Westside Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 10 public elementary schools run from the 20th to the 75th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
Westside Union Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 10 schools
from 20th to 75th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Cottonwood Elementary: 75th percentile, Strong
Gregg Anderson Academy: 74th percentile, Solid
Esperanza Elementary: 62nd percentile, Solid
Anaverde Hills: 54th percentile, Solid
Leona Valley Elementary: 46th percentile, Developing
Del Sur Senior Elementary: 36th percentile, Developing
Quartz Hill Elementary: 34th percentile, Developing
Rancho Vista Elementary: 33rd percentile, Developing
Valley View Elementary: 28th percentile, Developing
Sundown Elementary: 20th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
5Developing
3Solid
1Strong
Middle · 3 schools
from 29th to 72nd · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Hillview Middle: 72nd percentile, Solid
Joe Walker Middle: 49th percentile, Developing
Del Sur Senior Elementary: 29th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
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 12 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
12 ranked schools
Schools around the Westside Union Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Westside Union Elementary district 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 the Westside Union Elementary district score highest?
Hillview Middle is highest, at the 72nd percentile.
That’s higher than 72 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in the Westside Union Elementary district
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
The average middle school in the Westside Union Elementary district had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.
The district
Where does Westside Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Westside Union Elementary district spent $16,207 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Westside Union Elementary 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
Instruction58%
Instruction support10%
Student services13%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other3%
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 43 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 78% of its $167.2 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, 153 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 72% of the money. The plan itself puts 86% of it toward staff.
Qualified Teachers and Administrators $68.9 million
Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P) $13.4 million
(Paraprofessionals) Access to the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs $11.9 million
40 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
5 of the plan’s 43 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 $2.2 million
Catch-up help $2.2 million
English learners $0.9 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Reading and Math Intervention from Kindergarten through 8th Grade$2.2 million
English Learner Paraprofessional and Teacher Support$675,204
English Learner District Support Staff$193,962
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 $13.9 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $13.2 million and estimates it spent $13.9 million, $0.7 million (5%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$13.9 million spent (estimated)$13.2 million planned
What changed
The total is $26.2 million (25%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Qualified Teachers and Administrators, which went from $55.3 million to $68.9 million.
Largest cuts
Learning Time Beyond the School Day (ELO-P)−$897,802
Elementary Physical Education and Paraprofessionals−$646,412
Site-Based Office Staff and Librarians−$458,881
Largest increases
Qualified Teachers and Administrators+$13.6 million
Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P)+$6.6 million
(Paraprofessionals) Access to the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs+$3.4 million
Ask: What did Learning Time Beyond the School Day (ELO-P) pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $897,802 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 2024–25Goal 2 · Access for All
46%
46%
no change
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 2 · Access for All
33%
33%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 4 · Promoting Community Partnerships
22 in 100
15 in 100
7 fewer in 100
Goals 1 and 3 aren’t shown because they track other measures.
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
Qualified Teachers and Administrators · $68,911,710
Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P) · $13,423,825
(Paraprofessionals) Access to the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs · $11,937,388
The full plan4 goals, 16 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?
69% to Goal 1, Education for Life and Work. 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 1Education for Life and Work$90.2 million69% of action budgets
“Ensure that all students are equipped with the cognitive, linguistic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills to be successful in a global society” p. 16 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $74.1 million (+$16.0 million)
Largest funded actions
Qualified Teachers and Administrators$68.9 millionaction 1.1 · p. 103 ↗
Clean and Safe School$4.3 millionaction 1.13 · p. 104 ↗
Universal Pre-Kindergarten$4.1 millionaction 1.8 · p. 103 ↗
Standards Aligned Instructional Materials$3.6 millionaction 1.2 · p. 103 ↗
Site-Based Office Staff and Librarians$2.5 millionaction 1.7 · p. 103 ↗
5 more funded actions in this goal
Health Services · action 1.10 · p. 103 ↗$1.8 million
Playground and Crossing Guards · action 1.12 · p. 103 ↗$1.6 million
Elementary Physical Education and Paraprofessionals · action 1.11 · p. 103 ↗$1.5 million
Technology Department · action 1.9 · p. 103 ↗$1.0 million
Curriculum and Instruction Staff · action 1.3 · p. 103 ↗$0.9 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Qualified Teachers and Administrators+$13.6 million$55.3 million → $68.9 million · p. 103 ↗
Standards Aligned Instructional Materials+$1.7 million$1.9 million → $3.6 million · p. 103 ↗
Universal Pre-Kindergarten+$0.7 million$3.4 million → $4.1 million · p. 103 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Clean and Safe School · $4.2 million → $4.3 million · p. 104 ↗+$0.1 million
Site-Based Office Staff and Librarians · $3.0 million → $2.5 million · p. 103 ↗−$0.5 million
Health Services · $1.7 million → $1.8 million · p. 103 ↗+$0.1 million
Playground and Crossing Guards · $1.2 million → $1.6 million · p. 103 ↗+$0.4 million
Elementary Physical Education and Paraprofessionals · $2.1 million → $1.5 million · p. 103 ↗−$0.6 million
Technology Department · $324,062 → $973,134 · p. 103 ↗+$649,072
Curriculum and Instruction Staff · $1.1 million → $0.9 million · p. 103 ↗−$0.1 million
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. 16 ↗.
