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Palmdale Elementary schools

Palmdale Elementary’s 21 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 21 schools

from 1st to 79th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Barrel Springs Elementary: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Palmdale Learning Plaza: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • Innovations Academy of Palmdale: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Tumbleweed Elementary: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Los Amigos - Dual Immersion: 48th percentile, Developing
  • Palm Tree Elementary: 42nd percentile, Developing
  • Dos Caminos Dual Immersion: 37th percentile, Developing
  • Cimarron Elementary: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Joshua Hills Elementary: 35th percentile, Developing
  • Palmdale Aerospace Academy: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Buena Vista Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Quail Valley Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
  • Desert Rose Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
  • Chaparral Prep Academy: 21st percentile, Needs Support
  • Summerwind Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
  • Mesquite Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Golden Poppy Elementary: 15th percentile, Needs Support
  • Ocotillo Elementary: 14th percentile, Needs Support
  • Yucca Elementary: 5th percentile, Needs Support
  • Manzanita Elementary: 5th percentile, Needs Support
  • Tamarisk Elementary: 1st percentile, Needs Support
9Needs Support
8Developing
3Solid
1Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 10 schools

from 16th to 87th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Innovations Academy of Palmdale: 87th percentile, Strong
  • Los Amigos - Dual Immersion: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Palmdale Learning Plaza: 73rd percentile, Solid
  • Palmdale Aerospace Academy: 32nd percentile, Developing
  • Dos Caminos Dual Immersion: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy: 28th percentile, Developing
  • Desert Willow Fine Arts, Science and Technology Magnet Academy: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy: 17th percentile, Needs Support
  • Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration Magnet Academy: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Cactus Medical, Health and Technology Magnet Academy: 16th percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
3Developing
1Solid
2Strong

High · 2 schools

from 34th to 57th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Palmdale Aerospace Academy: 57th percentile, Solid
  • Palmdale Academy Charter: 34th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 27 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 27 ranked schools
  • 4 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around the Palmdale Elementary district

31 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 the Palmdale Elementary district score highest?

Barrel Springs Elementary is highest, at the 79th percentile.

That’s higher than 79 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Palmdale Elementary district

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

Show the other 18 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Palmdale 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.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide
  • Palmdale Discovery CenterSpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it

Middle schools

Which middle schools in the Palmdale Elementary district score highest?

Innovations Academy of Palmdale is highest, at the 87th percentile.

That’s higher than 87 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Palmdale Elementary district

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

Show the other 7 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in the Palmdale Elementary district had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

2 middle schools not ranked statewide

Court and community schools and special education centers enroll students differently from a regular school, so we don’t rank them.

  • Oak Tree Community DayCommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it
  • Yellen Learning CenterSpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it

High schools

Which high schools in the Palmdale Elementary district score highest?

Palmdale Aerospace Academy is highest, at the 57th percentile.

That’s higher than 57 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in the Palmdale Elementary district

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

1 high school not ranked statewide

The district

Where does Palmdale Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Palmdale Elementary district spent $22,456 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Palmdale 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

  • Instruction60%
  • Instruction support11%
  • Student services12%
  • 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

$303.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 169 funded actions in 13 goals. That’s 66% of its $458.5 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, 223 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 65% of the money; their titles are below. The plan itself puts 78% of it toward staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

26 of the plan’s 169 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 $10.3 million
  • Math $9.7 million
  • Catch-up help $3.8 million
  • English learners $2.0 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Elementary Schools)$4.9 million
  • Contracted Tutoring Services, Core Academic Subjects$3.0 million
  • Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Middle Schools)$1.9 million
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 $69.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025-2026, it planned $73.7 million and estimates it spent $73.0 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $41.3 million (16%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Certificated Staffing, which went from $89.5 million to $119.1 million.

Largest cuts

  • Classified Staffing – Health and Safety at School Sites−⁠$1.3 million
  • Facility/​Operations−⁠$804,983

Largest increases

  • Certificated Staffing+⁠$29.7 million
  • Instructional Material/​Textbooks and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance+⁠$16.4 million

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Teacher Support Department: New In-Service Teachers$1.1 million

Ask: What did Classified Staffing – Health and Safety at School Sites pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.3 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
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 1330%33%up 3 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 1319%21%up 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 2 and 1330 in 10026 in 1004 fewer in 100

Goals 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 track named schools and Goals 3 and 4 track 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
  • Certificated Staffing · $119,139,716
  • Instructional Material/​Textbooks and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance · $47,941,804
  • Facility/​Operations · $30,761,182
The full plan13 goals, 58 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 ($303.1 million).

Where does the money go?

71% 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.

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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 1High Levels Academic Preparation and College and Career Readiness – All students will demonstrate high levels…$36.8 million12% of action budgets

“High Levels Academic Preparation and College and Career Readiness – All students will demonstrate high levels of academic preparation and college and career readiness through mastery of grade-level content as determined by state proficiency levels, with focus placed on ELA and Mathematics. In order to accomplish this goal, we will provide: - Professional development that addresses all aspects of need for our unduplicated students as we seek to prepare them for college and career; - High Quality Personnel - certificated and classified - to support our students; - Opportunities for equitable learning through specialized programs - Educational Technology that provides students with access to technology and opportunity to demonstrate 21st century skills - High quality curriculum and deliver instruction based on research-based strategies and assessments that can measure our success on reaching our learning goals. - Specific plans to meet the unique needs of our unduplicated youth, such as our English Learner Support Plan and Foster Youth Support Plans. - Increased length of our school days through our Extended Learning Time to allow unduplicated students to receive support and still have at least 1-2 electives at our middle schools. Closing the Achievement Gap is a critical piece to ensuring our students are ready for their future. The future of our students is dependent on their ability to use their voice and learn skills required for a global perspective” p. 28 ↗

13 funded actions · no goal 1 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Extended Learning Opportunities and Access to Broad Curriculum$9.8 millionaction 1.12 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Professional Learning Communities$6.3 millionaction 1.3 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Elementary Schools)$4.9 millionaction 1.1 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Access to Curriculum through Technology$4.0 millionaction 1.7 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Rigorous Physical Fitness Program through Curricular Collaboration$3.4 millionaction 1.8 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

