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Sanger Unified schools

Sanger Unified’s 15 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 92nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 15 schools

from 21st to 92nd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Quail Lake Environmental Charter: 92nd percentile, Strong
  • Ronald W. Reagan Elementary: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Fairmont Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Sequoia Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Sanger Academy Charter: 75th percentile, Strong
  • John S. Wash Elementary: 73rd percentile, Solid
  • Centerville Elementary: 65th percentile, Solid
  • Del Rey Elementary: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Jefferson Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Lone Star Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Hallmark Academy: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Madison Elementary: 40th percentile, Developing
  • Lincoln Elementary: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Jackson Elementary: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Wilson Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
3Developing
6Solid
5Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 6 schools

from 40th to 95th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Quail Lake Environmental Charter: 95th percentile, Strong
  • Sanger Academy Charter: 83rd percentile, Strong
  • Fairmont Elementary: 81st percentile, Strong
  • Centerville Elementary: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Hallmark Academy: 47th percentile, Developing
  • Washington Academic Middle: 40th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
3Strong

High · 3 schools

from 25th to 71st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Sanger High: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Sanger West High: 60th percentile, Solid
  • Hallmark Academy: 25th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
2Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 18 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 18 ranked schools
  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Sanger Unified

20 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 Sanger Unified score highest?

Quail Lake Environmental Charter is highest, at the 92nd percentile.

That’s higher than 92 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Sanger Unified

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

Show the other 12 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Sanger Unified 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 Sanger Unified score highest?

Quail Lake Environmental Charter is highest, at the 95th percentile.

That’s higher than 95 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Sanger 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 Sanger Unified had 8 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 Sanger Unified score highest?

Sanger High is highest, at the 71st percentile.

That’s higher than 71 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Sanger Unified

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

Context

The average high school in Sanger Unified had 10 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

2 high schools not ranked statewide

Continuation schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.

  • Kings River High (Continuation)Continuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
  • 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 Sanger Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Sanger Unified spent $18,958 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Sanger 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

  • Instruction57%
  • Instruction support11%
  • Student services14%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance11%
  • 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

$169.6 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 19 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 70% of its $241.4 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, 137 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 91% of the money. The plan itself puts 75% of it toward staff.

  • Base Services $140.3 million
  • Class Size Maintenance and Expansion $8.3 million
  • Social-Emotional and Behavioral Support $5.3 million
  • 16 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 19 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math or catch-up help
  • Reading $0.3 million
  • Math $0.4 million
  • Catch-up help $1.3 million

An action naming two of these appears under both.

Largest of these

  • Academic Intervention and Support$1.3 million
  • Early Learning, Literacy and Numeracy$325,733
  • Math Professional Development$30,000
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 $27.2 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $34.4 million and estimates it spent $32.7 million, $1.7 million (5%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $1.5 million (1%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Base Services, which went from $126.3 million to $140.3 million.

Largest cuts

  • Additional Site Allocation−⁠$6.5 million
  • Class Size Maintenance and Expansion−⁠$3.2 million
  • Technology−⁠$2.0 million

Largest increases

  • Base Services+⁠$14.0 million
  • Academic Intervention and Support+⁠$762,144
  • College and Career Readiness+⁠$700,220

Ask: What did Additional Site Allocation pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $6.5 million 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 151%53%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 138%41%up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 314 in 10014 in 100no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 33.9%3.6%down 0.3 pts

Goals 4 and 5 track named schools and Goal 2 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
  • Base Services · $140,344,660
  • Class Size Maintenance and Expansion · $8,263,776
  • Social-Emotional and Behavioral Support · $5,321,753
The full plan5 goals, 34 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 ($169.6 million).

Where does the money go?

91% 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.

Base Services · $140.3 million · +⁠$14.0 million

Base Services is 83% 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 1The district will provide a high quality educational system to ensure that all students will achieve one year…$153.6 million91% of action budgets

“The district will provide a high quality educational system to ensure that all students will achieve one year of growth or more” p. 15 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $149.1 million (+⁠$4.4 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Base Services$140.3 millionaction 1.1 · p. 99 ↗
  2. College and Career Readiness$4.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Additional Site Allocation$3.8 millionaction 1.8 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Technology$3.3 millionaction 1.4 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Professional Learning$1.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Early Learning, Literacy and Numeracy · action 1.2 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Educational Partner and Parent Engagement · action 1.7 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Enrichment Opportunities · action 1.6 · p. 99 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Math Professional Development · action 1.10 · p. 99 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Supports for Students with Disabilities (SWD) · action 1.9 · p. 99 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Base Services+⁠$14.0 million$126.3 million → $140.3 million · p. 99 ↗
  2. Additional Site Allocation−⁠$6.5 million$10.3 million → $3.8 million · p. 99 ↗
  3. Technology−⁠$2.0 million$5.3 million → $3.3 million · p. 99 ↗

