West Covina Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 25th to the 87th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in three of the four bands: Strong, Solid and Developing.
Elementary · 9 schools
from 25th to 87th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles: 35th percentile, Developing
Cameron Elementary: 29th percentile, Developing
California Elementary: 25th percentile, Developing
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 5 schools
from 42nd to 94th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
San Jose Charter Academy: 94th percentile, Strong
California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles: 87th percentile, Strong
Walnut Grove Intermediate: 58th percentile, Solid
Hollencrest Middle: 57th percentile, Solid
Edgewood Middle: 42nd percentile, Developing
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1Developing
2Solid
2Strong
High · 4 schools
from 34th to 85th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Mt. SAC Early College Academy at West Covina: 85th percentile, Strong
West Covina High: 65th percentile, Solid
Edgewood High: 58th percentile, Solid
California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles: 34th percentile, Developing
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 2 of the 15 ranked schools teach more than one level, 1 of them all three, so they appear in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in West Covina Unified had 8 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 West Covina Unified score highest?
San Jose Charter Academy is highest, at the 94th percentile.
That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in West Covina Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in West Covina Unified had 9 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 West Covina Unified score highest?
Mt. SAC Early College Academy at West Covina is highest, at the 85th percentile.
That’s higher than 85 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).
Highest in West Covina Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average high school in West Covina Unified had 10 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.
Where does West Covina Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
West Covina Unified spent $21,897 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 55 cents of every West Covina 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
Instruction55%
Instruction support16%
Student services8%
Administration9%
Buildings & maintenance11%
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
$130.4 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 74 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 75% of its $173.4 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, 135 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 70% of the money. The plan itself puts 79% of it toward staff.
General Staffing $77.2 million
Facilities and Maintenance $7.4 million
Enrichment Opportunities $6.7 million
71 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
19 of the plan’s 74 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 $2.2 million
Math $1.7 million
Catch-up help $11.3 million
English learners $3.1 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Access to Improved Instruction and Intervention through Technology Maintenance$4.3 million
Provide Expanded Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to ELs, L-TELs, Foster Youth, and Low Income Students for Improved Student Achievement$3.9 million
Provide Additional Dual Language Immersion Teachers to Support EL Achievement$2.8 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 $31.6 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025-2026, it planned $27.2 million and estimates it spent $27.7 million, $0.5 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$27.7 million spent (estimated)$27.2 million planned
What changed
The total is $9.0 million (7%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Facilities and Maintenance, which went from $5.4 million to $7.4 million.
Largest increases
Facilities and Maintenance+$1.9 million
Provide Expanded Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to ELs, L-TELs, Foster Youth, and Low Income Students for Improved Student Achievement+$1.3 million
General Staffing+$1.2 million
New in the 2026–27 plan
Enhance Science, History-Social Science, and Other Core Content Instruction$500,000
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 2024–25Goal 2 · Student Outcomes
48%
47%
down 1 pt
Goal 4 tracks named schools and Goals 1 and 3 track 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
General Staffing · $77,204,571
Facilities and Maintenance · $7,373,460
Enrichment Opportunities · $6,650,555
The full plan4 goals, 7 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 ($130.4 million).
Where does the money go?
75% to Goal 1, Conditions for Learning. 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 1Conditions for Learning$98.4 million75% of action budgets
“Ensure that the conditions for learning: including basic services, implementation of state standards, and course access support the college and career success of students” p. 12 ↗
17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $93.3 million (+$5.0 million)
Facilities and Maintenance$7.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 72 ↗
Access to Improved Instruction and Intervention through Technology Maintenance$4.3 millionaction 1.16 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Provide Improved Access to Technology Support$2.3 millionaction 1.15 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Expand IB Continuum Academic Support$1.8 millionaction 1.11 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