8 more funded actions in this goal

  • Sites Support High Levels of Academic Preparation and College and Career Readiness · action 1.6 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.6 million
  • Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Middle Schools) · action 1.2 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.9 million
  • Supplemental Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment · action 1.4 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.8 million
  • Language Development and Implementation of the English Learner Support Plan · action 1.9 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.6 million
  • Equitable Learning – Schools of Choice · action 1.5 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.4 million
  • Comprehensive Support Services and Extracurricular Activities through the Foster Youth Support Plan · action 1.11 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Student Engagement Programs and Activities · action 1.13 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Long Term English Learners (LTELs) · action 1.10 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

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

  • Extended Learning Opportunities and Access to Broad Curriculum · $9.8 million · p. 164 ↗not compared
  • Professional Learning Communities · $6.3 million · p. 162 ↗not compared
  • Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Elementary Schools) · $4.9 million · p. 162 ↗not compared
  • Access to Curriculum through Technology · $4.0 million · p. 163 ↗not compared
  • Rigorous Physical Fitness Program through Curricular Collaboration · $3.4 million · p. 163 ↗not compared
  • Sites Support High Levels of Academic Preparation and College and Career Readiness · $2.6 million · p. 163 ↗not compared
  • Supporting Students and Closing the Achievement Gap ELA and Math (Middle Schools) · $1.9 million · p. 162 ↗not compared
  • Supplemental Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment · $1.8 million · p. 162 ↗not compared
  • Language Development and Implementation of the English Learner Support Plan · $1.6 million · p. 164 ↗not compared
  • Equitable Learning – Schools of Choice · $395,540 · p. 163 ↗not compared
  • Comprehensive Support Services and Extracurricular Activities through the Foster Youth Support Plan · $100,000 · p. 164 ↗not compared
  • Student Engagement Programs and Activities · $70,000 · p. 164 ↗not compared
  • Long Term English Learners (LTELs) · $5,000 · p. 164 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate for ELA by 6% (increase by 2% per year) - Elementary Grade 3-5 p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All: 26% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All: 32% …
  • Increase overall percentage of students at benchmark and above in ELA by 6% – average of Q3 LPMs (increase by 2% per year) - Middle Grades 6 -8 p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All: 38% …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All: 44% …
  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate for ELA by 6% (increase by 2% per year) - Middle Grade 6- 8 p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All: 28% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All: 34% …

3 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Welcoming, Safe, and Healthy Learning Environment is a critical component of ensuring that our unduplicated…$30.4 million10% of action budgets

“Welcoming, Safe, and Healthy Learning Environment is a critical component of ensuring that our unduplicated students experience positive learning environments, provided through fully trained Capturing Kids Hearts staff, and clean, safe campuses. Ensuring that students experience a welcoming, safe and healthy environment allows for students to focus on academic achievement” p. 45 ↗

14 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $29.6 million (+⁠$812,706)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social-Emotional Well-being and Suspensions$10.5 millionaction 2.2 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Assistant Principals – Oversight of Comprehensive Support Services for English Learner and Foster Youth$6.5 millionaction 2.3 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Home to School Transportation$3.0 millionaction 2.11 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Campus Security$2.9 millionaction 2.4 · p. 164 ↗
  5. Student Health$1.8 millionaction 2.1 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

9 more funded actions in this goal

  • School Sites Support for Social-Emotional Well-being · action 2.9 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.4 million
  • Student Design Projects · action 2.5 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.3 million
  • Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism · action 2.10 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$1.0 million
  • Foster Youth Support Plan · action 2.7 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - VAPA · action 2.12 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Culturally Responsive Practices - Certificated/​Classified Professional Development · action 2.6 · p. 165 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - Music · action 2.13 · p. 166 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Student Voice and Leadership · action 2.15 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - GATE · action 2.14 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism+⁠$419,818$535,820 → $955,638 · p. 165 ↗
  2. Home to School Transportation+⁠$0.4 million$2.6 million → $3.0 million · p. 165 ↗
  3. Social-Emotional Well-being and Suspensions−⁠$0.3 million$10.8 million → $10.5 million · p. 164 ↗

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

  • Assistant Principals – Oversight of Comprehensive Support Services for English Learner and Foster Youth · $6.4 million → $6.5 million · p. 164 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Campus Security · $2.8 million → $2.9 million · p. 164 ↗+⁠$35,396
  • Student Health · $1.7 million → $1.8 million · p. 164 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • School Sites Support for Social-Emotional Well-being · $1.5 million → $1.4 million · p. 165 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Student Design Projects · $1.4 million → $1.3 million · p. 164 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Foster Youth Support Plan · $612,372 → $685,748 · p. 165 ↗+⁠$73,376
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - VAPA · $275,000 → $500,000 · p. 165 ↗+⁠$225,000
  • Culturally Responsive Practices - Certificated/​Classified Professional Development · $476,162 → $484,669 · p. 165 ↗+⁠$8,507
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - Music · $303,885 → $302,787 · p. 166 ↗−⁠$1,098
  • Student Voice and Leadership · $50,000 → $44,000 · p. 167 ↗−⁠$6,000
  • Access to Specialized Program Opportunities - GATE · $45,000 → $30,000 · p. 167 ↗−⁠$15,000

How the plan measures it · 2 measures · 1 quoted

  • Increase district- wide rate of attendance by 1.5% – Infinite Campus (increase by 0.5% per year) p. 46 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 91.43%
    Target for year 3
    2026-2027 92.93%

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Family and Community Partnership consists of ensuring two-way meaningful conversation regarding District and…$5.0 million2% of action budgets

“Family and Community Partnership consists of ensuring two-way meaningful conversation regarding District and Site initiatives. It provides opportunities for family community partnerships through various district and site parent advisory committees such as: - Superintendent's Parent Advisory Committee - LCAP Educational Partnership Committee - English Learner Advisory Council - District English Learner Advisory Council - GATE Parent Advisory Council - African American Advisory Council, and - African American Parent Advisory Council To ensure communication this goal reviews the home/​school communication connections, parenting classes. For our unduplicated students, communication between school and family is critical to ensure we are meeting their needs. Our families can support our efforts by letting us know if the initiatives are benefitting their students. Offering classes that promote positive parenting, and nutrition classes for parents, computer classes and GED classes support the family as well as the student” p. 58 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.1 million (−⁠$86,023)