Goal 2Access for All$18.6 million14% of action budgets
“Ensure all students have equitable access to a high quality instructional program and the research-based supports that they need to engage fully and meaningfully with the program” p. 28 ↗
16 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $11.7 million (+$6.9 million)
Largest funded actions
Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P)$13.4 millionaction 2.19 · p. 105 ↗
Reading and Math Intervention from Kindergarten through 8th Grade$2.2 millionaction 2.16 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
English Learner Paraprofessional and Teacher Support$0.7 millionaction 2.1 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Equitable Access to Technology$0.5 millionaction 2.9 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway$0.5 millionaction 2.20 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
11 more funded actions in this goal
Management, Distribution, and Repair of Student Technology · action 2.10 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.3 million
Increased Arts Program · action 2.15 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
English Learner District Support Staff · action 2.4 · p. 104 ↗$0.2 million
Learning Time Beyond the School Day (ELO-P) · action 2.18 · p. 105 ↗$0.2 million
(AVID in Middle School) Student Engagement in Structured Collaborative Learning · action 2.13 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Maintaining School of Origin · action 2.7 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Diagnostic Assessments · action 2.17 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Ensuring Instructional Coherence and UDL for Students · action 2.21 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Increased Services for Long-Term English Learners (LTEL) · action 2.6 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Equitable Access to the Programs · action 2.14 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
(AVID) Student Engagement in a Challenging and Relevant Program · action 2.12 · p. 104 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELO-P)+$6.6 million$6.8 million → $13.4 million · p. 105 ↗
Learning Time Beyond the School Day (ELO-P)−$0.9 million$1.0 million → $0.2 million · p. 105 ↗
Reading and Math Intervention from Kindergarten through 8th Grade+$0.5 million$1.7 million → $2.2 million · p. 105 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
English Learner Paraprofessional and Teacher Support · $601,787 → $675,204 · p. 104 ↗+$73,417
Equitable Access to Technology · $300,000 → $500,000 · p. 104 ↗+$200,000
Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway · $239,231 → $484,733 · p. 105 ↗+$245,502
Management, Distribution, and Repair of Student Technology · $324,062 → $347,469 · p. 104 ↗+$23,407
Increased Arts Program · $148,940 → $208,767 · p. 105 ↗+$59,827
English Learner District Support Staff · $119,328 → $193,962 · p. 104 ↗+$74,634
(AVID in Middle School) Student Engagement in Structured Collaborative Learning · $114,783 → $103,222 · p. 104 ↗−$11,561
Maintaining School of Origin · $100,000 → $100,000 · p. 104 ↗unchanged
Diagnostic Assessments · $17,128 → $94,456 · p. 105 ↗+$77,328
Ensuring Instructional Coherence and UDL for Students · $76,621 → $76,221 · p. 105 ↗−$400
Increased Services for Long-Term English Learners (LTEL) · $13,535 → $19,961 · p. 104 ↗+$6,426
Equitable Access to the Programs · $11,960 → $12,698 · p. 105 ↗+$738
(AVID) Student Engagement in a Challenging and Relevant Program · $45,958 → $4,000 · p. 104 ↗−$41,958
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. 28 ↗.
