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San Diego Unified schools

San Diego Unified has public schools at every stage: 137 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score, 57 of 2,529 middle and 31 of 1,498 high. Every stage has schools in all four bands, Strong to Needs Support (spring 2026 tests; high schools, spring 2025).

Elementary · 137 schools

from 1st to 98th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

33Needs Support
30Developing
34Solid
40Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 57 schools

from 1st to 99th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

11Needs Support
18Developing
8Solid
20Strong

High · 31 schools

from 13th to 97th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

4Needs Support
5Developing
7Solid
15Strong

Each column counts the schools in one five-percentile step; the number above it is that count. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 29 of the 195 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 195 ranked schools
  • 10 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around San Diego Unified

205 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

The school lists on this page are also available without the map.

Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in San Diego Unified score highest?

Dingeman Elementary is highest, at the 98th percentile.

That’s higher than 98 in 100 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in San Diego Unified

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

Show the other 134 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in San Diego Unified had 18 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 San Diego Unified score highest?

Mt. Everest Academy is highest, at the 99th percentile.

That’s higher than 99 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in San Diego Unified

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

  • Mt. Everest AcademySan Diego · Check how it admits students.
    99thStrongScope Score 94
  • ElevateSan Diego · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    96thStrongScope Score 76
  • Muirlands MiddleLa Jolla · Broad base
    94thStrongScope Score 71
Show the other 54 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in San Diego Unified had 16 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 San Diego Unified score highest?

Scripps Ranch High is highest, at the 97th percentile.

That’s higher than 97 in 100 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in San Diego Unified

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

  • Scripps Ranch HighSan Diego · High ceiling · Broad base
    97thStrongScope Score 88
  • Preuss School UCSDLa Jolla · Broad base · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
    91stStrongScope Score 77
  • Mt. Everest AcademySan Diego · Broad base · Check how it admits students.
    90thStrongScope Score 76
Show the other 28 high schools
Context

The average high school in San Diego Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

10 high schools not ranked statewide

Alternative schools, continuation schools, court and community schools, home and hospital programs and special education centers enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked. The others have no statewide percentile this year.

  • Altus Schools Charter School of San DiegoAlternative school: compared only with other alternative schools
  • Twain HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
  • Ingenuity CharterAlternative school: compared only with other alternative schools
  • Garfield HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
  • ALBACommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it
  • East Village Middle College HighNo Scope Score this year
  • Home & Hosp/Transition SupportHome and hospital program: students are enrolled here by medical placement, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it
  • Riley/New DawnSpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it
  • San Diego Metro Career and TechNo Scope Score this year
  • TRACESpecial education center: students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery, so we don’t rank it

The district

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

San Diego Unified spent $21,967 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every San Diego 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 support12%
  • Student services12%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance7%
  • 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

$505.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 27 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 25% of its $2.00 billion 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, 215 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 58% of the money. The plan itself puts 72% of it toward staff.

  • Future Ready (academic performance) $119.5 million
  • Promoting Individual Wellness (Body and Mind) $102.1 million
  • Meaningful Diploma (School Experience) $73.3 million
  • 24 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

11 of the plan’s 27 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 $17.2 million
  • Math $4.3 million
  • Catch-up help $48.9 million
  • English learners $27.1 million

Largest of these

  • Targeted Intervention Support$48.9 million
  • Increase English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) rate for Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard$26.4 million
  • Literacy Curriculum Coherence and Use of Evidence-based Teaching Practices$9.6 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 $185.7 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $182.1 million and estimates it spent $178.0 million, $4.1 million (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $39.4 million (8%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Future Ready (academic performance), which went from $85.4 million to $119.5 million.

Largest cuts

  • Strengthening Collective Wellness (Relationships and Community)−⁠$4.4 million
  • Addressing Systemic Barriers to Wellness−⁠$2.4 million
  • Belonging and Connectedness (school experience)−⁠$1.3 million

Largest increases

  • Future Ready (academic performance)+⁠$34.1 million
  • Promoting Individual Wellness (Body and Mind)+⁠$6.4 million
  • Increase English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) rate for Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard+⁠$4.6 million

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Future Ready support for schools who have a RED indicator as identified by the California State Dashboard$33.2 million
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 2 · Effective Communication and Literacy56%54%down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3 · Problem-Solving in Mathematics45%46%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 1 and 220 in 10017 in 1003 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 1 · Student Wellness2.0%1.9%down 0.1 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goal 4 tracks 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
  • Future Ready (academic performance) · $119,511,102
  • Promoting Individual Wellness (Body and Mind) · $102,140,443
  • Meaningful Diploma (School Experience) · $73,330,257
The full plan5 goals, 59 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 ($505.2 million).

Where does the money go?

