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Ripon Unified schools

Ripon Unified’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 56th to the 84th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 6 schools

from 56th to 84th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Park View Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Weston Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Colony Oak Elementary: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Ripon Elementary: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Ripona Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
  • California Online Public Schools Northern California: 56th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
3Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 6 schools

from 47th to 97th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Park View Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
  • Ripon Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Colony Oak Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Weston Elementary: 84th percentile, Strong
  • Ripona Elementary: 56th percentile, Solid
  • California Online Public Schools Northern California: 47th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
4Strong

High · 2 schools

from 13th to 72nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Ripon High: 72nd percentile, Solid
  • California Online Public Schools Northern California: 13th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 6 of the 7 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 7 ranked schools

Schools around Ripon Unified

7 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 Ripon Unified score highest?

Park View Elementary is highest, at the 84th percentile.

That’s higher than 84 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Ripon Unified

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

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Context

The average elementary school in Ripon Unified had 6 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

Which middle schools in Ripon Unified score highest?

Park View Elementary is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Ripon Unified

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

Show the other 3 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Ripon Unified had 6 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Ripon Unified score highest?

Ripon High is highest, at the 72nd percentile.

That’s higher than 72 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Ripon Unified

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

The district

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

Ripon Unified spent $14,437 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Ripon Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

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

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction63%
  • Instruction support8%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration8%
  • Buildings & maintenance9%
  • Other1%

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

$40.1 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 16 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 76% of its $53.0 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, 90 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 90% of the money. The plan itself puts 96% of it toward staff.

  • Teachers $17.3 million
  • Operational Services $14.7 million
  • MTSS/Special Education Staff $4.2 million
  • 13 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

4 of the plan’s 16 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $4.4 million
  • English learners $0.4 million

Largest of these

  • MTSS/​Special Education Staff$4.2 million
  • Monitoring English Learners$431,232
  • MTSS$175,000
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 $2.5 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $2.3 million and estimates it spent $2.3 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $2.7 million (7%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Operational Services, which went from $13.3 million to $14.7 million.

Largest cuts

  • Programs Beyond Core−⁠$104,222

Largest increases

  • Operational Services+⁠$1.4 million
  • Teachers+⁠$860,978
  • Professional Development+⁠$322,543

Ask: What did Programs Beyond Core pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $104,222 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 2024–25Goal 362%64%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 352%53%up 1 pt
Suspended at least onceGoal 42.0%2.0%no change

Goals 1 and 2 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
  • Teachers · $17,255,298
  • Operational Services · $14,673,366
  • MTSS/​Special Education Staff · $4,229,688
The full plan4 goals, 7 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 ($40.1 million).

Where does the money go?

96% to Goal 2. 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.

G2

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 1Empower all learners to have a growth and innovative mindset, ensuring students graduate college and/​or…$943,3212% of action budgets

“Empower all learners to have a growth and innovative mindset, ensuring students graduate college and/​or career ready through CTE pathways. Provide access to a broad curriculum based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by engaging students through effective instructional strategies” p. 13 ↗

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $725,000 (+⁠$218,321)

Largest funded actions

  1. Professional Development$422,543action 1.1 · p. 52 ↗
  2. Technology$200,000action 1.4 · p. 52 ↗
  3. Programs Beyond Core$150,778action 1.7 · p. 52 ↗
  4. Curriculum$150,000action 1.3 · p. 52 ↗
  5. Library and Music Programs$20,000action 1.2 · p. 52 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Development+⁠$322,543$100,000 → $422,543 · p. 52 ↗
  2. Programs Beyond Core−⁠$104,222$255,000 → $150,778 · p. 52 ↗

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

  • Technology · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 52 ↗unchanged
  • Curriculum · $150,000 → $150,000 · p. 52 ↗unchanged
  • Library and Music Programs · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 52 ↗unchanged

We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 13. p. 13 ↗

Goal 2Extend a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) that meets the social emotional needs of students across the…$38.6 million96% of action budgets

