School district · Madera County

Yosemite Unified schools

Yosemite Unified’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 55th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 3 schools

from 6th to 55th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Mountain Home Charter (Alternative): 55th percentile, Solid
  • Rivergold Elementary: 34th percentile, Developing
  • Coarsegold Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 3 schools

from 21st to 76th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Mountain Home Charter (Alternative): 76th percentile, Strong
  • Rivergold Elementary: 61st percentile, Solid
  • Coarsegold Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
1Strong

High · 1 school

at 29th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Yosemite High: 29th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 3 of the 4 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 4 ranked schools
  • 1 of 4 is a charter school
  • 3 schools not ranked statewide

Schools around Yosemite Unified

7 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Yosemite Unified score highest?

Mountain Home Charter (Alternative) is highest, at the 55th percentile.

That’s higher than 55 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Yosemite Unified

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

Context

The average elementary school in Yosemite Unified had 15 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 Yosemite Unified score highest?

Mountain Home Charter (Alternative) is highest, at the 76th percentile.

That’s higher than 76 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Yosemite Unified

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

Context

The average middle school in Yosemite Unified had 15 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 Yosemite Unified stand?

Yosemite High is at the 29th percentile.

That’s higher than 29 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Yosemite Unified.

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

3 high schools not ranked statewide

Continuation schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with schools of its kind. The others have no statewide percentile this year.

The district

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

Yosemite Unified spent $19,880 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 48 cents of every Yosemite 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

  • Instruction48%
  • Instruction support11%
  • Student services10%
  • Administration10%
  • Buildings & maintenance17%
  • Other4%

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

$11.3 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 31 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 39% of its $28.6 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, 180 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 60% of the money. The plan itself puts 68% of it toward staff.

  • Special Education $3.3 million
  • Custodial & Maintenance Services $2.2 million
  • Broad Course of Study $1.2 million
  • 28 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

3 of the plan’s 31 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 $129,378
  • English learners $214,399

Largest of these

  • Support Best Practices English Learners$205,622
  • Intervention Periods at YHS$129,378
  • Support Best Practices for Long-Term English Learners (LTELs)$8,777
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 $3.3 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $3.1 million and estimates it spent $3.1 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $248,186 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Broad Course of Study, which went from $1.4 million to $1.2 million.

Largest cuts

  • Broad Course of Study−⁠$191,161
  • Educational Options−⁠$149,815
  • Curriculum−⁠$63,543

Largest increases

  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Social-Emotional)+⁠$183,383
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic)+⁠$141,993
  • Intervention Periods at YHS+⁠$96,287

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) / Elementary Teacher$215,000
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
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 137%39%up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 118%24%up 6 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 237 in 10028 in 1009 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 27.9%5.3%down 2.6 pts

Goal 4 tracks named schools and Goal 3 tracks other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Special Education · $3,307,670
  • Custodial & Maintenance Services · $2,210,694
  • Broad Course of Study · $1,207,324
The full plan4 goals, 41 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 ($11.3 million).

Where does the money go?

61% 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
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1All students will be provided high quality instruction, within a broad and rigorous curriculum that will…$6.8 million61% of action budgets

“All students will be provided high quality instruction, within a broad and rigorous curriculum that will prepare them for success in college and the workplace” p. 30 ↗

16 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.8 million (+⁠$27,929)

Largest funded actions

  1. Special Education$3.3 millionaction 1.10 · p. 138 ↗
  2. Broad Course of Study$1.2 millionaction 1.3 · p. 138 ↗
  3. Educational Options$0.6 millionaction 1.9 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Technology$0.6 millionaction 1.8 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic)$0.2 millionaction 1.4 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $146,000 is state funding counted toward those services

