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Salida Union Elementary schools

Salida Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 5 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 82nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.

Elementary · 5 schools

from 5th to 82nd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Salida Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Dena Boer Elementary: 69th percentile, Solid
  • Sisk Elementary: 68th percentile, Solid
  • Mildred Perkins Elementary: 57th percentile, Solid
  • Great Valley Academy - Salida: 5th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
3Solid
1Strong

Middle · 2 schools

from 16th to 30th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Salida Middle School - Vella Campus: 30th percentile, Developing
  • Great Valley Academy - Salida: 16th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 6 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.

  • 6 ranked schools

Schools around the Salida Union Elementary district

6 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 Salida Union Elementary district score highest?

Salida Elementary is highest, at the 82nd percentile.

That’s higher than 82 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Salida Union Elementary district

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

Show the other 2 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in the Salida Union Elementary district had 10 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 the Salida Union Elementary district score highest?

Salida Middle School - Vella Campus is highest, at the 30th percentile.

That’s higher than 30 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in the Salida Union Elementary district

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

The district

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

The Salida Union Elementary district spent $21,433 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Salida 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

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support8%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration9%
  • Buildings & maintenance7%
  • Other2%

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

$10.5 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 9 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 25% of its $41.8 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, 92 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 92% of the money. The plan itself puts 89% of it toward staff.

  • High-Quality Staff $8.5 million
  • Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate $641,710
  • Create Exceptional Learning Environments $509,797
  • 6 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

1 of the plan’s 9 funded actions names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in its title.

Actions whose titles name math or English learners
  • Math $57,859
  • English learners $57,859

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Math Outcomes for English Learners (EL)/​Long-Term English Learners (LTEL)$57,859
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 $8.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $7.4 million and estimates it spent $7.9 million, $0.5 million (7%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $1.7 million (19%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is High-Quality Staff, which went from $6.4 million to $8.5 million.

Largest cuts

  • Create Exceptional Learning Environments−⁠$654,873

Largest increases

  • High-Quality Staff+⁠$2.1 million
  • Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate+⁠$116,545
  • Student Engagement+⁠$87,322

Ask: What did Create Exceptional Learning Environments pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $654,873 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 142%46%up 4 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 133%36%up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 212 in 10011 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 23.1%2.9%down 0.2 pts

Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks 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
  • High-Quality Staff · $8,487,065
  • Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate · $641,710
  • Create Exceptional Learning Environments · $509,797
The full plan3 goals, 29 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 ($10.5 million).

Where does the money go?

89% to Goal 1. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a segment to open its goal.

High-Quality Staff · $8.5 million · +⁠$2.1 million

High-Quality Staff is 81% of the plan.

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
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Ensure all students are college-and career-ready by implementing Common Core State Standards and create an…$9.3 million89% of action budgets

“Ensure all students are college-and career-ready by implementing Common Core State Standards and create an exceptional learning environment that equitably supports and appropriately challenges” p. 15 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.8 million (+⁠$1.5 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. High-Quality Staff$8.5 millionaction 1.1 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $7.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Create Exceptional Learning Environments$0.5 millionaction 1.2 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $447,419 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Success in the Early Years$0.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $14,915 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Math Outcomes for English Learners (EL)/​Long-Term English Learners (LTEL)$0.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $22,446 is state funding counted toward those services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. High-Quality Staff+⁠$2.1 million$6.4 million → $8.5 million · p. 54 ↗
  2. Create Exceptional Learning Environments−⁠$0.7 million$1.2 million → $0.5 million · p. 54 ↗
  3. Math Outcomes for English Learners (EL)/​Long-Term English Learners (LTEL)−⁠$10,006$67,865 → $57,859 · p. 54 ↗

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

  • Success in the Early Years · $202,588 → $206,349 · p. 54 ↗+⁠$3,761

How the plan measures it · 15 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 2Provide a holistic approach to increase student achievement that is committed to providing students, staff…$1.1 million11% of action budgets

“Provide a holistic approach to increase student achievement that is committed to providing students, staff and parents a safe, secure, and well-maintained modern facility for learning that fosters student engagement” p. 28 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $917,181 (+⁠$210,787)

Largest funded actions

  1. Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate$641,710action 2.1 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $27,450 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Student Engagement$332,738action 2.2 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $167,986 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Maintain Safe Environments$153,520action 2.3 · p. 54 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate+⁠$116,545$525,165 → $641,710 · p. 54 ↗
  2. Student Engagement+⁠$87,322$245,416 → $332,738 · p. 54 ↗
  3. Maintain Safe Environments+⁠$6,920$146,600 → $153,520 · p. 54 ↗

How the plan measures it · 10 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 28 ↗.

Goal 3Parents, family and community members will become more fully engaged as partners in the education of students…$62,9661% of action budgets

“Parents, family and community members will become more fully engaged as partners in the education of students within the Salida Union School District” p. 40 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $67,256 (−⁠$4,290)

Largest funded actions

  1. Two-way Communication$50,466action 3.2 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $42,230 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Partners in Education$12,500action 3.1 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Partners in Education−⁠$6,500$19,000 → $12,500 · p. 55 ↗
  2. Two-way Communication+⁠$2,210$48,256 → $50,466 · p. 55 ↗

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. 40 ↗.

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, 2,968 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 65%2. White: 20%3. Asian: 5%4. Two or more races: 5%5. Black or African American: 2%6. Filipino: 2%7. Not reported: <1%8. Pacific Islander: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino65%
  2. White20%
  3. Asian5%
  4. Two or more races5%
  5. Black or African American2%
  6. Filipino2%
  7. Not reported<1%
  8. Pacific Islander<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<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

65%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,922 of 2,965 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?

Salida 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, 58% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (195 of 336 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.

Which places nearby can you look at next?

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Common questions

Which public schools in the Salida Union Elementary district rank highest?

Elementary: Salida Elementary, 82nd percentile (Strong). Middle: Salida Middle School - Vella Campus, 30th 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 Salida 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 Salida Union Elementary district good?

Salida Union Elementary’s 5 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 82nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Salida Union Elementary’s 2 public middle schools run from the 16th to the 30th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 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 the Salida Union Elementary district compare with California?

The average elementary school in the Salida Union Elementary district had 10 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 Salida Union Elementary district spend per student?

The Salida Union Elementary district spent $21,433 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 62 cents of every Salida 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 Salida Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $10.5 million into 9 funded actions in 3 goals, 25% of its $41.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $9.3 million, 89% 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 Salida 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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