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Tracy Joint Unified schools

Tracy Joint Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 59th 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 · 11 schools

from 3rd to 59th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • South/West Park Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
  • Art Freiler: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary: 41st percentile, Developing
  • George Kelly Elementary: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Wanda Hirsch Elementary: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Central Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • Louis A. Bohn Elementary: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary: 9th percentile, Needs Support
  • North Elementary: 8th percentile, Needs Support
  • McKinley Elementary: 4th percentile, Needs Support
  • Melville S. Jacobson Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
7Needs Support
2Developing
2Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 8 schools

from 21st to 77th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • George Kelly Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • Earle E. Williams Middle: 54th percentile, Solid
  • Discovery Charter: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary: 47th percentile, Developing
  • Art Freiler: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Tracy Independent Study Charter: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Monte Vista Middle: 25th percentile, Developing
  • North Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
5Developing
1Solid
1Strong

High · 5 schools

from 1st to 75th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Millennium Charter: 75th percentile, Strong
  • John C. Kimball High: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Merrill F. West High: 31st percentile, Developing
  • Tracy High: 27th percentile, Developing
  • Tracy Independent Study Charter: 1st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
1Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 19 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 19 ranked schools
  • 2 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Tracy Joint Unified

21 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 Tracy Joint Unified score highest?

South/West Park Elementary is highest, at the 59th percentile.

That’s higher than 59 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Tracy Joint Unified

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

Show the other 8 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Tracy Joint Unified had 23 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 Tracy Joint Unified score highest?

George Kelly Elementary is highest, at the 77th percentile.

That’s higher than 77 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Tracy Joint Unified

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

Show the other 5 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Tracy Joint Unified had 20 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 Tracy Joint Unified score highest?

Millennium Charter is highest, at the 75th percentile.

That’s higher than 75 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Tracy Joint Unified

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

Show the other 2 high schools
Context

The average high school in Tracy Joint Unified had 25 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.

The district

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

Tracy Joint Unified spent $19,013 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Tracy 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

  • Instruction59%
  • Instruction support14%
  • Student services11%
  • Administration5%
  • Buildings & maintenance10%
  • 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

$202.4 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 26 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 81% of its $251.2 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, 107 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 80% of the money. The plan itself puts 90% of it toward staff.

  • Basic Services for Students $137.1 million
  • Staffing/Supplemental Services for Students $12.2 million
  • Professional Development $12.1 million
  • 23 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

5 of the plan’s 26 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 $9.2 million
  • English learners $0.8 million

Largest of these

  • MTSS$5.2 million
  • High School Credit Recovery Opportunities$3.5 million
  • EL Program$751,020
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed
For high-need students

It plans $49.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $46.7 million and estimates it spent $39.6 million, $7.1 million (15%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $7.1 million under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is $12.9 million (7%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Basic Services for Students, which went from $132.0 million to $137.1 million.

Largest increases

  • Basic Services for Students+⁠$5.1 million
  • Staffing/​Supplemental Services for Students+⁠$1.7 million
  • Supplemental Chronic Absenteeism Supports+⁠$1.2 million
The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Basic Services for Students · $137,122,716
  • Staffing/​Supplemental Services for Students · $12,237,986
  • Professional Development · $12,066,682
The full plan4 goals, 5 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 ($202.4 million).

Where does the money go?

95% 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.

G1
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 1Prepare each student for college and careers and ensure each student meets grade level standards with a focus…$192.6 million95% of action budgets

“Prepare each student for college and careers and ensure each student meets grade level standards with a focus on narrowing the achievement gap between each student group using accelerated learning and tiered supports” p. 13 ↗

17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $182.4 million (+⁠$10.3 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Basic Services for Students$137.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 64 ↗
  2. Staffing/​Supplemental Services for Students$12.2 millionaction 1.2 · p. 64 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $8.1 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Professional Development$12.1 millionaction 1.6 · p. 64 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $11.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Additional Teaching Positions$6.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 64 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. College and Career Opportunities$4.7 millionaction 1.15 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.1 million is state funding counted toward those services

11 more funded actions in this goal

  • Instructional Materials · action 1.8 · p. 65 ↗$4.5 million
  • High School Credit Recovery Opportunities · action 1.13 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$3.5 million
  • Technology Commitment · action 1.16 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$2.6 million
  • Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) · action 1.7 · p. 64 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.8 million
  • Special Education Program · action 1.14 · p. 65 ↗$0.8 million
  • EL Program · action 1.5 · p. 64 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $357,897 is state funding counted toward those services$0.8 million
  • AVID Program · action 1.10 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
  • Summer School Intervention · action 1.12 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
  • Supplemental Intervention Opportunities · action 1.17 · p. 66 ↗$0.2 million
  • High School Transition Supports · action 1.11 · p. 65 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • LCAP Clerk Typist · action 1.4 · p. 64 ↗$0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Basic Services for Students+⁠$5.1 million$132.0 million → $137.1 million · p. 64 ↗
  2. Staffing/​Supplemental Services for Students+⁠$1.7 million$10.6 million → $12.2 million · p. 64 ↗
  3. Additional Teaching Positions+⁠$1.0 million$5.2 million → $6.2 million · p. 64 ↗