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

  • College and Career Readiness · $3.5 million → $4.2 million · p. 99 ↗+⁠$0.7 million
  • Professional Learning · $2.0 million → $1.3 million · p. 99 ↗−⁠$0.6 million
  • Early Learning, Literacy and Numeracy · $705,000 → $325,733 · p. 99 ↗−⁠$379,267
  • Educational Partner and Parent Engagement · $360,000 → $203,142 · p. 99 ↗−⁠$156,858
  • Enrichment Opportunities · $600,000 → $34,442 · p. 99 ↗−⁠$565,558
  • Math Professional Development · $60,000 → $30,000 · p. 99 ↗−⁠$30,000
  • Supports for Students with Disabilities (SWD) · $30,000 → $10,000 · p. 99 ↗−⁠$20,000

How the plan measures it · 16 measures · 1 quoted

  • Access to standards aligned instructional materials p. 16 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 100% …
    Target for year 3
    All: 100% …

15 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2The district will provide a high quality educational system for all students focusing on high academic rigor…$7.2 million4% of action budgets

“The district will provide a high quality educational system for all students focusing on high academic rigor with a Multi-Tiered System and a focus on narrowing the achievement gap for all Student Groups” p. 41 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.9 million (+⁠$323,323)

Largest funded actions

  1. Social-Emotional and Behavioral Support$5.3 millionaction 2.2 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Academic Intervention and Support$1.3 millionaction 2.1 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Multilingual Learner Support Including Professional Development and Language Acquisition Programs$0.6 millionaction 2.3 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Intervention and Support+⁠$0.8 million$0.5 million → $1.3 million · p. 100 ↗
  2. Multilingual Learner Support Including Professional Development and Language Acquisition Programs−⁠$0.4 million$1.1 million → $0.6 million · p. 100 ↗
  3. Social-Emotional and Behavioral Support−⁠$3,247$5.3 million → $5.3 million · p. 100 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 41 ↗.

Goal 3Provide a safe school environment$8.6 million5% of action budgets

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $11.9 million (−⁠$3.3 million) · p. 53 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Class Size Maintenance and Expansion$8.3 millionaction 3.2 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Transportation$0.3 millionaction 3.1 · p. 100 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Climate/​Culture and Student Behaviorunder $0.1 millionaction 3.3 · p. 100 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Class Size Maintenance and Expansion−⁠$3.2 million$11.4 million → $8.3 million · p. 100 ↗
  2. Transportation−⁠$170,749$470,749 → $300,000 · p. 100 ↗

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

  • Climate/​Culture and Student Behavior · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 100 ↗unchanged

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. 53 ↗.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy 2027, Kings River High School will increase the College/​Career Indicator (CCI) on the CA Dashboard by 2%…$150,960under 1% of action budgets

“By 2027, Kings River High School will increase the College/​Career Indicator (CCI) on the CA Dashboard by 2% for each of the All Student, Low-Income, and Hispanic student groups” p. 64 ↗

1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Kings River High School Additional Support$150,960action 4.1 · p. 100 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Kings River High School Additional Support+⁠$39,213$111,747 → $150,960 · p. 100 ↗

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. 64 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy 2027, Kings River High School will decrease their suspension rate by 5% for each of the All Student…$121,196under 1% of action budgets

“By 2027, Kings River High School will decrease their suspension rate by 5% for each of the All Student, Low-Income, and Hispanic subgroups, and Community Day School will decrease their suspension rate by 10% for the All Student Group, SED, and the Hispanic subgroup” p. 70 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Community Day School Behavior Supports$101,196action 5.2 · p. 100 ↗
  2. Kings River High School Behavioral Supports$20,000action 5.1 · p. 100 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Community Day School Behavior Supports+⁠$14,803$86,393 → $101,196 · p. 100 ↗

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

  • Kings River High School Behavioral Supports · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 100 ↗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. 70 ↗.

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, 13,313 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 69%2. Asian: 14%3. White: 10%4. Two or more races: 3%5. Black or African American: 1%6. Not reported: 1%7. Filipino: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino69%
  2. Asian14%
  3. White10%
  4. Two or more races3%
  5. Black or African American1%
  6. Not reported1%
  7. Filipino<1%
  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. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

69%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 9,184 of 13,313 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 Sanger 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, 55% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (576 of 1,054 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

3 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Jefferson Elementary (Targeted support) · Madison Elementary (Targeted support) · Wilson Elementary (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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Common questions

Which public schools in Sanger Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Quail Lake Environmental Charter, 92nd percentile (Strong). Middle: Quail Lake Environmental Charter, 95th percentile (Strong). High: Sanger High, 71st 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 Sanger 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 Sanger Unified good?

Sanger Unified’s 15 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 92nd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 5 Strong, 6 Solid, 3 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Sanger Unified’s 6 public middle schools run from the 40th to the 95th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 1 Solid and 2 Developing. Sanger Unified’s 3 public high schools run from the 25th to the 71st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 2 Solid and 1 Developing. 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 Sanger Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Sanger Unified 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. The average middle school in Sanger Unified had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Sanger Unified had 10 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 Sanger Unified spend per student?

Sanger Unified spent $18,958 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 57 cents of every Sanger 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 Sanger Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $169.6 million into 19 funded actions in 5 goals, 70% of its $241.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $153.6 million, 91% 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 Sanger 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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