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Rincon Valley Union Elementary schools

Rincon Valley Union Elementary runs schools through 6th grade. Its 6 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 88th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). Middle and high school are run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 6 schools

from 23rd to 88th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Austin Creek Elementary: 88th percentile, Strong
  • Sequoia Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Village Elementary Charter: 74th percentile, Solid
  • Madrone Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Binkley Elementary Charter: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Manzanita Elementary Charter: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
2Strong

Middle · 1 school

at 72nd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Spring Lake Charter: 72nd percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

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

  • 4 of 7 are charter schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district

8 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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary district score highest?

Austin Creek Elementary is highest, at the 88th percentile.

That’s higher than 88 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district

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

Show the other 3 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district had 8 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

1 elementary school not ranked statewide
  • Rincon Valley PartnershipSpecial 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

Where does the middle school we score in the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district stand?

Spring Lake Charter is at the 72nd percentile.

That’s higher than 72 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Rincon Valley Union Elementary.

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

The district

Where does Rincon Valley Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?

The Rincon Valley Union Elementary district spent $20,550 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Rincon Valley Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction64%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration6%
  • Buildings & maintenance8%

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

$40.7 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 12 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 71% of its $57.1 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, 100 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 80% of the money. The plan itself puts 88% of it toward staff.

  • Implementation of the Standards $19.0 million
  • Learners with Disabilities $8.1 million
  • Flexible Facilities $5.6 million
  • 9 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

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 $2.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $3.2 million and estimates it spent $3.3 million, $0.1 million (1%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $1.0 million (2%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Learners with Disabilities, which went from $4.0 million to $8.1 million.

Largest cuts

  • Implementation of the Standards−⁠$3.1 million
  • Flexible Facilities−⁠$2.4 million
  • Multilingual Learners−⁠$875,370

Largest increases

  • Learners with Disabilities+⁠$4.1 million
  • Learner Readiness+⁠$1.2 million
  • Support Teams+⁠$511,612
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 260%61%up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 260%58%down 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2 · Supportive Systems12 in 1008 in 1004 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 3 · Climate, Culture and Community2.7%1.8%down 0.9 pts

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
  • Implementation of the Standards · $19,009,826
  • Learners with Disabilities · $8,108,262
  • Flexible Facilities · $5,550,300
The full plan3 goals, 38 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($40.7 million).

Where does the money go?

59% to Goal 1, Academic Achievement. 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 1Academic Achievement$24.2 million59% of action budgets

“All learners will achieve at high levels by accessing a rigorous education that meets their individual needs and prepares them for adulthood” p. 16 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $25.8 million (−⁠$1.7 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Implementation of the Standards$19.0 millionaction 1.3 · p. 63 ↗
  2. Learner Readiness$3.9 millionaction 1.4 · p. 63 ↗
  3. Instructional Practices$0.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Professional Learning$0.6 millionaction 1.2 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $494,000 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Implementation of the Standards−⁠$3.1 million$22.1 million → $19.0 million · p. 63 ↗
  2. Learner Readiness+⁠$1.2 million$2.7 million → $3.9 million · p. 63 ↗
  3. Professional Learning+⁠$354,218$245,000 → $599,218 · p. 63 ↗

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

  • Instructional Practices · $854,300 → $689,973 · p. 63 ↗−⁠$164,327

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 2 quoted

  • ENGLISH LEARNER ACCESS (Local Data) % with access to CA Standards, including ELD Standards p. 18 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100%
    Target for year 3
    100%
  • COURSE OF STUDY (Local Indicator) % of students who have access to a broad course of study (see local indicator report for more details) p. 18 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100%
    Target for year 3
    100%

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Supportive Systems$10.3 million25% of action budgets

“All learners have access to supplemental resources through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)” p. 29 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.4 million (+⁠$3.9 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Learners with Disabilities$8.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 63 ↗
  2. Support Teams$1.4 millionaction 2.1 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $403,879 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Multilingual Learners$0.5 millionaction 2.2 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $402,659 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Attendance$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Learners with Disabilities+⁠$4.1 million$4.0 million → $8.1 million · p. 63 ↗
  2. Multilingual Learners−⁠$0.9 million$1.3 million → $0.5 million · p. 63 ↗
  3. Support Teams+⁠$0.5 million$0.9 million → $1.4 million · p. 63 ↗

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

  • Attendance · $123,500 → $245,509 · p. 63 ↗+⁠$122,009

How the plan measures it · 13 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 29 ↗.

Goal 3Climate, Culture and Community$6.3 million15% of action budgets

“All learners and their grownups are safe, seen, and respected at school by staff and peers. As a result, they feel a sense of belonging, acceptance, and inclusion” p. 42 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.5 million (−⁠$3.2 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Flexible Facilities$5.6 millionaction 3.5 · p. 64 ↗
  2. School Safety and Connectedness$0.6 millionaction 3.2 · p. 63 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $401,661 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Family and Community Partnerships$0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 64 ↗
  4. Positive Behavior Intervention and Supportsunder $0.1 millionaction 3.1 · p. 63 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Flexible Facilities−⁠$2.4 million$7.9 million → $5.6 million · p. 64 ↗
  2. Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports−⁠$572,404$594,600 → $22,196 · p. 63 ↗
  3. School Safety and Connectedness−⁠$348,059$938,767 → $590,708 · p. 63 ↗

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

  • Family and Community Partnerships · $16,000 → $88,304 · p. 64 ↗+⁠$72,304

How the plan measures it · 14 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 42 ↗.

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, 3,091 students
1. White: 46%2. Hispanic or Latino: 31%3. Two or more races: 8%4. Asian: 5%5. Not reported: 4%6. Black or African American: 2%7. Pacific Islander: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%9. Filipino: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White46%
  2. Hispanic or Latino31%
  3. Two or more races8%
  4. Asian5%
  5. Not reported4%
  6. Black or African American2%
  7. Pacific Islander1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native1%
  9. Filipino<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

41%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,258 of 3,079 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?

Rincon Valley Union Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 53% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (43 of 81 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 the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Austin Creek Elementary, 88th percentile (Strong). Middle: Spring Lake Charter, 72nd 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 Rincon Valley Union 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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary district good?

Rincon Valley Union Elementary’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 88th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 3 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Rincon Valley Union Elementary has one public middle school we score, Spring Lake Charter, at the 72nd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 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 the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district had 8 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district spend per student?

The Rincon Valley Union Elementary district spent $20,550 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Rincon Valley Union 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 Rincon Valley Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $40.7 million into 12 funded actions in 3 goals, 71% of its $57.1 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $24.2 million, 59% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by the Rincon Valley Union Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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