12 more funded actions in this goal
Conditions for Student Learning at School Sites · action 1.1 · p. 72 ↗$1.6 million
Expanded Instructional Program Options through the West Covina Online Learning Academy (WCOLA) · action 1.14 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.9 million
California Teacher Induction Program · action 1.17 · p. 74 ↗$0.9 million
Provide Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Expanded Opportunities for Low Income Students · action 1.9 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Core Curricular Materials · action 1.4 · p. 72 ↗$0.6 million
Provide Low Income Students with Supplemental California Standards-Based Instructional Materials in Mathematics · action 1.8 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Provide Low Income Students with Supplemental California Standards-Based Instructional Materials in Writing/English Language Arts · action 1.7 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Increase IB Programme Continuum Participation · action 1.12 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Provide English Learners (EL) with Supplemental Curriculum and Instruction · action 1.6 · p. 72 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Provide supplemental IB Continuum Supplemental Instructional Materials and Professional Development · action 1.13 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Supplemental Instructional Materials · action 1.5 · p. 72 ↗under $0.1 million
Provide Robust AP and AP Capstone Program Offerings for Low Income Students · action 1.10 · p. 73 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Facilities and Maintenance+$1.9 million$5.4 million → $7.4 million · p. 72 ↗
General Staffing+$1.2 million$76.0 million → $77.2 million · p. 72 ↗
Conditions for Student Learning at School Sites+$0.9 million$0.8 million → $1.6 million · p. 72 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Access to Improved Instruction and Intervention through Technology Maintenance · $3.5 million → $4.3 million · p. 74 ↗+$0.8 million
Provide Improved Access to Technology Support · $2.2 million → $2.3 million · p. 73 ↗+$0.1 million
Expand IB Continuum Academic Support · $1.7 million → $1.8 million · p. 73 ↗+$0.1 million
Expanded Instructional Program Options through the West Covina Online Learning Academy (WCOLA) · $872,904 → $903,490 · p. 73 ↗+$30,586
California Teacher Induction Program · $929,177 → $887,700 · p. 74 ↗−$41,477
Provide Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Expanded Opportunities for Low Income Students · $647,865 → $647,865 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
Provide Low Income Students with Supplemental California Standards-Based Instructional Materials in Mathematics · $54,000 → $300,000 · p. 72 ↗+$246,000
Provide Low Income Students with Supplemental California Standards-Based Instructional Materials in Writing/English Language Arts · $50,000 → $150,000 · p. 72 ↗+$100,000
Provide Robust AP and AP Capstone Program Offerings for Low Income Students · $16,000 → $16,000 · p. 73 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 1 measure · 1 quoted
Fully Credentialed and Appropriately Assigned Teachers per the California Department of Education Teacher Assignment Monitoring Outcomes reportp. 13 ↗
Baseline
2021-2022 86%
Target for year 3
100%
Goal 2Student Outcomes$20.0 million15% of action budgets
“Prepare students to achieve success in college, career, and life in a globally competitive economy” p. 23 ↗
35 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $17.3 million (+$2.7 million)
Largest funded actions
Provide Expanded Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to ELs, L-TELs, Foster Youth, and Low Income Students for Improved Student Achievement$3.9 millionaction 2.14 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $3.3 million is state funding counted toward those services
Provide Additional Dual Language Immersion Teachers to Support EL Achievement$2.8 millionaction 2.21 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Enhancement of Career and Technical Education$2.6 millionaction 2.2 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Provide Personalized Learning to Strengthen Student Achievement$1.9 millionaction 2.1 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Elementary School Academic and Instructional Support$1.4 millionaction 2.4 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
30 more funded actions in this goal
Student Achievement in English Language Arts and Math · action 2.13 · p. 75 ↗$1.2 million
Summer Expanded Learning Opportunities · action 2.9 · p. 74 ↗$0.8 million
Academic Counseling · action 2.35 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
Technology Professional Development and Tools · action 2.26 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Provide Needed Intervention for Students Reading Below Grade Level · action 2.5 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.6 million
Career Pathways · action 2.31 · p. 77 ↗$0.5 million
Enhance Science, History-Social Science, and Other Core Content Instruction · action 2.18 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
District-Wide Supplemental Academic Support and Intervention · action 2.3 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.5 million
Professional Development Across Content Areas · action 2.8 · p. 74 ↗$0.4 million
Provide Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals · action 2.11 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Student Intervention and Assessment Resources for ELA & Literacy and Math · action 2.15 · p. 75 ↗$0.2 million