Largest funded actions

  1. Personnel to Support Parent Involvement$3.0 millionaction 3.2 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. District Parent Events and Meetings$0.5 millionaction 3.4 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Parent and Community Engagement / Adult Education$0.5 millionaction 3.3 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Welcome and Enrollment Center$0.5 millionaction 3.7 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Resources for Site Parent Engagement$0.2 millionaction 3.8 · p. 168 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Communications · action 3.1 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • English Learner Parent Support · action 3.5 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Foster Youth Parent Support · action 3.6 · p. 167 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Personnel to Support Parent Involvement+⁠$0.1 million$2.9 million → $3.0 million · p. 167 ↗
  2. District Parent Events and Meetings−⁠$140,437$666,980 → $526,543 · p. 167 ↗
  3. English Learner Parent Support−⁠$48,000$75,000 → $27,000 · p. 167 ↗

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

  • Parent and Community Engagement / Adult Education · $527,908 → $522,280 · p. 167 ↗−⁠$5,628
  • Welcome and Enrollment Center · $458,012 → $472,028 · p. 167 ↗+⁠$14,016
  • Resources for Site Parent Engagement · $228,814 → $222,815 · p. 168 ↗−⁠$5,999
  • Communications · $210,500 → $168,000 · p. 167 ↗−⁠$42,500
  • Foster Youth Parent Support · $500 → $500 · p. 167 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 58 ↗.

Goal 4 · Maintenance of Progress GoalBasic Services (Williams) – The Palmdale School District will provide basic services such as certificated…$215.0 million71% of action budgets

“Basic Services (Williams) – The Palmdale School District will provide basic services such as certificated staff, instructional materials /​textbooks, facilities and operations, site allocations for basic school supplies and services, basic transportation, basic technology, classified staffing in the areas of health and safety, pupil engagement and parent involvement, and school climate, as outlined in Williams Act requirements” p. 68 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $171.4 million (+⁠$43.6 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Certificated Staffing$119.1 millionaction 4.1 · p. 168 ↗
  2. Instructional Material/​Textbooks and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance$47.9 millionaction 4.2 · p. 168 ↗
  3. Facility/​Operations$30.8 millionaction 4.3 · p. 168 ↗
  4. Basic Transportation$6.4 millionaction 4.5 · p. 168 ↗
  5. Classified Staffing –School Communication and Support for Parents – School Sites$3.9 millionaction 4.9 · p. 168 ↗

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • Classified Staffing – Health and Safety at School Sites · action 4.7 · p. 168 ↗$3.9 million
  • Site Allocations for Basic Supplies and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance · action 4.4 · p. 168 ↗$1.5 million
  • Pupil Achievement – Technology · action 4.6 · p. 168 ↗$1.4 million
  • Classified Staffing – Support for Student Referrals and Enrollment · action 4.8 · p. 168 ↗$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Certificated Staffing+⁠$29.7 million$89.5 million → $119.1 million · p. 168 ↗
  2. Instructional Material/​Textbooks and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance+⁠$16.4 million$31.6 million → $47.9 million · p. 168 ↗
  3. Classified Staffing – Health and Safety at School Sites−⁠$1.3 million$5.2 million → $3.9 million · p. 168 ↗

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

  • Facility/​Operations · $31.6 million → $30.8 million · p. 168 ↗−⁠$0.8 million
  • Basic Transportation · $6.0 million → $6.4 million · p. 168 ↗+⁠$0.5 million
  • Classified Staffing –School Communication and Support for Parents – School Sites · $4.3 million → $3.9 million · p. 168 ↗−⁠$0.4 million
  • Site Allocations for Basic Supplies and Other Expenditures to Support Basic Services for Williams Compliance · $1.5 million → $1.5 million · p. 168 ↗−⁠$18,415
  • Pupil Achievement – Technology · $1.5 million → $1.4 million · p. 168 ↗−⁠$0.1 million
  • Classified Staffing – Support for Student Referrals and Enrollment · $260,213 → $70,503 · p. 168 ↗−⁠$189,710

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 3 quoted

  • 100% of teachers will be appropriately credentialed for the students that they are assigned to teach per Williams Act Requirements p. 68 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 100%
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 100%
  • 100% of schools will be providing students with standards-based instructional materials by meeting Williams Act Requirements p. 69 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 100%
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 100%
  • 100% of facilities will be in good repair by meeting Williams Act Requirements p. 69 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 100%
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 100%
Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalInnovations Academy – Students will demonstrate growth towards proficiency in EL, Math, and Language Arts…$652,851under 1% of action budgets

“Innovations Academy – Students will demonstrate growth towards proficiency in EL, Math, and Language Arts through targeted interventions, small group instruction, and grounded instructional practices. Students & Learning Coach will demonstrate growth through their utilization of available tools, strategies, and resources that will lead to student’s academic growth and connectedness to the school. This goal is intended to improve ELA/ ELD performance levels (AA, EL, HI, and SED) and Math performance levels (Hispanic, SED) for our student groups by May of 2026” p. 73 ↗

21 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Learning Support Teacher$165,308action 5.1 · p. 168 ↗
  2. Assistant Principal (0.5 FTE)$108,555action 5.19 · p. 169 ↗
  3. Noon Duty (3 - 5.75 hours/​day)$84,927action 5.6 · p. 169 ↗
  4. Little Whisk Academy$59,922action 5.3 · p. 168 ↗
  5. 2 Instructional Assistants$59,601action 5.18 · p. 169 ↗

15 more funded actions in this goal

  • At-Home Learning Kits · action 5.16 · p. 169 ↗$25,000
  • Student Achievement Systems · action 5.9 · p. 169 ↗$24,300
  • Eduprotocols Summer Institute · action 5.2 · p. 168 ↗$23,400
  • Small Group Instruction, Literacy · action 5.7 · p. 169 ↗$23,039
  • Student Connectedness & Attendance Engagement Program · action 5.21 · p. 169 ↗$20,240
  • CUE Conference · action 5.4 · p. 168 ↗$12,500
  • Digital Learning Collaborative Conference · action 5.10 · p. 169 ↗$12,500
  • Epic Plus Software · action 5.15 · p. 169 ↗$9,600
  • Learning Coach University · action 5.5 · p. 168 ↗$4,800
  • Stride Professional Development · action 5.11 · p. 169 ↗$4,500
  • Data Informed Student Lesson Planning · action 5.12 · p. 169 ↗$4,290
  • Certificated PD for Curriculum & Instruction delivery, enhancing LMS student management · action 5.20 · p. 169 ↗$3,600
  • Curipod Software · action 5.14 · p. 169 ↗$3,000
  • Academic Programming Support · action 5.8 · p. 169 ↗$1,499
  • Snorkl Software · action 5.13 · p. 169 ↗$1,350