11 more funded actions in this goal

  • Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) / Elementary Teacher · action 1.14 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Support Best Practices English Learners · action 1.15 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
  • Curriculum · action 1.2 · p. 138 ↗$0.2 million
  • Intervention Periods at YHS · action 1.5 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Teacher Collaboration · action 1.7 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
  • Data Management System · action 1.11 · p. 138 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Recruit and Retain High Quality Teachers · action 1.1 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Professional Development · action 1.6 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Educational and Data Consultants · action 1.13 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Support Best Practices for Long-Term English Learners (LTELs) · action 1.12 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) · action 1.16 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Broad Course of Study−⁠$0.2 million$1.4 million → $1.2 million · p. 138 ↗
  2. Educational Options−⁠$149,815$757,106 → $607,291 · p. 138 ↗
  3. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic)+⁠$141,993$80,000 → $221,993 · p. 138 ↗

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

  • Special Education · $3.3 million → $3.3 million · p. 138 ↗+⁠$0.1 million
  • Technology · $561,795 → $578,850 · p. 138 ↗+⁠$17,055
  • Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) / Elementary Teacher · $215,000 · p. 139 ↗new or renamed
  • Support Best Practices English Learners · $178,697 → $205,622 · p. 139 ↗+⁠$26,925
  • Curriculum · $240,000 → $176,457 · p. 138 ↗−⁠$63,543
  • Intervention Periods at YHS · $33,091 → $129,378 · p. 138 ↗+⁠$96,287
  • Teacher Collaboration · $40,000 → $87,359 · p. 138 ↗+⁠$47,359
  • Data Management System · $50,000 → $37,000 · p. 138 ↗−⁠$13,000
  • Recruit and Retain High Quality Teachers · $25,874 → $26,398 · p. 138 ↗+⁠$524
  • Professional Development · $45,000 → $17,700 · p. 138 ↗−⁠$27,300
  • Educational and Data Consultants · $15,000 → $10,000 · p. 139 ↗−⁠$5,000
  • Support Best Practices for Long-Term English Learners (LTELs) · $9,301 → $8,777 · p. 139 ↗−⁠$524
  • Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) · $6,000 → $6,711 · p. 139 ↗+⁠$711

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 18 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 30 ↗.

Goal 2All students will benefit from a safe, healthy, positive school climate, where they will be supported by…$3.5 million31% of action budgets

“All students will benefit from a safe, healthy, positive school climate, where they will be supported by teachers and staff who nurture social-emotional development and prioritize teacher-student relationships and school connectedness” p. 60 ↗

10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.5 million (−⁠$2,395)

Largest funded actions

  1. Custodial & Maintenance Services$2.2 millionaction 2.6 · p. 139 ↗
  2. Transportation$0.6 millionaction 2.7 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Culture & School Climate Program$0.3 millionaction 2.8 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Enrichment Activities: Transportation for Sports/​Athletics/​Field Trips$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. High School and Educational Options Assistant Principals$0.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 139 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

5 more funded actions in this goal

  • Analytics Platform · action 2.9 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Safe Learning Environment · action 2.10 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Social-Emotional) · action 2.1 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Student Leadership Opportunities · action 2.2 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
  • Student Attendance Review Board · action 2.5 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Custodial & Maintenance Services−⁠$0.1 million$2.3 million → $2.2 million · p. 139 ↗
  2. Transportation+⁠$50,000$500,000 → $550,000 · p. 139 ↗
  3. Culture & School Climate Program+⁠$30,127$299,904 → $330,031 · p. 139 ↗

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

  • Enrichment Activities: Transportation for Sports/​Athletics/​Field Trips · $225,000 → $240,000 · p. 139 ↗+⁠$15,000
  • High School and Educational Options Assistant Principals · $155,533 → $141,490 · p. 139 ↗−⁠$14,043
  • Analytics Platform · $25,000 → $25,000 · p. 140 ↗unchanged
  • Safe Learning Environment · $40,000 → $22,500 · p. 140 ↗−⁠$17,500
  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Social-Emotional) · $13,000 → $7,000 · p. 139 ↗−⁠$6,000
  • Student Leadership Opportunities · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 139 ↗unchanged
  • Student Attendance Review Board · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 139 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 2 quoted

