October 10, 2024
Statewide test scores improved in 2024, but achievement still not back to pre-Covid levels
English and math scores improved from 2023 to 2024, but still have not caught up to results from prior to the pandemic.
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October 10, 2024
Smarter Balanced test score results for 2024
Search our database to see results for schools and districts in California, track progress and find achievement gaps.
Justin Allen And Daniel J. Willis
May 20, 2024
These districts and charters were fined for violating TK requirements
These school districts and charters were fined for violating state transitional kindergarten guidelines around staffing ratios and/or average class enrollment.
Lasherica Thornton
May 1, 2024
Californians without high school education by county
Use this interactive map to explore Californians without high school education by county.
Yuxuan Xie
February 29, 2024
Interactive Map: LAUSD's 100 Priority Schools
List identifies Los Angeles Unified School District's highest-need schools slated for extra resources
Yuxuan Xie
February 12, 2024
Interactive Map: Most California high school students don't take courses needed to apply to CSU or UC
View the map to see the percentage of students in each high school who graduate without A-G required courses.
Yuxuan Xie And Daniel J. Willis
December 15, 2023
Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard, 2023
Search and compare all California public schools, districts, cities and counties for data from the state's school accountability dashboard.
Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie
October 18, 2023
Flat test scores leave California far behind pre-Covid levels of achievement
California students are still lagging compared to pre-pandemic levels despite a full year of in-person instruction in the 2021-22 school year, according to state tests given in the spring of 2023.
John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis
September 28, 2023
Student Loan Default Rates in 2019 by Type of Loan
Look up and sort California colleges by the default rates of their borrowers three years into repayment.
EdSource staff
September 7, 2023
570 California schools targeted for low vaccination rates
State funding reductions are possible if students are improperly allowed to attend classes despite not having all their required immunizations.
Diana Lambert, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie
August 24, 2023
Interactive Map: College in California prisons
Take a look at the eight bachelor's degree programs at California state prisons. The state is expanding its college-in-prison program among its 34 prisons.
Yuxuan Xie
August 10, 2023
California's dramatic jump in chronically absent students part of a nationwide surge
Since the pandemic, the number of chronically absent students has doubled to 13.6 million, including about 1.8 million from California.
Betty Márquez Rosales, Mallika Seshadri, And Daniel J. Willis
June 14, 2023
Amounts California districts were allotted and spent in federal Covid aid
The last and largest installment of federal Covid aid allocated California school districts and charter schools $13.5 billion. As of March 31, $5 billion was spent of ESSER III, the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.
Daniel J. Willis
June 1, 2023
Pockets of districts across California show increases in homeless students in 2022-23 school year
School districts across California are seeing increases in homeless students. Some of the jump stems from better efforts to help families.
Yuxuan Xie
April 5, 2023
What's your California school's flood risk?
FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer makes a flood risk assessment for every school. The analysis labels 1 in 5 of California schools in a moderate or high flood risk.