1 more action is in the plan, counted in the goal’s total: p. 169 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Little Whisk Academy+⁠$44,342$15,580 → $59,922 · p. 168 ↗
  2. Eduprotocols Summer Institute+⁠$15,200$8,200 → $23,400 · p. 168 ↗
  3. Academic Programming Support−⁠$14,292$15,791 → $1,499 · p. 169 ↗

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

  • Learning Support Teacher · $161,374 → $165,308 · p. 168 ↗+⁠$3,934
  • Assistant Principal (0.5 FTE) · $103,673 → $108,555 · p. 169 ↗+⁠$4,882
  • Noon Duty (3 - 5.75 hours/​day) · $84,927 · p. 169 ↗new or renamed
  • 2 Instructional Assistants · $55,254 → $59,601 · p. 169 ↗+⁠$4,347
  • At-Home Learning Kits · $20,000 → $25,000 · p. 169 ↗+⁠$5,000
  • Student Achievement Systems · $24,300 → $24,300 · p. 169 ↗unchanged
  • Small Group Instruction, Literacy · $23,042 → $23,039 · p. 169 ↗−⁠$3
  • Student Connectedness & Attendance Engagement Program · $20,240 · p. 169 ↗new or renamed
  • CUE Conference · $10,200 → $12,500 · p. 168 ↗+⁠$2,300
  • Digital Learning Collaborative Conference · $10,500 → $12,500 · p. 169 ↗+⁠$2,000
  • Epic Plus Software · $9,600 → $9,600 · p. 169 ↗unchanged
  • Learning Coach University · $4,800 → $4,800 · p. 168 ↗unchanged
  • Stride Professional Development · $4,500 → $4,500 · p. 169 ↗unchanged
  • Data Informed Student Lesson Planning · $9,000 → $4,290 · p. 169 ↗−⁠$4,710
  • Certificated PD for Curriculum & Instruction delivery, enhancing LMS student management · $3,600 · p. 169 ↗new or renamed
  • Curipod Software · $2,000 → $3,000 · p. 169 ↗+⁠$1,000
  • Snorkl Software · $1,350 → $1,350 · p. 169 ↗unchanged
  • Title not confirmed · $920 · p. 169 ↗not compared

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 1 measure

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 73 ↗.

Goal 6 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalOak Tree Community Day School - For the lowest performing student groupsDevelop a comprehensive…$98,953under 1% of action budgets

“Oak Tree Community Day School - For the lowest performing student groupsDevelop a comprehensive social-emotional curriculum that combines classroom lessons with outdoor team-building activities, explicitly teaching students the skills needed for success in school and beyond. This goal is intended to improve suspension (AA, SED, and SWD) and chronic absenteeism (Hispanic, SWD) rates for our student groups by May of 2026. Additionally, this initiative aims to establish a Restorative Practices Center, staffed by a full-time Social Emotional Learning Specialist” p. 81 ↗

6 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Wolf Connection: Augmenting District Support$31,500action 6.4 · p. 170 ↗
  2. Professional Development Opportunities$20,000action 6.5 · p. 170 ↗
  3. Clothing: Uniforms, Business Attire, Spirit Wear$15,800action 6.2 · p. 170 ↗
  4. Supplemental Instructional Materials: Intake/​Exit & Skill Workbooks$10,853action 6.1 · p. 169 ↗
  5. Co-Curricular Programs & Activities, During the School Day$10,800action 6.3 · p. 170 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions for the Academic Core (Field Trips) · action 6.6 · p. 170 ↗$10,000

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

  • Wolf Connection: Augmenting District Support · $31,500 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development Opportunities · $20,000 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Clothing: Uniforms, Business Attire, Spirit Wear · $15,800 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Supplemental Instructional Materials: Intake/​Exit & Skill Workbooks · $10,853 · p. 169 ↗new or renamed
  • Co-Curricular Programs & Activities, During the School Day · $10,800 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions for the Academic Core (Field Trips) · $10,000 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 1 quoted

  • Chronic Absenteeism Rate reduced by 10% p. 82 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 54.5% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 44.5% …

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 7 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalPalm Tree Elementary – By May of 2026, All students, and EL students will increase level on the ELPI, with…$303,548under 1% of action budgets

“Palm Tree Elementary – By May of 2026, All students, and EL students will increase level on the ELPI, with support from after-school/​Saturday school program students below grade level in ELA/​Math that focuses on advancing literacy skills and English language development. To address the low performance on the CAASPP in ELA and Math, Palm Tree will provide culturally relevant reading materials, after- school/​Saturday programs to support student groups (All, AA, EL and SED). Parents will be invited to attend workshops focused on the four language domains, literacy, writing and Math to build capacity for supporting their students. Palm Tree Elementary will demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding standards in ELA & Math as measured by CAASPP test results and local progress monitoring assessments including the Star 360” p. 86 ↗

5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Professional Learning for Staff$167,489action 7.4 · p. 170 ↗
  2. Noon Duty Campus Supervisor (2)$59,981action 7.2 · p. 170 ↗
  3. English Learner Support$53,690action 7.1 · p. 170 ↗
  4. Extra Duty Support (Classified Staff)$15,188action 7.5 · p. 170 ↗
  5. Extra Duty (Psychologist)$7,200action 7.6 · p. 170 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Learning for Staff−⁠$32,511$200,000 → $167,489 · p. 170 ↗
  2. English Learner Support+⁠$9,801$43,889 → $53,690 · p. 170 ↗
  3. Extra Duty (Psychologist)−⁠$480$7,680 → $7,200 · p. 170 ↗

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

  • Noon Duty Campus Supervisor (2) · $59,981 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Extra Duty Support (Classified Staff) · $15,360 → $15,188 · p. 170 ↗−⁠$172

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 2 quoted

  • Increase percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards in Math on the CAASPP by 6% (2% per year) p. 87 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 28% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 34% …
  • Increase percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards in ELA on the CAASPP by 6% (2% per year) p. 87 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 31% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 37% …

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

Goal 8 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalSpace Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration (SAGE) Magnet Academy – SAGE has identified that multiple student…$425,789under 1% of action budgets

