehigher →
One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
The average elementary school in Orinda Union 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 Orinda Union stand?
Orinda Intermediate is at the 98th percentile.
That’s higher than 98 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Orinda Union.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Orinda Union’s money go, and what does it plan?
Orinda Union spent $17,537 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Orinda Union 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 services8%
Administration7%
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
$3.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 7% of its $53.1 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, 96 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 57% of the money. The plan itself puts 57% of it toward staff.
Wellness and Counseling Centers $956,101
Reopening of the Wagner Ranch Nature Area $750,000
Deferred Maintenance Plan $450,000
26 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
4 of the plan’s 29 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $379,946
Math $2,000
Catch-up help $391,946
English learners $146,462
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Targeted Literacy Intervention$379,946
English Language Development Curriculum Support$146,462
MTSS Implementation$10,000
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 $604,183 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $604,183 and estimates it spent $525,840, $78,343 (13%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$525,840 spent (estimated)$604,183 planned
Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $78,343 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
What changed
The total is $263,806 (8%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Implementation of California State Standards, which went from $155,250 to $80,250.
Largest cuts
Implementation of California State Standards−$75,000
Largest increases
School Climate Survey+$18,000
New in the 2026–27 plan
Prioritize Support through Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) and Teacher Specialists$220,000
Systematic Tiered Support$40,000
Support Access to Broad Course of Study$30,000
Ask: What did Implementation of California State Standards pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $75,000 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 · Student Learning
88%
87%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1 · Student Learning
84%
83%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2 · Community of Belonging
5 in 100
5 in 100
no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Community of Belonging
0.6%
0.3%
down 0.3 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
Wellness and Counseling Centers · $956,101
Reopening of the Wagner Ranch Nature Area · $750,000
Deferred Maintenance Plan · $450,000
The full plan4 goals, 27 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 ($3.8 million).
Where does the money go?
34% to Goal 4, Responsible Management of Resources. 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 1Student Learning$1.1 million28% of action budgets
“Enhance student learning outcomes by implementing a differentiated, evidence- based curriculum tailored to meet the diverse needs and abilities of all students while supporting districtwide alignment in instructional practices to ensure educational equity across all grade and department levels” p. 15 ↗
15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.1 million (+$2,000)
Largest funded actions
Targeted Literacy Intervention$379,946action 1.7 · p. 57 ↗
Tiered Student Support System$148,425action 1.6 · p. 57 ↗
English Language Development Curriculum Support$146,462action 1.4 · p. 57 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Learning Communities$145,025action 1.8 · p. 57 ↗
Implementation of California State Standards$80,250action 1.1 · p. 57 ↗
10 more funded actions in this goal
Standards-Based Curriculum · action 1.2 · p. 57 ↗$46,250
Systematic Tiered Support · action 1.15 · p. 58 ↗$40,000
Summer Programming and Support · action 1.13 · p. 58 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$30,562
Support Access to Broad Course of Study · action 1.12 · p. 58 ↗$30,000
School Schedule Implementation Support · action 1.16 · p. 58 ↗$5,000
Successful Transition to Middle and High School · action 1.10 · p. 58 ↗$2,000
Examination of the Effectiveness of the Current School Day Schedule · action 1.11 · p. 58 ↗$2,000
Math Intervention Support · action 1.14 · p. 58 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2,000
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.
Goal 2Community of Belonging$1.0 million27% of action budgets
“Foster a nurturing educational environment that promotes wellness and social-emotional well-being for all students by embedding equity and inclusivity at the core of our student programs” p. 29 ↗
Wellness and Counseling Centers$956,101action 2.1 · p. 58 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $425,159 is state funding counted toward those services
Recess and Extra/Co-Curricular Supports$5,000action 2.2 · p. 58 ↗
1 more funded action in this goal
Middle School SEL Curriculum · action 2.9 · p. 58 ↗$2,000
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
School Climate Survey+$18,000$2,000 → $20,000 · p. 58 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Wellness and Counseling Centers · $956,101 → $956,101 · p. 58 ↗unchanged
Inclusive Professional Development · $10,000 · p. 58 ↗new or renamed
MTSS Implementation · $10,000 · p. 59 ↗new or renamed
Recess and Extra/Co-Curricular Supports · $5,000 · p. 58 ↗new or renamed
Middle School SEL Curriculum · $2,000 · p. 58 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 9 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 29 ↗.
Goal 3Highly Qualified Staff$428,81911% of action budgets
“Recruit and retain highly-qualified staff in an environment where educators feel valued and supported to excel in their roles, contributing to the overall excellence and dedication to student success” p. 39 ↗
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, 2,594 students
1White52%
2Asian19%
3Two or more races17%
4Hispanic or Latino8%
5Not reported1%
6Filipino1%
7Black or African American<1%
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
3%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 85 of 2,590 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?
Orinda Union isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
Sources: District help (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.
Which public schools in Orinda Union rank highest?
Elementary: Wagner Ranch Elementary, 99th percentile (Strong). Middle: Orinda Intermediate, 98th 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 Orinda Union 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 Orinda Union good?
Orinda Union’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 96th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong. Orinda Union has one public middle school we score, Orinda Intermediate, at the 98th 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 Orinda Union compare with California?
The average elementary school in Orinda Union 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 Orinda Union spend per student?
Orinda Union spent $17,537 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 66 cents of every Orinda Union 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 Orinda Union’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $3.8 million into 29 funded actions in 4 goals, 7% of its $53.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $1.3 million, 34% 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 Orinda Union, 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.