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

  • Professional Development · $11.1 million → $12.1 million · p. 64 ↗+⁠$1.0 million
  • Title not confirmed · $6.0 million · p. 65 ↗not compared
  • College and Career Opportunities · $4.5 million → $4.7 million · p. 65 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Instructional Materials · $4.5 million → $4.5 million · p. 65 ↗unchanged
  • High School Credit Recovery Opportunities · $3.2 million → $3.5 million · p. 65 ↗+⁠$0.2 million
  • Technology Commitment · $2.6 million → $2.6 million · p. 65 ↗unchanged
  • Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSA) · $742,705 → $811,426 · p. 64 ↗+⁠$68,721
  • Special Education Program · $806,855 → $806,855 · p. 65 ↗unchanged
  • EL Program · $697,583 → $751,020 · p. 64 ↗+⁠$53,437
  • AVID Program · $450,000 → $547,034 · p. 65 ↗+⁠$97,034
  • Summer School Intervention · $259,050 → $270,000 · p. 65 ↗+⁠$10,950
  • Supplemental Intervention Opportunities · $270,780 → $215,341 · p. 66 ↗−⁠$55,439
  • High School Transition Supports · $199,944 → $199,944 · p. 65 ↗unchanged
  • LCAP Clerk Typist · $78,188 → $83,646 · p. 64 ↗+⁠$5,458

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

Goal 2Provide a safe and equitable learning environment for each student and staff member$9.3 million5% of action budgets

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.8 million (+⁠$2.5 million) · p. 33 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. MTSS$5.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Supplemental Chronic Absenteeism Supports$2.3 millionaction 2.5 · p. 66 ↗
  3. Parent Engagement$0.8 millionaction 2.3 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. SEL Programs and Services$0.6 millionaction 2.2 · p. 66 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $466,213 is state funding counted toward those services
  5. School Facilities$0.3 millionaction 2.1 · p. 66 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Supplemental Chronic Absenteeism Supports+⁠$1.2 million$1.1 million → $2.3 million · p. 66 ↗
  2. MTSS+⁠$1.0 million$4.2 million → $5.2 million · p. 66 ↗
  3. SEL Programs and Services+⁠$250,000$386,130 → $636,130 · p. 66 ↗

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

  • Parent Engagement · $775,133 → $838,618 · p. 66 ↗+⁠$63,485
  • School Facilities · $300,000 · p. 66 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

We couldn’t read this goal’s measures from the plan. They start near page 33. p. 33 ↗

Goal 3 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy the end of the 2026-2027 academic year, 1% of students, including students identified as Socio…$360,326under 1% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2026-2027 academic year, 1% of students, including students identified as Socio- Economically Disadvantaged, graduating from George & Evelyn Stein Continuation High School in 2027 will meet the standard of College & Career Ready” p. 42 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic and SEL Support$194,409action 3.1 · p. 66 ↗
  2. CTE Program$165,917action 3.2 · p. 66 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic and SEL Support+⁠$134,409$60,000 → $194,409 · p. 66 ↗

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

  • CTE Program · $165,917 → $165,917 · p. 66 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 3 quoted

  • Graduation Rate Percentage of students who received a high school diploma within four or five years of entering ninth grade p. 42 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 82.10% …
    Target for year 3
    All: 87.10% …
  • College/Career Preparation Percentage of students who meet the requirement to be identified as "prepared" on the California School Dashboard p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 0% …
    Target for year 3
    All: 1.00% …
  • CTE Enrollment Percentage of students enrolled in CTE Barbering Program on CBEDS day p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 14.70% …
    Target for year 3
    All: 10.00% …
Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy the end of the 2026-2027 academic year, improve school climate conditions at Duncan Russell Community Day…$77,730under 1% of action budgets

“By the end of the 2026-2027 academic year, improve school climate conditions at Duncan Russell Community Day School for Socio-Economically Disadvantaged and Hispanic students by reducing suspension rates by 5.5%” p. 46 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Curriculum$46,647action 4.1 · p. 66 ↗
  2. Professional Development$31,083action 4.2 · p. 66 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Professional Development+⁠$21,083$10,000 → $31,083 · p. 66 ↗

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

  • Curriculum · $46,647 → $46,647 · p. 66 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 2 measures · 1 quoted

  • Pupil Suspension by Student Group- the percentage of pupils who are suspended at least once during the academic year p. 46 ↗
    Baseline
    All: 34.90% …
    Target for year 3
    All: 17.20% …

1 more measure 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, 15,023 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 54%2. Asian: 16%3. White: 14%4. Black or African American: 5%5. Two or more races: 5%6. Filipino: 5%7. Pacific Islander: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino54%
  2. Asian16%
  3. White14%
  4. Black or African American5%
  5. Two or more races5%
  6. Filipino5%
  7. Pacific Islander1%
  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

69%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 10,366 of 14,976 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 Tracy Joint Unified extra help in 2026. A student group had the Dashboard’s lowest results (red) on two or more measures three years in a row.

It also qualified the year before.

Which students, on which measures

Homeless students
English and math
Students with disabilities
math and college and career readiness

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 (1,112 of 2,427 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

12 schools getting state support, 2025–26

9 in extra targeted support · 3 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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Common questions

Which public schools in Tracy Joint Unified rank highest?

Elementary: South/West Park Elementary, 59th percentile (Solid). Middle: George Kelly Elementary, 77th percentile (Strong). High: Millennium Charter, 75th 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 Tracy 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.
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Are the public schools in Tracy Joint Unified good?

Tracy Joint Unified’s 11 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 59th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid, 2 Developing and 7 Needs Support. Tracy Joint Unified’s 8 public middle schools run from the 21st to the 77th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 5 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Tracy Joint Unified’s 5 public high schools run from the 1st to the 75th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid, 2 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 Tracy Joint Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Tracy Joint Unified had 23 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 Tracy Joint Unified had 20 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Tracy Joint Unified had 25 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 Tracy Joint Unified spend per student?

Tracy Joint Unified spent $19,013 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Tracy 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 Tracy Joint Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $202.4 million into 26 funded actions in 4 goals, 81% of its $251.2 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $192.6 million, 95% 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 Tracy 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.

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