On Dec. 7, 2017, the California Department of Education published the official California School Dashboard for schools and districts. View 2018 or 2019 data by clicking the links. The dashboard shows progress, or lack of it, on multiple measures. This database shows indicators of progress on five measures, in color codes selected by the state. Other indicators will be will be added later as the state develops them. To find indicators from a school or district, enter a search term in the box to search by school, city, district or county. If a school or district does not appear, it means that no data is available. Detailed test scores are available on cells with an “i” (click to see more). For a full explanation, see the notes below the chart.

School Name, City and County Suspension Rates English Learner Progress English Lang. Arts Performance Math Performance High School Graduation Rate Link
School Name, City and County Suspension Rates English Learner Progress English Lang. Arts Performance Math Performance High School Graduation Rate Link

Notes to Database

Color Codes and Ratings:  The dashboard includes five performance levels that are color-coded, based on a combination of current performance level and change over the previous year. The color spectrum ranges from red to orange to yellow to green to blue, with red signifying the lowest performance level and blue the highest.

More information about how the performance levels were calculated is available at the California Department of Education’s website here.

Column Headings:

Suspension Rates: Based on a combination of current suspension rates and changes in those rates over time.

English Learner Progress: Based on the percentage of English Learner students making progress toward language proficiency on the California English Language Development Test and the number of English Learners who were reclassified to fluent English proficient in the previous year.

English Language Arts Performance: Student performance in Grades 3-8 on the English Language Arts Smarter Balanced tests administered in the current year, combined with whether scores improved, declined or stayed the same compared to the previous year.

Math Performance: Student performance in Grades 3-8 on the math Smarter Balanced tests in the current year combined with whether scores improved, declined or stayed the same compared to the previous year.

High School Graduation Rate: Four-year cohort rates, combining current graduation rate along with whether rates have changed over the previous year.

For more information about how the performance levels were calculated, go to the California Department of Education’s website here.

For the full dashboard for each school or district, go here.