59% to Goal 4, College, Career, and Life Readiness. 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
G4

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 1Student Wellness$142.0 million28% of action budgets

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $143.0 million (−⁠$944,649) · p. 28 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Promoting Individual Wellness (Body and Mind)$102.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 159 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $60.8 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Strengthening Collective Wellness (Relationships and Community)$15.9 millionaction 1.3 · p. 159 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Addressing Systemic Barriers to Wellness$11.8 millionaction 1.4 · p. 160 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $9.7 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Reducing Suspensions and Expulsions for Schools with Red Indicators$7.4 millionaction 1.5 · p. 160 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. District-Wide Wellness Assessment and Planning$4.8 millionaction 1.1 · p. 159 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Promoting Individual Wellness (Body and Mind)+⁠$6.4 million$95.7 million → $102.1 million · p. 159 ↗
  2. Strengthening Collective Wellness (Relationships and Community)−⁠$4.4 million$20.3 million → $15.9 million · p. 159 ↗
  3. Addressing Systemic Barriers to Wellness−⁠$2.4 million$14.2 million → $11.8 million · p. 160 ↗

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

  • Reducing Suspensions and Expulsions for Schools with Red Indicators · $8.0 million → $7.4 million · p. 160 ↗−⁠$0.6 million
  • District-Wide Wellness Assessment and Planning · $4.8 million → $4.8 million · p. 159 ↗−⁠$8,806

How the plan measures it · 16 measures · 3 quoted

  • Suspension Rate p. 29 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 2.3% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 2.3% …
  • Chronic Absenteeism p. 30 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 21.2% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 12.2% …
  • Facilities Inspection Tool (FIT) p. 31 ↗
    Baseline
    100%
    Target for year 3
    100%

13 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Effective Communication and Literacy$60.5 million12% of action budgets

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $55.1 million (+⁠$5.4 million) · p. 45 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Increase English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) rate for Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard$26.4 millionaction 2.7 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $23.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Development of Principal and Educator Leadership K-12$10.2 millionaction 2.2 · p. 161 ↗
  3. Literacy Curriculum Coherence and Use of Evidence-based Teaching Practices$9.6 millionaction 2.4 · p. 161 ↗
  4. Student-Centered Data Informed Decision Making$4.8 millionaction 2.3 · p. 161 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  5. Culturally Responsive Literacy Support for High-Need Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard$4.8 millionaction 2.6 · p. 161 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $543,464 is state funding counted toward those services

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Development of Principal and Educator Leadership PreK-TK · action 2.1 · p. 160 ↗$4.6 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Increase English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) rate for Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard+⁠$4.6 million$21.8 million → $26.4 million · p. 162 ↗
  2. Literacy Curriculum Coherence and Use of Evidence-based Teaching Practices−⁠$1.2 million$10.8 million → $9.6 million · p. 161 ↗
  3. Culturally Responsive Literacy Support for High-Need Schools with Red performance on the California State Dashboard+⁠$0.8 million$4.0 million → $4.8 million · p. 161 ↗

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

  • Development of Principal and Educator Leadership K-12 · $9.5 million → $10.2 million · p. 161 ↗+⁠$0.7 million
  • Student-Centered Data Informed Decision Making · $5.1 million → $4.8 million · p. 161 ↗−⁠$0.2 million
  • Development of Principal and Educator Leadership PreK-TK · $4.0 million → $4.6 million · p. 160 ↗+⁠$0.6 million

How the plan measures it · 14 measures · 3 quoted

  • CAASPP ELA Distance From Standard (DFS) p. 45 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 6.9 …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 15.9 …
  • Attendance Rate p. 46 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 93.2% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 95.2% …
  • Chronic Absenteeism p. 47 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 21.2% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 12.2% …

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Problem-Solving in Mathematics$4.1 million1% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.9 million (+⁠$179,066) · p. 71 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Math Curriculum Coherence and Use of Instructional Strategies Embedded in the Curriculum$2.1 millionaction 3.5 · p. 162 ↗
  2. Math - Red Indicator$1.4 millionaction 3.7 · p. 162 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $517,403 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Standards for Mathematical Practice$0.5 millionaction 3.4 · p. 162 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Standards for Mathematical Practice+⁠$134,820$406,413 → $541,233 · p. 162 ↗
  2. Math Curriculum Coherence and Use of Instructional Strategies Embedded in the Curriculum+⁠$30,000$2.1 million → $2.1 million · p. 162 ↗
  3. Math - Red Indicator+⁠$14,246$1.4 million → $1.4 million · p. 162 ↗

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 1 quoted

  • CAASPP Math DFS (3– 8, 11) p. 72 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: -24.1 …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: -6.1 …

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4College, Career, and Life Readiness$296.4 million59% of action budgets

7 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan · p. 84 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Future Ready (academic performance)$119.5 millionaction 4.5 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $13.9 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Meaningful Diploma (School Experience)$73.3 millionaction 4.1 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $23.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Targeted Intervention Support$48.9 millionaction 4.8 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $21.9 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Future Ready support for schools who have a RED indicator as identified by the California State Dashboard$33.2 millionaction 4.4 · p. 163 ↗
  5. Belonging and Connectedness (school experience)$15.2 millionaction 4.7 · p. 164 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10.5 million is state funding counted toward those services