“Space Aeronautics Gateway to Exploration (SAGE) Magnet Academy – SAGE has identified that multiple student groups (“All”, EL, SED, AA, and HI) are not meeting California Dashboard Targets in ELA. In Math, (“All” and SED) student groups are scoring low on performance levels. In addition, “All”, SED, SWD, and AA student groups are high in suspensions and chronic absenteeism. To address these needs during the 2025-26 school year, SAGE has identified the following additional supports as necessary to increase student success in the following areas: 1. improve student behavior and provide expanded social/​emotional learning support services 2. provide staff with professional development to increase the capacity of staff to provide instruction that will engage students and address the diverse learning needs 3. provide additional support for students who have significant gaps in achieving grade level standards 4. provide additional support for English learners during English language development to focus instruction to support the reclassification of students 5. increase opportunities for parents to engage in meaningful participation at school and with their children’s learning” p. 93 ↗

14 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Lunchtime Activities to Increase Student Engagement During Unstructured Time$75,000action 8.1 · p. 170 ↗
  2. Roving Substitute Teacher (1)$52,020action 8.4 · p. 170 ↗
  3. Co-Curricular Learning Extensions to Promote Student Engagement (field trips)$50,000action 8.8 · p. 171 ↗
  4. High Intensity Tutoring in Co-Pilot Class to Provide Additional Intervention Support in Math and ELA$37,499action 8.5 · p. 171 ↗
  5. Instructional Assistant to Support Students in the Co-Pilot Classroom$31,346action 8.6 · p. 171 ↗

9 more funded actions in this goal

  • Aviation Consultant · action 8.13 · p. 171 ↗$30,000
  • Collaboration Time for Co-Pilot Teachers (Extra Duty) · action 8.12 · p. 171 ↗$29,999
  • Noon Duty Campus Supervisor · action 8.14 · p. 171 ↗$29,924
  • Aviation Consultant - 3D Design · action 8.15 · p. 171 ↗$25,000
  • Supplemental Instructional Supplies for the Aviation Class, 3D design focus · action 8.3 · p. 170 ↗$20,000
  • School Uniforms · action 8.7 · p. 171 ↗$20,000
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions: Exploration ELA Class · action 8.9 · p. 171 ↗$10,000
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions: Exploration Math Elective · action 8.10 · p. 171 ↗$10,000
  • Professional Development: Exploration Elective · action 8.11 · p. 171 ↗$5,001

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. High Intensity Tutoring in Co-Pilot Class to Provide Additional Intervention Support in Math and ELA−⁠$62,501$100,000 → $37,499 · p. 171 ↗
  2. Lunchtime Activities to Increase Student Engagement During Unstructured Time−⁠$25,000$100,000 → $75,000 · p. 170 ↗
  3. School Uniforms−⁠$10,000$30,000 → $20,000 · p. 171 ↗

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

  • Roving Substitute Teacher (1) · $54,020 → $52,020 · p. 170 ↗−⁠$2,000
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions to Promote Student Engagement (field trips) · $50,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Instructional Assistant to Support Students in the Co-Pilot Classroom · $31,299 → $31,346 · p. 171 ↗+⁠$47
  • Aviation Consultant · $30,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Collaboration Time for Co-Pilot Teachers (Extra Duty) · $22,000 → $29,999 · p. 171 ↗+⁠$7,999
  • Noon Duty Campus Supervisor · $29,924 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Aviation Consultant - 3D Design · $25,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Supplemental Instructional Supplies for the Aviation Class, 3D design focus · $20,000 · p. 170 ↗new or renamed
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions: Exploration ELA Class · $10,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions: Exploration Math Elective · $10,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development: Exploration Elective · $10,000 → $5,001 · p. 171 ↗−⁠$4,999

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 9 measures · 3 quoted

  • Decrease suspension rate by 3% - CA School Dashboard p. 94 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 18.5% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 15.5% …
  • Decrease the number of Office referrals by 25 per year p. 94 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 1,364
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 1,289
  • Decrease Chronic absentee rate by 6% - CA School Dashboard (2% per year) p. 94 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 23.2% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 17.2% …

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 9 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalYellen Learning Center – Yellen has identified that students in grades K-5 are functioning far below grade…$131,640under 1% of action budgets

“Yellen Learning Center – Yellen has identified that students in grades K-5 are functioning far below grade level in reading fluency and comprehension on the CAASPP, and a need to address the issue of high suspension rates for “All'' students, SED, SWD, and AA students. During the 2026-27 school year, Yellen will implement the following actions to support this need: Provide students in need of MTSS Tier 2 intervention and support systematic and explicit instruction in foundational literacy, provide professional development to build teacher capacity and understanding of foundational literacy instruction from Mastery Guides, develop and implement new behavioral framework with consultative support from Safe and Civil Schools, continue with ongoing consultation services for implementing school vision, shared beliefs, common agreements and improvement plan” p. 101 ↗

5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Roving Certificated Substitute$54,020action 9.2 · p. 171 ↗
  2. Professional Development in Reading Comprehension and Written Language$25,000action 9.1 · p. 171 ↗
  3. Professional Development: Teacher Clarity$23,700action 9.3 · p. 171 ↗
  4. Professional Development for Trauma-Informed Practices$17,120action 9.4 · p. 171 ↗
  5. Professional Development in Literacy$11,800action 9.5 · p. 171 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Development: Teacher Clarity+⁠$14,700$9,000 → $23,700 · p. 171 ↗

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

  • Roving Certificated Substitute · $54,020 → $54,020 · p. 171 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Development in Reading Comprehension and Written Language · $25,000 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development for Trauma-Informed Practices · $17,120 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development in Literacy · $11,800 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate for ELA by 6% (increase by 2% per year) p. 102 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All – 7% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All – 13% …
  • Increase overall percentage of students at benchmark and above in ELA by 6% – average of Q1-Q3 LPMs (increase by 2% per year) p. 102 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All - 16% …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All - 22% …
  • Decrease Chronic absentee rate by 6% - CA School Dashboard (2% per year) p. 103 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 49.3% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 43.3% …

5 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 10 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalYucca Elementary – During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All” and EL) will demonstrate growth…$711,040under 1% of action budgets

“Yucca Elementary – During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All” and EL) will demonstrate growth towards proficiency on the ELPI. EL students will also receive support in Math. Hispanic students need additional support in Language Arts. These student groups will receive support through targeted interventions, small group instruction, and grounded instructional practices. Students & Learning Coach will demonstrate growth through their utilization of available tools, strategies, and resources that will lead to student’s academic growth and connectedness to the school. Materials for the Makerspace Room and Thinking Maps Training will make lessons more engaging supporting academic success and attendance. Chronic absenteeism is especially high in the following subgroups: “All”, AA, EL, HI, SED and SWD. To address the issue of chronic absenteeism in the 2026-27 school year, Yucca Elementary will implement the Ron Clark Houses and additional training for staff in Capturing Kid’s Hearts” p. 107 ↗

