Upland Unified’s 10 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 80th 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 · 10 schools
from 23rd to 80th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Pepper Tree Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
Valencia Elementary: 76th percentile, Strong
Sierra Vista Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
Magnolia Elementary: 69th percentile, Solid
Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation: 62nd percentile, Solid
from 13th to 86th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Pioneer Junior High: 86th percentile, Strong
Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation: 42nd percentile, Developing
Upland Junior High: 13th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
1Strong
High · 1 school
at 69th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Upland High: 69th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 13 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Upland Unified had 14 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 Upland Unified score highest?
Pioneer Junior High is highest, at the 86th percentile.
That’s higher than 86 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Upland Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in Upland Unified had 39 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.
High schools
Where does the high school we score in Upland Unified stand?
Upland High is at the 69th percentile.
That’s higher than 69 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Upland Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Hillside HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools
The district
Where does Upland Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Upland Unified spent $19,773 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 67 cents of every Upland 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
Instruction67%
Instruction support12%
Student services7%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance8%
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
$24.6 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 24 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 13% of its $189.7 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, 111 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 44% of the money. The plan itself puts 72% of it toward staff.
Climate and Culture Support $4.3 million
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services $4.1 million
Mental Health and Wellness Services and Supports $2.4 million
21 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
11 of the plan’s 24 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 $2.3 million
Math $0.1 million
Catch-up help $7.3 million
English learners $0.4 million
Largest of these
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services$4.1 million
Literacy Support$2.3 million
MTSS Supplemental Academic Instructional Materials, Supplies, and Services$2.0 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 $23.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $26.8 million and estimates it spent $25.9 million, $0.9 million (4%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$25.9 million spent (estimated)$26.8 million planned
What changed
The total is $6.3 million (20%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Professional Learning and Collaboration, which went from $3.8 million to $2.3 million.
Largest cuts
Professional Learning and Collaboration−$1.5 million
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services−$815,769
Climate and Culture Support−$667,647
Largest increases
Mental Health and Wellness Services and Supports+$221,497
Literacy Support+$123,057
AVID Support+$118,041
New in the 2026–27 plan
Support for the Arts$1.7 million
Ask: What did Professional Learning and Collaboration pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.5 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
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
55%
54%
down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 2 and 3
40%
41%
up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 1
17 in 100
21 in 100
4 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 1
2.3%
2.2%
down 0.1 pts
Goal 4 isn’t shown because it tracks named schools.
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
Climate and Culture Support · $4,261,814
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services · $4,098,250
Mental Health and Wellness Services and Supports · $2,388,315
The full plan4 goals, 30 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 ($24.6 million).
Where does the money go?
48% to Goal 2. 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 1Upland Unified School District will ensure students are Safe, Connected, and Engaged as evidenced by a…$9.6 million39% of action budgets
“Upland Unified School District will ensure students are Safe, Connected, and Engaged as evidenced by a decrease in chronic absenteeism, a decrease in suspension and a decrease in expulsion rates” p. 18 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $13.2 million (−$3.6 million)
Largest funded actions
Climate and Culture Support$4.3 millionaction 1.1 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
Mental Health and Wellness Services and Supports$2.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Support for the Arts$1.7 millionaction 1.7 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS - Student Behavior and Engagement Supports$0.5 millionaction 1.2 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS - Social-Emotional (SEL) Supports$0.4 millionaction 1.5 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Family and Community Partnerships · action 1.3 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Student and Campus Safety · action 1.6 · p. 69 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Climate and Culture Support−$0.7 million$4.9 million → $4.3 million · p. 69 ↗
Student and Campus Safety−$606,577$624,577 → $18,000 · p. 69 ↗
Mental Health and Wellness Services and Supports+$0.2 million$2.2 million → $2.4 million · p. 69 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Support for the Arts · $1.7 million · p. 69 ↗new or renamed
MTSS - Student Behavior and Engagement Supports · $580,272 → $501,108 · p. 69 ↗−$79,164
Family and Community Partnerships · $184,624 → $235,272 · p. 69 ↗+$50,648
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 6 measures · 3 quoted
Suspension Rates Percentage of students suspended California School Dashboardp. 18 ↗
Baseline
2023 District: 3.9% …
Target for year 3
District: 1% …
Chronic Absenteeism Rates Percentage of students chronically absent California School Dashboardp. 19 ↗
Baseline
2023 District: 22.6% …
Target for year 3
District: 10% …
Student Attendance Rates Percent of student attendance Student Information Systemp. 21 ↗
Baseline
2023: District: 93.1% …
Target for year 3
District: 96% …
3 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Upland Unified School District will ensure all students are Academically Prepared & Equipped by demonstrating…$11.8 million48% of action budgets
“Upland Unified School District will ensure all students are Academically Prepared & Equipped by demonstrating growth towards meeting grade-level standards in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, and English Learners (EL) will also demonstrate progress in their English language development” p. 29 ↗
