River Delta Joint Unified’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 4th to the 64th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Solid, Developing and Needs Support.
Elementary · 5 schools
from 4th to 64th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Isleton Elementary: 64th percentile, Solid
Walnut Grove Elementary: 41st percentile, Developing
The average elementary school in River Delta Joint Unified had 16 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 River Delta Joint Unified score highest?
Clarksburg Middle is highest, at the 14th percentile.
That’s higher than 14 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in River Delta Joint Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
River Delta Community DayCommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it
The district
Where does River Delta Joint Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
River Delta Joint Unified spent $22,334 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 55 cents of every River Delta Joint Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction55%
Instruction support10%
Student services13%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance14%
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
$8.2 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 40 funded actions in 7 goals. That’s 24% of its $34.7 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, 124 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 63% of the money. The plan itself puts 69% of it toward staff.
Salary and Benefits $2.8 million
Transportation $1.4 million
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways $1.0 million
37 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
6 of the plan’s 40 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 $838,000
Math $200,000
Catch-up help $187,552
English learners $186,887
Largest of these
ELA-LREBG$838,000
Math Framework-LREBG$200,000
ELD Specialists$182,643
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 $5.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $6.7 million and estimates it spent $6.9 million, $0.2 million (3%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$6.9 million spent (estimated)$6.7 million planned
What changed
The total is $526,057 (6%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Salary and Benefits, which went from $3.4 million to $2.8 million.
Largest cuts
Salary and Benefits−$624,479
School Counselors-LREBG−$223,184
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)−$70,550
Largest increases
Transportation+$236,620
ELD Specialists+$123,271
Technology Security+$75,541
New in the 2026–27 plan
RDEHS technology & trips$50,000
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 5
25 in 100
20 in 100
5 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 5
5.8%
6.4%
up 0.6 pts
Goals 6 and 7 track named schools and Goals 1, 2, 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
Salary and Benefits · $2,751,702
Transportation · $1,396,427
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways · $1,009,824
The full plan7 goals, 50 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 ($8.2 million).
Where does the money go?
66% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Improve and support student learning to close achievement gaps and ensure all students who graduate are…$5.4 million66% of action budgets
“Improve and support student learning to close achievement gaps and ensure all students who graduate are college and career ready” p. 13 ↗
15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.0 million (−$542,752)
Largest funded actions
Salary and Benefits$2.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways$1.0 millionaction 1.12 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $786,497 is state funding counted toward those services
TOSA Instructional Coach-LREBG · action 1.14 · p. 76 ↗$0.1 million
Intervention Services - LREBG · action 1.9 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $32,000 is state funding counted toward those services$0.1 million
UPP Success Monitor · action 1.6 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) · action 1.11 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
District Common Benchmark Assessment · action 1.5 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Student Information System · action 1.13 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
New Teacher Professional Development-LREBG · action 1.3 · p. 75 ↗under $0.1 million
Staff Professional Development · action 1.2 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
EL Program Coordinator · action 1.7 · p. 75 ↗under $0.1 million
Special Education Strategies Development · action 1.4 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Salary and Benefits−$0.6 million$3.4 million → $2.8 million · p. 75 ↗
ELD Specialists+$123,271$59,372 → $182,643 · p. 75 ↗
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)−$70,550$104,136 → $33,586 · p. 76 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways · $0.9 million → $1.0 million · p. 76 ↗+$0.1 million
ELA-LREBG · $838,000 → $838,000 · p. 76 ↗unchanged
Math Framework-LREBG · $200,000 → $200,000 · p. 77 ↗unchanged
70% of students have access 2023 Dashboard Local Indicators
Target for year 3
80% of students will have access to a broad course of study.
16 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Provide an instruction program that utilizes instructional strategies to fidelity and support full student…$80,5341% of action budgets
“Provide an instruction program that utilizes instructional strategies to fidelity and support full student engagement with the CCSS, NGSS, and ELD Standards in grades TK-12” p. 26 ↗
Technology Security+$75,541$194,200 → $269,741 · p. 77 ↗
Technology Upgrades−$10,000$25,460 → $15,460 · p. 78 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Work Order System · $6,000 → $6,000 · p. 77 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 4 measures · 2 quoted
Completed work orders as a percent of total orders submittedp. 30 ↗
Baseline
97% 2023-24 data from work order management software
Target for year 3
100% completion
Number of completed items on the Deferred Maintenance Plan as a percent of total projects planned for the yearp. 31 ↗
Baseline
0% (2023-24)
Target for year 3
80%
2 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 4Provide meaningful and varied opportunities for parents to increase their connectedness to their child’s…$73,2421% of action budgets
“Provide meaningful and varied opportunities for parents to increase their connectedness to their child’s school, and to be involved with supporting their child’s academic achievement” p. 34 ↗
Websites and Social Media$53,542action 4.2 · p. 78 ↗
Mass Communication System$13,000action 4.3 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Plan Development Platform$5,200action 4.4 · p. 78 ↗
Family Capacity Building$1,500action 4.1 · p. 78 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Websites and Social Media−$1,908$55,450 → $53,542 · p. 78 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Mass Communication System · $13,000 → $13,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
Plan Development Platform · $5,200 → $5,200 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
Family Capacity Building · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 78 ↗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. 34 ↗.