21 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. ELA and Math PD: Consultant contract & extra duty compensation to attend training and complete lesson planning$152,400action 10.1 · p. 171 ↗
  2. Ron Clark Housemania System$70,719action 10.8 · p. 172 ↗
  3. Elevo$62,346action 10.20 · p. 172 ↗
  4. Instructional Assistants for Kindergarten classes (2)$59,620action 10.10 · p. 172 ↗
  5. Noon Duty Campus Supervisor (2)$57,859action 10.11 · p. 172 ↗

16 more funded actions in this goal

  • Roving Substitute · action 10.2 · p. 171 ↗$52,020
  • Administrative Clerk I · action 10.19 · p. 172 ↗$35,020
  • Additional Student Interventionist · action 10.9 · p. 172 ↗$31,482
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions of the Academic Core (Field Trips) · action 10.7 · p. 172 ↗$25,000
  • Professional Development - Conferences · action 10.14 · p. 172 ↗$23,000
  • Materials for MakerSpace · action 10.3 · p. 171 ↗$20,000
  • Music Supplies & Instruments · action 10.6 · p. 172 ↗$20,000
  • After School Activities - Aviation Program · action 10.17 · p. 172 ↗$20,000
  • Substitute Teacher Coverage · action 10.13 · p. 172 ↗$19,074
  • After School Activities - Fitness Class · action 10.16 · p. 172 ↗$15,000
  • PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education) Workshop · action 10.18 · p. 172 ↗$15,000
  • House Committee · action 10.12 · p. 172 ↗$10,000
  • After School Dance Program · action 10.5 · p. 172 ↗$8,500
  • LiveSchool Software - House Incentives · action 10.4 · p. 171 ↗$8,000
  • Supplies for Use at Recess/​Lunch · action 10.15 · p. 172 ↗$3,000
  • Attendance Outreach Supplies · action 10.21 · p. 172 ↗$3,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Substitute Teacher Coverage+⁠$10,404$8,670 → $19,074 · p. 172 ↗
  2. Ron Clark Housemania System−⁠$9,281$80,000 → $70,719 · p. 172 ↗
  3. Materials for MakerSpace−⁠$7,000$27,000 → $20,000 · p. 171 ↗

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

  • ELA and Math PD: Consultant contract & extra duty compensation to attend training and complete lesson planning · $152,400 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Elevo · $62,346 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Instructional Assistants for Kindergarten classes (2) · $59,620 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Noon Duty Campus Supervisor (2) · $57,859 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Roving Substitute · $52,020 · p. 171 ↗new or renamed
  • Administrative Clerk I · $35,020 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Additional Student Interventionist · $36,129 → $31,482 · p. 172 ↗−⁠$4,647
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions of the Academic Core (Field Trips) · $25,000 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development - Conferences · $25,000 → $23,000 · p. 172 ↗−⁠$2,000
  • Music Supplies & Instruments · $14,000 → $20,000 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$6,000
  • After School Activities - Aviation Program · $15,000 → $20,000 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$5,000
  • After School Activities - Fitness Class · $14,000 → $15,000 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$1,000
  • PIQE (Parent Institute for Quality Education) Workshop · $15,000 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • House Committee · $9,000 → $10,000 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$1,000
  • After School Dance Program · $5,300 → $8,500 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$3,200
  • LiveSchool Software - House Incentives · $8,000 → $8,000 · p. 171 ↗unchanged
  • Supplies for Use at Recess/​Lunch · $2,000 → $3,000 · p. 172 ↗+⁠$1,000
  • Attendance Outreach Supplies · $3,000 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate for ELA by 6% (increase by 2% per year) - Grades 3-5 p. 108 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All – 16% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All – 22% …
  • Increase overall percentage of students at benchmark and above in ELA by 6% – average of Q1-Q3 LPMs (increase by 2% per year) p. 108 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All – 25% …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All – 31% …
  • Decrease district-wide rate of chronic absenteeism by 6% – CA School Dashboard (decrease by 2% per year) p. 109 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 All - 28.7% …
    Target for year 3
    2025-26 All - 22.7% …

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 11 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalTamarisk Elementary - Tamarisk School- During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All”, SED, SWD, EL…$855,400under 1% of action budgets

“Tamarisk Elementary - Tamarisk School- During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All”, SED, SWD, EL and AA) will demonstrate growth towards proficiency in ELA on the ELPI for ELs and in ELA and Math on the SBA and district LPMs. These subgroups will receive support through effective first instruction, small group instruction, and targeted interventions. Teachers and staff will be provided with professional learning opportunities in both academics and classroom/​campus management to lead to academic growth and a structured, cohesive school environment inclusive to all” p. 115 ↗

12 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Assistant Principal$187,799action 11.1 · p. 172 ↗
  2. Noon Duty Campus Supervisors (3)$147,190action 11.4 · p. 172 ↗
  3. Be GLAD Training$138,800action 11.11 · p. 173 ↗
  4. Student Interventionist (2)$99,511action 11.8 · p. 172 ↗
  5. Compensation for Staff Training with Consultants$65,000action 11.5 · p. 172 ↗

7 more funded actions in this goal

  • Site Certificated Roving Substitute · action 11.6 · p. 172 ↗$57,600
  • Corwin - Consultant · action 11.3 · p. 172 ↗$54,000
  • Just Right Reader · action 11.10 · p. 173 ↗$35,000
  • CKH - Consultant · action 11.2 · p. 172 ↗$24,800
  • Playworks · action 11.9 · p. 172 ↗$20,700
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions for the Academic Core (Field Trips) · action 11.12 · p. 173 ↗$15,000
  • Bridges to Educational Excellence - Consultant · action 11.7 · p. 172 ↗$10,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Compensation for Staff Training with Consultants+⁠$27,776$37,224 → $65,000 · p. 172 ↗
  2. Assistant Principal−⁠$9,411$197,210 → $187,799 · p. 172 ↗
  3. CKH - Consultant−⁠$700$25,500 → $24,800 · p. 172 ↗