8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $14.2 million (−$2.4 million)
Largest funded actions
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services$4.1 millionaction 2.1 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Literacy Support$2.3 millionaction 2.6 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Learning and Collaboration$2.3 millionaction 2.7 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS Supplemental Academic Instructional Materials, Supplies, and Services$2.0 millionaction 2.3 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS School-level Academic Support Personnel and Services$0.7 millionaction 2.2 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
3 more funded actions in this goal
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Support · action 2.5 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
English Learner Support: Language Development · action 2.4 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
English Learner Support: Professional Learning · action 2.8 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Professional Learning and Collaboration−$1.5 million$3.8 million → $2.3 million · p. 70 ↗
MTSS District-level Academic Support Personnel and Services−$0.8 million$4.9 million → $4.1 million · p. 69 ↗
MTSS Supplemental Academic Instructional Materials, Supplies, and Services−$0.2 million$2.2 million → $2.0 million · p. 70 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Literacy Support · $2.2 million → $2.3 million · p. 70 ↗+$0.1 million
MTSS School-level Academic Support Personnel and Services · $658,795 → $673,221 · p. 69 ↗+$14,426
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Support · $359,322 → $285,214 · p. 70 ↗−$74,108
English Learner Support: Language Development · $103,000 → $95,000 · p. 70 ↗−$8,000
English Learner Support: Professional Learning · $30,277 → $46,141 · p. 70 ↗+$15,864
Local Assessments: iReady (Reading) Percentage of students at or above grade-level in reading iReadyp. 32 ↗
Baseline
2022-23 District: 58% …
Target for year 3
District: 70% …
7 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3Upland Unified School District will ensure that all scholars are College and Career-equipped as measured by…$3.1 million12% of action budgets
“Upland Unified School District will ensure that all scholars are College and Career-equipped as measured by the CA State Dashboard” p. 41 ↗
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.3 million (−$200,799)
Largest funded actions
College and Career Readiness Support$1.3 millionaction 3.3 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Technology Support and Personnel$1.1 millionaction 3.4 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
AVID Support$0.5 millionaction 3.1 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
MTSS - College and Career Support and Access$0.2 millionaction 3.2 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
College and Career Readiness Support−$0.4 million$1.7 million → $1.3 million · p. 71 ↗
AVID Support+$118,041$379,988 → $498,029 · p. 70 ↗
Technology Support and Personnel+$0.1 million$1.0 million → $1.1 million · p. 71 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
MTSS - College and Career Support and Access · $187,988 → $150,683 · p. 70 ↗−$37,305
How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 3 quoted
UUSD Overall Graduation Rate Percentage of students that graduated CA School Dashboardp. 42 ↗
Baseline
2023 Overall: 94.6% …
Target for year 3
Overall: 96% …
A-G Completion Rate Percentage of A-G graduates CA School Dashboardp. 42 ↗
Baseline
2023 Overall: 46.7% …
Target for year 3
Overall: 57% …
CTE Pathway Completion Percentage of Completers CA School Dashboardp. 42 ↗
Baseline
2023 Overall: 15.2% …
Target for year 3
Overall: 20% …
8 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 2027, students at Hillside High School will improve academic achievement in Math (including SED…$189,9241% of action budgets
“By June 2027, students at Hillside High School will improve academic achievement in Math (including SED students) by reducing the negative distance from standard as shown in M4.1 from - 233.3 DFS to -190 DFS. The school will also increase the CCI rate for all students, SED and Hispanic students by 15% as shown in M4.2. Additionally, all students will experience a decrease in Suspensions (including SED and HI) by 9% as measured by M4.3” p. 48 ↗
5 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
College/Career Readiness Support$109,924action 4.3 · p. 71 ↗
Math Achievement Support$50,000action 4.1 · p. 71 ↗
Professional Learning for Math Support$10,000action 4.2 · p. 71 ↗
Professional Learning for College/Career Readiness Support$10,000action 4.4 · p. 71 ↗
School Climate and Culture Support$10,000action 4.5 · p. 71 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
College/Career Readiness Support−$109,124$219,048 → $109,924 · p. 71 ↗
Math Achievement Support+$36,000$14,000 → $50,000 · p. 71 ↗
Professional Learning for Math Support−$7,000$17,000 → $10,000 · p. 71 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Professional Learning for College/Career Readiness Support · $14,500 → $10,000 · p. 71 ↗−$4,500
School Climate and Culture Support · $5,000 → $10,000 · p. 71 ↗+$5,000
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, 9,496 students
1Hispanic or Latino63%
2White19%
3Black or African American6%
4Asian6%
5Two or more races3%
6Filipino2%
7Not reported<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
68%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 6,479 of 9,461 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?
Upland Unified 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, 49% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (277 of 565 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
1 school getting state support, 2025–26
Citrus Elementary (Targeted support)
Citrus ElementaryTargeted support: Black or African American students
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 Upland Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Pepper Tree Elementary, 80th percentile (Strong). Middle: Pioneer Junior High, 86th percentile (Strong). High: Upland High, 69th 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 Upland 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 Upland Unified good?
Upland Unified’s 10 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 80th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 3 Solid, 3 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Upland Unified’s 3 public middle schools run from the 13th to the 86th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Upland Unified has one public high school we score, Upland High, at the 69th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid. 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 Upland Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Upland Unified had 14 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 Upland Unified had 39 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Upland Unified spend per student?
Upland Unified spent $19,773 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 67 cents of every Upland 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 Upland Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $24.6 million into 24 funded actions in 4 goals, 13% of its $189.7 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $11.8 million, 48% 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 Upland 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.