  • Middle School Dropout Rate p. 62 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 0.0 Data …
    Target for year 3
    0.0
  • Safety: Climate Survey: % of Students who respond Agree or Strongly Agree to: When I am at school, I feel safe p. 63 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 65% Data …
    Target for year 3
    80%

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Provide opportunities for students, parents, community members and organizations to participate in all…$4,000under 1% of action budgets

“Provide opportunities for students, parents, community members and organizations to participate in all aspects of the educational environment to support and enhance student success” p. 76 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. School and District Advisory Groups$2,000action 3.3 · p. 140 ↗
  2. Educational Partner Survey$1,000action 3.1 · p. 140 ↗
  3. Climate Survey$1,000action 3.2 · p. 140 ↗

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

  • School and District Advisory Groups · $2,000 → $2,000 · p. 140 ↗unchanged
  • Educational Partner Survey · $1,000 → $1,000 · p. 140 ↗unchanged
  • Climate Survey · $1,000 → $1,000 · p. 140 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 4 measures · 2 quoted

  • Family Engagement: # of Educational Partners who participate in Educational Partner Survey p. 76 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 119 Data …
    Target for year 3
    150
  • Student Engagement: # of Students who participate in Climate Survey p. 76 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-24 245 Data …
    Target for year 3
    300

2 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalFor the 2024-25 school year only$878,8238% of action budgets

“Within three years, all students at Coarsegold Elementary and Raymond Granite High School, particularly students with disabilities, socioeconomically disadvantaged, Hispanic, and White students, will demonstrate growth toward meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts and math as measured by the CAASPP and other local assessments. Additionally, as measured by the Suspension Rate Indicator, the suspension rate for all students, particularly students with disabilities, socioeconomically disadvantaged, Hispanic, and White students, will significantly decline. For the 2025-26 and 2026-27: Within three years, all students at the newly identified schools, Ahwahnee High School, Evergreen High School, and Raymond Granite High School, particularly socioeconomically disadvantaged students, will demonstrate growth toward meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts and math as measured by the CAASPP and other local assessments. Additionally, as measured by the Suspension Rate Indicator, the suspension rate for all students, particularly socioeconomically disadvantaged students, will significantly decline” p. 81 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Social-Emotional)$685,897action 4.3 · p. 140 ↗
  2. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic)$192,926action 4.1 · p. 140 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Social-Emotional)+⁠$183,383$502,514 → $685,897 · p. 140 ↗
  2. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (Academic)+⁠$39,269$153,657 → $192,926 · p. 140 ↗

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 81 ↗.

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, 1,682 students
1. White: 60%2. Hispanic or Latino: 27%3. Two or more races: 6%4. American Indian or Alaska Native: 4%5. Asian: 2%6. Not reported: <1%7. Black or African American: <1%8. Filipino: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White60%
  2. Hispanic or Latino27%
  3. Two or more races6%
  4. American Indian or Alaska Native4%
  5. Asian2%
  6. Not reported<1%
  7. Black or African American<1%
  8. Filipino<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

63%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 1,054 of 1,682 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 Yosemite 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, 51% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (29 of 57 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Ahwahnee High (Most intensive support) · Yosemite High (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 Yosemite Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Mountain Home Charter (Alternative), 55th percentile (Solid). Middle: Mountain Home Charter (Alternative), 76th percentile (Strong). High: Yosemite High, 29th percentile (Developing). 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 Yosemite 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 Yosemite Unified good?

Yosemite Unified’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 6th to the 55th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Yosemite Unified’s 3 public middle schools run from the 21st to the 76th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Strong, 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Yosemite Unified has one public high school we score, Yosemite High, at the 29th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 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 Yosemite Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Yosemite Unified had 15 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 Yosemite Unified had 15 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 Yosemite Unified spend per student?

Yosemite Unified spent $19,880 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 48 cents of every Yosemite 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 Yosemite Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $11.3 million into 31 funded actions in 4 goals, 39% of its $28.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.8 million, 61% 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 Yosemite 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.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

Download these schools (CSV)Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.