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

  • Noon Duty Campus Supervisors (3) · $147,190 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Be GLAD Training · $138,800 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Student Interventionist (2) · $99,511 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Site Certificated Roving Substitute · $57,600 · p. 172 ↗new or renamed
  • Corwin - Consultant · $54,000 → $54,000 · p. 172 ↗unchanged
  • Just Right Reader · $35,000 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Playworks · $20,700 → $20,700 · p. 172 ↗unchanged
  • Co-Curricular Learning Extensions for the Academic Core (Field Trips) · $15,000 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Bridges to Educational Excellence - Consultant · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 172 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate for ELA by 6% (increase by 2% per year) p. 115 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All: 17% …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All: 23% …
  • Increase overall percentage of students at benchmark and above in ELA by 6% – average of Q1-Q3 LPMs (increase by 2% per year) p. 116 ↗
    Baseline
    2024-25 All: 27% …
    Target for year 3
    2027-28 All: 33% …
  • Decrease schoolwide rate of chronic absenteeism by 6% – CA School Dashboard (decrease by 2% per year) p. 116 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All: 42.7% …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All: 36.7% …

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 12 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalDesert Rose Elementary – During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All” and EL) will demonstrate…$585,385under 1% of action budgets

“Desert Rose Elementary – During the 2026-27 school year, student subgroups (“All” and EL) will demonstrate growth towards proficiency on the ELPI - EL students will also receive support in Language Arts. African American students need additional support in Language Arts and Math. These student groups will receive support through targeted interventions, small group instruction, and grounded instructional practices. Students & Learning Coach will demonstrate growth through their utilization of available tools, strategies, and resources that will lead to student’s academic growth and connectedness to the school. Professional Development in Teacher Clarity will make lessons more engaging supporting academic success. Chronic absenteeism is especially high in the following subgroups: “All”, EL, HI, SED, SWD and AA. To address the issue of chronic absenteeism in the 2026-27 school year, Desert Rose Elementary will continue to build school climate using the Ron Clark House system and provide additional training for all staff in Capturing Kid’s Hearts” p. 122 ↗

10 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Teacher Clarity / PLC Plus Training$170,595action 12.2 · p. 173 ↗
  2. Ron Clark House System: School Climate & Culture, Belonging$159,720action 12.3 · p. 173 ↗
  3. Professional Learning: Capturing Kids Hearts$64,120action 12.1 · p. 173 ↗
  4. Campus Supervisors$57,176action 12.5 · p. 173 ↗
  5. Roving Substitute$53,754action 12.6 · p. 173 ↗

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Administrative Clerk · action 12.4 · p. 173 ↗$35,020
  • Professional Development - Conferences · action 12.9 · p. 173 ↗$20,000
  • Assemblies · action 12.7 · p. 173 ↗$15,000
  • Student Incentives for Students with Disabilities · action 12.10 · p. 174 ↗$6,000
  • Supplies for Recess and Lunch · action 12.8 · p. 173 ↗$4,000

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

  • Teacher Clarity / PLC Plus Training · $170,595 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Ron Clark House System: School Climate & Culture, Belonging · $159,720 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Learning: Capturing Kids Hearts · $64,120 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Campus Supervisors · $57,176 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Roving Substitute · $53,754 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Administrative Clerk · $35,020 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Development - Conferences · $20,000 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Assemblies · $15,000 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed
  • Student Incentives for Students with Disabilities · $6,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Supplies for Recess and Lunch · $4,000 · p. 173 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 3 quoted

  • Increase overall SBA proficiency rate by ELA by 6% (Increase by 2% per year) - Grades 3-5 p. 123 ↗
    Baseline
    2024-25 ALL: 25% …
    Target for year 3
    2027-28 ALL: 31% …
  • Increase overall percentage of students at benchmark and above in ELA by 6% - average of Q1-Q3 LPMs (increase by 2% per year) p. 123 ↗
    Baseline
    2025-26 ALL: 41% …
    Target for year 3
    2028-29 ALL: 47% …
  • Decrease school-wide rate of chronic absenteeism by 6% - CA School Dashboard (decrease by 2% per year) p. 124 ↗
    Baseline
    2024-25 All: 42.6% …
    Target for year 3
    2027-28 All: 36.6% …

3 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 13Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LREBG) - To mitigate learning gaps and promote success for all…$12.1 million4% of action budgets

“Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LREBG) - To mitigate learning gaps and promote success for all students, learning recovery acceleration will include efforts to increase inclusive, equitable access to solid first instruction, provide and expand targeted interventions, and enhance support services that address student engagement, promote academic success, and foster social emotional wellness” p. 128 ↗

31 funded actions · no goal 13 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Contracted Tutoring Services, Core Academic Subjects$3.0 millionaction 13.7 · p. 174 ↗
  2. Certificated Professional Learning: Math & ELA Framework & Standards, high leverage practices - extra duty compensation and coaching$1.5 millionaction 13.17 · p. 175 ↗
  3. Certificated Professional Learning: Summer - Literacy & Math Camps$1.2 millionaction 13.27 · p. 175 ↗
  4. Teacher Support Department: New In-Service Teachers$1.1 millionaction 13.13 · p. 174 ↗
  5. Professional Learning: Supporting Positive Learning Environments - Safe & Civil, Equity$0.4 millionaction 13.12 · p. 174 ↗