Provide AP and IB Assessment Opportunities for College Readiness · action 2.34 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Monitor Student Progress and Achievement for Improved Academic Outcomes · action 2.7 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Data for Continuous Improvement · action 2.6 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Enhanced Services for Student College and Career Readiness · action 2.27 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
College Advisement Partnership · action 2.33 · p. 77 ↗$0.1 million
Provide the AVID program · action 2.30 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
English Learner Coordinator · action 2.16 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Provide Low Income Students with Supports to Understand and Meet A-G Requirements · action 2.29 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Supplemental ELD Materials and Services for Newcomer ELs · action 2.12 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Provide Academic Assessment and Intervention Resources in English Language Arts · action 2.10 · p. 74 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Provide English Learners with Instructional Resources for Dual Language Development and Achievement · action 2.23 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Supplemental Software for English Language Acquisition · action 2.20 · p. 75 ↗under $0.1 million
Provide Increased Technology Support · action 2.25 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Provide ELs and L-TELs Increased Differentiated Language Support · action 2.19 · p. 75 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Strengthen Dual Immersion Instructional Program · action 2.22 · p. 76 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Provide PSAT-Taking Opportunity for College Readiness · action 2.32 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Provide Low Income and Foster Youth High School Students with Additional Summer Math and ELA Skills Courses · action 2.28 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Designated ELD for Middle and High School · action 2.17 · p. 75 ↗under $0.1 million
District Technology Committee · action 2.24 · p. 76 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Provide Expanded Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to ELs, L-TELs, Foster Youth, and Low Income Students for Improved Student Achievement+$1.3 million$2.6 million → $3.9 million · p. 75 ↗
Enhancement of Career and Technical Education+$0.3 million$2.2 million → $2.6 million · p. 74 ↗
Provide Personalized Learning to Strengthen Student Achievement+$0.2 million$1.7 million → $1.9 million · p. 74 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Provide Additional Dual Language Immersion Teachers to Support EL Achievement · $2.6 million → $2.8 million · p. 76 ↗+$0.2 million
Elementary School Academic and Instructional Support · $1.3 million → $1.4 million · p. 74 ↗+$0.1 million
Student Achievement in English Language Arts and Math · $1.3 million → $1.2 million · p. 75 ↗−$0.1 million
Academic Counseling · $654,356 → $691,356 · p. 77 ↗+$37,000
Technology Professional Development and Tools · $403,615 → $597,372 · p. 76 ↗+$193,757
Provide Needed Intervention for Students Reading Below Grade Level · $568,389 → $568,389 · p. 74 ↗unchanged
Career Pathways · $555,147 → $503,506 · p. 77 ↗−$51,641
Enhance Science, History-Social Science, and Other Core Content Instruction · $500,000 · p. 75 ↗new or renamed
District-Wide Supplemental Academic Support and Intervention · $466,430 → $492,829 · p. 74 ↗+$26,399
Professional Development Across Content Areas · $336,253 → $355,648 · p. 74 ↗+$19,395
Provide Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals · $260,812 → $260,812 · p. 74 ↗unchanged
Student Intervention and Assessment Resources for ELA & Literacy and Math · $226,160 → $209,228 · p. 75 ↗−$16,932
Provide AP and IB Assessment Opportunities for College Readiness · $202,402 → $202,402 · p. 77 ↗unchanged
Monitor Student Progress and Achievement for Improved Academic Outcomes · $23,000 → $200,000 · p. 74 ↗+$177,000
Data for Continuous Improvement · $115,156 → $119,586 · p. 74 ↗+$4,430
Enhanced Services for Student College and Career Readiness · $113,640 → $116,431 · p. 76 ↗+$2,791
College Advisement Partnership · $110,914 → $113,430 · p. 77 ↗+$2,516
Provide the AVID program · $15,552 → $100,000 · p. 77 ↗+$84,448
English Learner Coordinator · $59,337 → $66,118 · p. 75 ↗+$6,781
Provide Low Income Students with Supports to Understand and Meet A-G Requirements · $55,744 → $56,715 · p. 77 ↗+$971
Supplemental ELD Materials and Services for Newcomer ELs · $35,000 → $35,000 · p. 74 ↗unchanged
Provide Academic Assessment and Intervention Resources in English Language Arts · $33,800 → $33,870 · p. 74 ↗+$70
Provide English Learners with Instructional Resources for Dual Language Development and Achievement · $30,000 → $30,000 · p. 76 ↗unchanged
Supplemental Software for English Language Acquisition · $24,645 → $25,929 · p. 75 ↗+$1,284
Provide Increased Technology Support · $21,796 → $23,601 · p. 76 ↗+$1,805
Provide ELs and L-TELs Increased Differentiated Language Support · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 75 ↗unchanged
Strengthen Dual Immersion Instructional Program · $9,698 → $20,000 · p. 76 ↗+$10,302
Provide PSAT-Taking Opportunity for College Readiness · $7,546 → $12,519 · p. 77 ↗+$4,973
Provide Low Income and Foster Youth High School Students with Additional Summer Math and ELA Skills Courses · $10,000 → $10,000 · p. 77 ↗unchanged
Designated ELD for Middle and High School · $4,253 → $8,586 · p. 75 ↗+$4,333
District Technology Committee · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 76 ↗unchanged
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 2 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 23 ↗.