“Extend a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) that meets the social emotional needs of students across the district in order to accelerate the academic growth of all learners, including mental health services and culturally responsive teaching. Educational partners are involved in strengthening learning environments that are safe, effective, and engaging. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is provided to engage, meet individual needs and challenge all students” p. 24 ↗

8 funded actions · no goal 2 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Teachers$17.3 millionaction 2.7 · p. 53 ↗
  2. Operational Services$14.7 millionaction 2.8 · p. 53 ↗
  3. MTSS/​Special Education Staff$4.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 52 ↗
  4. Teachers - Supplemental$2.0 millionaction 2.9 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. MTSS$0.2 millionaction 2.1 · p. 52 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • Supplementary Materials and Programs · action 2.3 · p. 52 ↗$0.2 million
  • School Culture · action 2.6 · p. 53 ↗$0.1 million
  • Parent Outreach · action 2.4 · p. 53 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Operational Services+⁠$1.4 million$13.3 million → $14.7 million · p. 53 ↗
  2. Teachers+⁠$0.9 million$16.4 million → $17.3 million · p. 53 ↗
  3. Teachers - Supplemental+⁠$0.1 million$1.9 million → $2.0 million · p. 53 ↗

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

  • MTSS/​Special Education Staff · $4.2 million → $4.2 million · p. 52 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • MTSS · $100,000 → $175,000 · p. 52 ↗+⁠$75,000
  • Supplementary Materials and Programs · $150,000 → $150,000 · p. 52 ↗unchanged
  • School Culture · $80,750 → $80,000 · p. 53 ↗−⁠$750
  • Parent Outreach · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 53 ↗unchanged

We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 24. p. 24 ↗

Goal 3Ensure English Learners’ academic growth through the English Learner Development (ELD) standards utilizing…$436,2321% of action budgets

“Ensure English Learners’ academic growth through the English Learner Development (ELD) standards utilizing the California English Learner Roadmap. Provide opportunities for English learners to benefit from their dual language advantages and share their assets with others” p. 38 ↗

2 funded actions · no goal 3 in the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Monitoring English Learners$431,232action 3.2 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Integrated, Designated ELD$5,000action 3.1 · p. 53 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Monitoring English Learners−⁠$11,747$442,979 → $431,232 · p. 53 ↗
  2. Integrated, Designated ELD−⁠$10,000$15,000 → $5,000 · p. 53 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 38 ↗.

Goal 4 · Focus GoalSuspension rates for all students at Harvest High School will improve to 9.5% by June 2027$64,545under 1% of action budgets

1 funded action · no goal 4 in the 2025–26 plan · p. 45 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Harvest High School Counselor$64,545action 4.1 · p. 53 ↗

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

  • Harvest High School Counselor · $64,545 · p. 53 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 1 quoted

  • Suspension Rates Percentage of students who are suspended at least once during the academic year CA School Dashboard p. 46 ↗
    Baseline
    10.5% 2022-2023
    Target for year 3
    5.5%

2 more measures 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, 4,888 students
1. White: 40%2. Hispanic or Latino: 36%3. Two or more races: 9%4. Asian: 8%5. Black or African American: 4%6. Filipino: 2%7. Not reported: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White40%
  2. Hispanic or Latino36%
  3. Two or more races9%
  4. Asian8%
  5. Black or African American4%
  6. Filipino2%
  7. Not reported1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

36%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,777 of 4,885 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?

Ripon Unified 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, 54% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (95 of 176 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 Ripon Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Park View Elementary, 84th percentile (Strong). Middle: Park View Elementary, 97th percentile (Strong). High: Ripon High, 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 Ripon Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Ripon Unified good?

Ripon Unified’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 56th to the 84th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong and 3 Solid. Ripon Unified’s 6 public middle schools run from the 47th to the 97th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong, 1 Solid and 1 Developing. Ripon Unified’s 2 public high schools run from the 13th to the 72nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. 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 Ripon Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Ripon Unified had 6 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 Ripon Unified had 6 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 Ripon Unified spend per student?

Ripon Unified spent $14,437 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every Ripon Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Ripon Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $40.1 million into 16 funded actions in 4 goals, 76% of its $53.0 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $38.6 million, 96% 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 Ripon Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

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

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