26 more funded actions in this goal

  • Student Learning Monitoring Systems · action 13.26 · p. 175 ↗$0.4 million
  • Literacy Coaches, Yellen & Oak Tree · action 13.29 · p. 175 ↗$0.4 million
  • Capturing Kids’ Hearts extra duty compensation substitute coverage · action 13.18 · p. 175 ↗$0.4 million
  • PROMISE Academy Saturday School (Attendance Recovery) · action 13.22 · p. 175 ↗$0.4 million
  • Certificated Professional Learning: Dual Immersion - language proficiency · action 13.21 · p. 175 ↗$0.3 million
  • Professional Learning: Artificial Intelligence in PSD · action 13.5 · p. 174 ↗$0.3 million
  • Summer Training, Classified Instructional Support Staff · action 13.8 · p. 174 ↗$0.2 million
  • Digital Tools to Support MTSS Instructional Framework Implementation · action 13.16 · p. 174 ↗$0.2 million
  • Classified Student Support - Progress Monitoring & Data Analysis · action 13.28 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • Coaching Certificated, Classified, Leadership, Early Literacy & Intervention · action 13.25 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • Instructional Materials: Dual Immersion · action 13.20 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • Yondr Pouches & Replacements · action 13.6 · p. 174 ↗$0.2 million
  • Certificated Professional Learning and Materials: ELD support and progress monitoring · action 13.23 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • Instructional Coach (100%) · action 13.30 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • District Learning Support Teacher: MTSS Support · action 13.19 · p. 175 ↗$0.2 million
  • Daybreak - school based mental health services · action 13.1 · p. 174 ↗$0.2 million
  • Professional Learning Support · action 13.4 · p. 174 ↗$0.2 million
  • EveryDay Labs: Chronic Absenteeism support and tracking · action 13.14 · p. 174 ↗$0.1 million
  • Instructional Coach - EL (76%) · action 13.31 · p. 175 ↗$0.1 million
  • Professional Learning: Culturally Responsive Instruction · action 13.10 · p. 174 ↗$0.1 million
  • Co-Teaching Collaboration: Job-Embedded Support · action 13.9 · p. 174 ↗$0.1 million
  • Develop the PSD Humanizing Change Roadmap · action 13.11 · p. 174 ↗$0.1 million
  • Summer PRIME Math Readiness Program · action 13.24 · p. 175 ↗$0.1 million
  • Supplies & Equipment: Science Bus · action 13.2 · p. 174 ↗under $0.1 million
  • College & Career Readiness Activities · action 13.15 · p. 174 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Maia Learning Pathfinders Program · action 13.3 · p. 174 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Contracted Tutoring Services, Core Academic Subjects+⁠$0.7 million$2.3 million → $3.0 million · p. 174 ↗
  2. Certificated Professional Learning: Summer - Literacy & Math Camps+⁠$0.6 million$0.5 million → $1.2 million · p. 175 ↗
  3. Instructional Materials: Dual Immersion−⁠$254,435$439,000 → $184,565 · p. 175 ↗

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

  • Certificated Professional Learning: Math & ELA Framework & Standards, high leverage practices - extra duty compensation and coaching · $1.7 million → $1.5 million · p. 175 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Teacher Support Department: New In-Service Teachers · $1.1 million · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Learning: Supporting Positive Learning Environments - Safe & Civil, Equity · $446,976 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Student Learning Monitoring Systems · $339,000 → $399,000 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$60,000
  • Literacy Coaches, Yellen & Oak Tree · $278,046 → $383,925 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$105,879
  • Capturing Kids’ Hearts extra duty compensation substitute coverage · $167,800 → $371,000 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$203,200
  • PROMISE Academy Saturday School (Attendance Recovery) · $370,000 · p. 175 ↗new or renamed
  • Certificated Professional Learning: Dual Immersion - language proficiency · $129,120 → $346,256 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$217,136
  • Professional Learning: Artificial Intelligence in PSD · $330,999 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Summer Training, Classified Instructional Support Staff · $267,000 → $250,000 · p. 174 ↗−⁠$17,000
  • Digital Tools to Support MTSS Instructional Framework Implementation · $220,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Classified Student Support - Progress Monitoring & Data Analysis · $80,474 → $201,776 · p. 175 ↗+⁠$121,302
  • Coaching Certificated, Classified, Leadership, Early Literacy & Intervention · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 175 ↗unchanged
  • Yondr Pouches & Replacements · $90,000 → $180,000 · p. 174 ↗+⁠$90,000
  • Certificated Professional Learning and Materials: ELD support and progress monitoring · $173,000 → $173,000 · p. 175 ↗unchanged
  • Instructional Coach (100%) · $168,882 · p. 175 ↗new or renamed
  • District Learning Support Teacher: MTSS Support · $165,302 · p. 175 ↗new or renamed
  • Daybreak - school based mental health services · $99,000 → $154,000 · p. 174 ↗+⁠$55,000
  • Professional Learning Support · $152,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • EveryDay Labs: Chronic Absenteeism support and tracking · $130,000 → $130,000 · p. 174 ↗unchanged
  • Instructional Coach - EL (76%) · $128,351 · p. 175 ↗new or renamed
  • Professional Learning: Culturally Responsive Instruction · $98,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Co-Teaching Collaboration: Job-Embedded Support · $80,640 → $80,640 · p. 174 ↗unchanged
  • Develop the PSD Humanizing Change Roadmap · $79,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Summer PRIME Math Readiness Program · $60,000 → $60,000 · p. 175 ↗unchanged
  • Supplies & Equipment: Science Bus · $50,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • College & Career Readiness Activities · $50,000 · p. 174 ↗new or renamed
  • Maia Learning Pathfinders Program · $17,500 → $17,500 · p. 174 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 2 quoted

  • Distance from Standard, Mathematics CAASPP decrease average distance from standard by 40 points in 3 years p. 129 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All: -98.2 pts …
    Target for year 3
    2026-27 All: -58.2 pts …
  • Chronic Absenteeism Rate decrease average rate by 15% in 3 years p. 129 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 All: 31.3% …
    Target for year 3
    2027-28 All: 16.3% …

1 more measure in the plan’s table.

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, 21,259 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 78%2. Black or African American: 13%3. White: 4%4. Two or more races: 2%5. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%6. Filipino: <1%7. Asian: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino78%
  2. Black or African American13%
  3. White4%
  4. Two or more races2%
  5. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  6. Filipino<1%
  7. Asian<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

82%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 17,433 of 21,259 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 Palmdale Elementary 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, 46% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,101 of 2,409 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

13 schools getting state support, 2025–26

5 in extra targeted support · 8 in targeted support

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.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Palmdale Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Barrel Springs Elementary, 79th percentile (Strong). Middle: Innovations Academy of Palmdale, 87th percentile (Strong). High: Palmdale Aerospace Academy, 57th 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 Palmdale 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.
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Are the public schools in the Palmdale Elementary district good?

Palmdale Elementary’s 21 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 79th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 8 Developing and 9 Needs Support. Palmdale Elementary’s 10 public middle schools run from the 16th to the 87th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 1 Solid, 3 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Palmdale Elementary’s 2 public high schools run from the 34th to the 57th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 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 the Palmdale Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Palmdale 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. The average middle school in the Palmdale Elementary district had 21 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Palmdale Elementary district spend per student?

The Palmdale Elementary district spent $22,456 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 60 cents of every Palmdale 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 Palmdale Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $303.1 million into 169 funded actions in 13 goals, 66% of its $458.5 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $215.0 million, 71% 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 the Palmdale Elementary district, 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.

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