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Future Ready support for schools with a RED indicator for CCI as identified in the California State Dashboard · action 4.6 · p. 164 ↗$3.8 million
  • Financial Literacy Guardrail · action 4.3 · p. 163 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.3 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Future Ready (academic performance)+⁠$34.1 million$85.4 million → $119.5 million · p. 163 ↗
  2. Belonging and Connectedness (school experience)−⁠$1.3 million$16.5 million → $15.2 million · p. 164 ↗
  3. Future Ready support for schools with a RED indicator for CCI as identified in the California State Dashboard−⁠$0.6 million$4.4 million → $3.8 million · p. 164 ↗

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

  • Meaningful Diploma (School Experience) · $73.9 million → $73.3 million · p. 163 ↗−⁠$0.6 million
  • Targeted Intervention Support · $48.4 million → $48.9 million · p. 164 ↗+⁠$0.5 million
  • Future Ready support for schools who have a RED indicator as identified by the California State Dashboard · $33.2 million · p. 163 ↗new or renamed
  • Financial Literacy Guardrail · $2.0 million → $2.3 million · p. 163 ↗+⁠$0.3 million

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 15 measures · 3 quoted

  • Graduation Rate, 5) p. 84 ↗
    Baseline
    All Students: 89.9% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students: 93.0% …
  • Spotlight Student - CTE pathway with grade c or higher p. 87 ↗
    Baseline
    16.5% …
    Target for year 3
    30.4%
  • Attendance (Middle & High) p. 87 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 93.4 % …
    Target for year 3
    All: 95.2% …

12 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalEquity, Access and Targeted Support (State Designated Schools)$2.2 millionunder 1% of action budgets

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.1 million (+⁠$100,799) · p. 115 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. LTEL and EL Progress Acceleration at EM Schools$673,105action 5.6 · p. 165 ↗
  2. Graduation and College/​Career Readiness Support at EM Schools$638,122action 5.5 · p. 165 ↗
  3. Improve ELA DFS for EM Schools$398,650action 5.3 · p. 165 ↗
  4. Improve DFS in Math for EM Schools$221,687action 5.4 · p. 165 ↗
  5. Chronic Absenteeism Support at Equity Multiplier (EM) Schools$207,941action 5.1 · p. 164 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

  • Suspension Prevention and Behavior Support at EM Schools This action targets Equity Multiplier schools with high non-stability and chronic absenteeism among UDPs. Success is measured through school-specific indicators · action 5.2 · p. 164 ↗$90,261

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Suspension Prevention and Behavior Support at EM Schools This action targets Equity Multiplier schools with high non-stability and chronic absenteeism among UDPs. Success is measured through school-specific indicators−⁠$576,573$666,834 → $90,261 · p. 164 ↗
  2. Improve ELA DFS for EM Schools+⁠$337,261$61,389 → $398,650 · p. 165 ↗
  3. LTEL and EL Progress Acceleration at EM Schools+⁠$129,618$543,487 → $673,105 · p. 165 ↗

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

  • Graduation and College/​Career Readiness Support at EM Schools · $622,440 → $638,122 · p. 165 ↗+⁠$15,682
  • Improve DFS in Math for EM Schools · $133,882 → $221,687 · p. 165 ↗+⁠$87,805
  • Chronic Absenteeism Support at Equity Multiplier (EM) Schools · $100,935 → $207,941 · p. 164 ↗+⁠$107,006

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 115 ↗.

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, 113,787 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 47%2. White: 23%3. Asian: 9%4. Two or more races: 9%5. Black or African American: 8%6. Filipino: 4%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino47%
  2. White23%
  3. Asian9%
  4. Two or more races9%
  5. Black or African American8%
  6. Filipino4%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<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

60%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 68,287 of 113,603 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 San Diego 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, 44% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (4,839 of 10,949 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

19 schools getting state support, 2025–26

1 in most intensive support · 5 in extra targeted support · 13 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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Cities in the district

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Districts nearby

Common questions

Which public schools in San Diego Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Dingeman Elementary, 98th percentile (Strong). Middle: Mt. Everest Academy, 99th percentile (Strong). High: Scripps Ranch High, 97th percentile (Strong). 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 San Diego 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 San Diego Unified good?

San Diego Unified’s 137 public elementary schools run from the 1st to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 40 Strong, 34 Solid, 30 Developing and 33 Needs Support. San Diego Unified’s 57 public middle schools run from the 1st to the 99th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 20 Strong, 8 Solid, 18 Developing and 11 Needs Support. San Diego Unified’s 31 public high schools run from the 13th to the 97th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 15 Strong, 7 Solid, 5 Developing and 4 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 San Diego Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in San Diego Unified had 18 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 San Diego Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in San Diego Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does San Diego Unified spend per student?

San Diego Unified spent $21,967 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 63 cents of every San Diego 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 San Diego Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $505.2 million into 27 funded actions in 5 goals, 25% of its $2.00 billion general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $296.4 million, 59% 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 San Diego 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.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.