Goal 3Engagement$11.9 million9% of action budgets
“Foster a positive school climate through various means that engages parents and students for increased student achievement” p. 39 ↗
21 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $10.5 million (+$1.3 million)
Largest funded actions
Enrichment Opportunities$6.7 millionaction 3.19 · p. 78 ↗
Transportation$1.6 millionaction 3.1 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Provide Programs and Services to Promote Students' Mental Health and Well-being$0.8 millionaction 3.13 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Provide School-Based Programs, Services and Tools to Promote Safe Schools and Student Engagement$0.5 millionaction 3.11 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Family Resource Center$0.4 millionaction 3.5 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
16 more funded actions in this goal
Utilize the Edmentum Platform to Increase Opportunities for Students to Meet Graduation Requirements · action 3.20 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Provide Enhanced Communications to Improve Home-School Connections · action 3.6 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Provide Enhanced Student Services to Foster Youth and Low Income Students to Support Social Emotional Needs · action 3.2 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Provide a Clinical Social Worker to Provide Mental Health Services · action 3.18 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Safety and Training · action 3.17 · p. 78 ↗$0.2 million
Interpretation · action 3.10 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Safe Technology Use · action 3.15 · p. 78 ↗$0.1 million
Increase Monitoring and Data Analysis of Student Engagement · action 3.7 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Opportunities for Low Income Students and Parents to Engage in College and Career Readiness Activities · action 3.8 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Increase Student and Parent Engagement through Parent University Workshops · action 3.16 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Parent Involvement · action 3.14 · p. 78 ↗under $0.1 million
Community Organization Partnerships · action 3.12 · p. 78 ↗under $0.1 million
Provide Social and Emotional Support for Students to Positively Participate in School · action 3.21 · p. 79 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) District Advisory Committee · action 3.3 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
English Learner Parent Advisory Committee/DELAC · action 3.9 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Foster Youth Committee · action 3.4 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Enrichment Opportunities · $6.7 million · p. 78 ↗not compared
Transportation · $1.6 million · p. 77 ↗not compared
Provide Programs and Services to Promote Students' Mental Health and Well-being · $788,400 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Provide School-Based Programs, Services and Tools to Promote Safe Schools and Student Engagement · $520,000 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Family Resource Center · $418,156 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Utilize the Edmentum Platform to Increase Opportunities for Students to Meet Graduation Requirements · $300,000 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Provide Enhanced Communications to Improve Home-School Connections · $263,667 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Provide Enhanced Student Services to Foster Youth and Low Income Students to Support Social Emotional Needs · $238,833 · p. 77 ↗not compared
Provide a Clinical Social Worker to Provide Mental Health Services · $227,118 · p. 78 ↗not compared
Safety and Training · $226,000 · p. 78 ↗not compared
“By the end of the 2026-2027 school year, Coronado Alternative High School will reduce chronic absenteeism (decline by 4%), English Language Arts achievement (increase by 31 points), and college/career readiness (increase by 5%). Through a caring school community that emphasizes social- emotional wellness, student engagement, targeted academic supports, and high- quality instruction, Coronado will improve outcomes for All Students, Low-Income students, and Hispanic students. Progress will be monitored through attendance rates, CAASPP ELA performance, the College/Career Indicator, with annual reviews to assess and adjust strategies as needed” p. 50 ↗
1 funded action · reworded since the 2025–26 plan
Largest funded actions
Nurture a Caring Community to Improve Student Outcomes$138,342action 4.1 · p. 79 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Nurture a Caring Community to Improve Student Outcomes · $138,342 · p. 79 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 3 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 50 ↗.
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, 14,675 students
1Hispanic or Latino68%
2Asian11%
3Black or African American8%
4White7%
5Filipino3%
6Two or more races3%
7Not reported<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
76%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 11,006 of 14,439 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 West Covina 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, 48% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (308 of 636 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Does living in the West Covina 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 West Covina Unified good?
West Covina Unified’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 25th to the 87th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 3 Solid and 4 Developing. West Covina Unified’s 5 public middle schools run from the 42nd to the 94th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Developing. West Covina Unified’s 4 public high schools run from the 34th to the 85th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 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 West Covina Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in West Covina Unified had 8 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 West Covina Unified had 9 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in West Covina 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 West Covina Unified spend per student?
West Covina Unified spent $21,897 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 55 cents of every West Covina 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 West Covina Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $130.4 million into 74 funded actions in 4 goals, 75% of its $173.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $98.4 million, 75% 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 West Covina 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.