Goal 3Active and Responsible Citizenship$18.9 million15% of action budgets
“Develop and implement programs that support students' academic, behavioral, and social-emotional growth and success” p. 49 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $16.3 million (+$2.7 million)
Largest funded actions
(Paraprofessionals) Access to the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs$11.9 millionaction 3.9 · p. 106 ↗
Implementing Systems for Academic, Behavior, and Social Emotional Support$2.4 millionaction 3.4 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Application of Professional Development for Certificated Staff$1.1 millionaction 3.12 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Addressing Inequitable Barriers$1.0 millionaction 3.3 · p. 105 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Building Social Emotional Competency$0.7 millionaction 3.14 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
5 more funded actions in this goal
Promoting Positive Social and Emotional Competency (CCA) · action 3.6 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.7 million
Tier III Crisis Paraprofessionals · action 3.10 · p. 106 ↗$0.6 million
Supplemental Support Staff to Address SEL and Trauma · action 3.5 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Building Self-Efficacy Through Experiences · action 3.15 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Application of Professional Development for Classified · action 3.13 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
(Paraprofessionals) Access to the Curriculum for Students with Special Needs+$3.4 million$8.5 million → $11.9 million · p. 106 ↗
Promoting Positive Social and Emotional Competency (CCA)−$0.4 million$1.1 million → $0.7 million · p. 106 ↗
Implementing Systems for Academic, Behavior, and Social Emotional Support+$0.3 million$2.1 million → $2.4 million · p. 106 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Application of Professional Development for Certificated Staff · $1.3 million → $1.1 million · p. 106 ↗−$0.2 million
Building Social Emotional Competency · $704,453 → $742,949 · p. 106 ↗+$38,496
Tier III Crisis Paraprofessionals · $370,996 → $637,041 · p. 106 ↗+$266,045
Supplemental Support Staff to Address SEL and Trauma · $231,549 → $201,188 · p. 106 ↗−$30,361
Building Self-Efficacy Through Experiences · $228,938 → $190,034 · p. 106 ↗−$38,904
Application of Professional Development for Classified · $16,849 → $24,326 · p. 106 ↗+$7,477
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. 49 ↗.
Goal 4Promoting Community Partnerships$2.8 million2% of action budgets
“Create opportunities for community engagement to increase student attendance and communication as well as identify barriers to school success” p. 62 ↗
7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.2 million (+$610,459)
Largest funded actions
Addressing Barriers to Student Attendance$1.7 millionaction 4.7 · p. 107 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Teacher Collaboration with English Learners, Foster Youth, and Low Income Student Families$0.7 millionaction 4.6 · p. 107 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Community Engagement and Workshops$0.3 millionaction 4.1 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Literacy Programunder $0.1 millionaction 4.4 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Parent Engagement with SEL Curriculumunder $0.1 millionaction 4.2 · p. 106 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
2 more funded actions in this goal
Connecting Resources to Families · action 4.5 · p. 107 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Communication Systems · action 4.9 · p. 107 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Addressing Barriers to Student Attendance+$0.5 million$1.2 million → $1.7 million · p. 107 ↗
Community Engagement and Workshops+$67,148$204,685 → $271,833 · p. 106 ↗
Parent Teacher Collaboration with English Learners, Foster Youth, and Low Income Student Families+$59,574$622,894 → $682,468 · p. 107 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Parent Literacy Program · $37,787 → $42,056 · p. 106 ↗+$4,269
Parent Engagement with SEL Curriculum · $19,000 → $41,946 · p. 106 ↗+$22,946
Connecting Resources to Families · $37,953 → $31,600 · p. 107 ↗−$6,353
Communication Systems · $5,150 · p. 107 ↗not compared
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. 62 ↗.
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, 9,078 students
1Hispanic or Latino57%
2White21%
3Black or African American11%
4Two or more races7%
5Asian2%
6Filipino2%
7American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
8Pacific Islander<1%
9Not reported0%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
55%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 5,018 of 9,078 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 Westside Union Elementary 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, 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 (221 of 455 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
7 schools getting state support, 2025–26
3 in extra targeted support · 4 in targeted support
Anaverde HillsTargeted support: students of two or more races
Cottonwood ElementaryExtra targeted support: homeless students and students with disabilities
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 the Westside Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Cottonwood Elementary, 75th percentile (Strong). Middle: Hillview Middle, 72nd 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 Westside Union Elementary 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 the Westside Union Elementary district good?
Westside Union Elementary’s 10 public elementary schools run from the 20th to the 75th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 3 Solid, 5 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Westside Union Elementary’s 3 public middle schools run from the 29th to the 72nd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 2 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 the Westside Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Westside Union Elementary district 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 the Westside Union Elementary district had 17 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 the Westside Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Westside Union Elementary district spent $16,207 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 58 cents of every Westside Union Elementary 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 the Westside Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $130.4 million into 43 funded actions in 4 goals, 78% of its $167.2 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $90.2 million, 69% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 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 the Westside Union Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.