Goal 5Foster a school and district culture that promotes and supports academic and social emotional well- being for…$2.2 million27% of action budgets
“Foster a school and district culture that promotes and supports academic and social emotional well- being for every student” p. 38 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.2 million (−$12,012)
Largest funded actions
Transportation$1.4 millionaction 5.12 · p. 79 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
School Counselors-LREBG$0.3 millionaction 5.9 · p. 79 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $310,367 is state funding counted toward those services
School-Based Counseling$0.2 millionaction 5.3 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Social Worker$0.2 millionaction 5.10 · p. 79 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $32,673 is state funding counted toward those services
Community-Based Counselingunder $0.1 millionaction 5.4 · p. 78 ↗
4 more funded actions in this goal
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion · action 5.7 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Professional Development · action 5.11 · p. 79 ↗under $0.1 million
CA Healthy Kids Survey · action 5.8 · p. 79 ↗under $0.1 million
Attendance · action 5.5 · p. 78 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Transportation+$0.2 million$1.2 million → $1.4 million · p. 79 ↗
School Counselors-LREBG−$223,184$572,578 → $349,394 · p. 79 ↗
School-Based Counseling−$21,012$250,804 → $229,792 · p. 78 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Social Worker · $150,000 → $161,564 · p. 79 ↗+$11,564
Community-Based Counseling · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
Goal 6 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, attendance rate at Mokelumne High School will increase to 80% by improving school culture and…$50,0001% of action budgets
“By June 2027, attendance rate at Mokelumne High School will increase to 80% by improving school culture and perceptions of safety” p. 48 ↗
2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Workspace Design · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 79 ↗unchanged
Attendance Rewards · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 79 ↗unchanged
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. 48 ↗.
Goal 7 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, the district will increase equitable access to technology, learning resources, and student…$100,0001% of action budgets
“By June 2027, the district will increase equitable access to technology, learning resources, and student supports at CDS and RDEHS school by replacing or upgrading student devices, purchasing specialized technology and hardware for elective and Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, safety improvements, improved workspaces, and expanding student access to reliable internet connectivity (this goal was revised in 2026-27 LCAP development year)” p. 51 ↗
3 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
RDEHS technology & trips$50,000action 7.1 · p. 79 ↗
CDS work space improvements$44,000action 7.3 · p. 79 ↗
CDS technology Improvements$6,000action 7.2 · p. 79 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
RDEHS technology & trips · $50,000 · p. 79 ↗new or renamed
CDS work space improvements · $44,000 → $44,000 · p. 79 ↗unchanged
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 2,039 students
1Hispanic or Latino57%
2White30%
3Two or more races7%
4Black or African American2%
5Filipino<1%
6Pacific Islander<1%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Asian<1%
9Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
70%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,412 of 2,030 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 River Delta Joint Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 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 (95 of 206 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
2 schools getting state support, 2025–26
Bates Elementary (Targeted support) · Rio Vista High (Extra 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.
Which public schools in River Delta Joint Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Isleton Elementary, 64th percentile (Solid). Middle: Clarksburg Middle, 14th percentile (Needs Support). High: Delta High, 26th percentile (Developing). 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 River Delta Joint Unified district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in River Delta Joint Unified good?
River Delta Joint Unified’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 4th to the 64th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 2 Developing and 2 Needs Support. River Delta Joint Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 2nd to the 14th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Needs Support. River Delta Joint Unified’s 2 public high schools run from the 20th to the 26th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing 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 River Delta Joint Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in River Delta Joint Unified had 16 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 River Delta Joint Unified spend per student?
River Delta Joint Unified spent $22,334 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 55 cents of every River Delta Joint Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in River Delta Joint Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $8.2 million into 40 funded actions in 7 goals, 24% of its $34.7 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $5.4 million, 66% 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 River Delta Joint Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.