Paso Robles Joint Unified School District

In reflecting on the 2024-2025 school and the California School Dashboard data for the 2023-2024 school year, PRJUSD has a variety of focused areas for improvement in our upcoming LCAP plan. For the LEA as a whole, PRJUSD had red dashboard indicators in the following areas on the 2023 Dashboard and will continue to address these in the three-year LCAP:

• ELA-English Learners, Foster Youth, and Homeless
• Math-English Learners, Foster Youth, and Students with Disabilities
• Chronic Absenteeism-Foster Youth
• Graduation Rate-Students with Disabilities, English Learners, Homeless
• Suspension-African American students
• College and Career Readiness-English Learners, Homeless, and Students with Disabilities.

Based on the performance of these student groups, we have designed targeted supports in our three-year LCAP to adjust these areas of deficiency and improve our support and outcomes for these student groups beginning in June 2024.

At the site level, we identified the following areas, by site, in which a student group performed in the red on the CA School Dashboard:

Pat Butler
ELA: English Learners, Students with Disabilities

Virginia Peterson
ELA: Students with Disabilities

Glen Speck
Chronic Absenteeism: Socio-economically Disadvantaged, White

Flamson Middle School
Math: English Learners, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, and Students with Disabilities;
Chronic Absenteeism: Homeless

Lewis Middle School
ELA: English Learners, Hispanic
Math: Students with Disabilities
Chronic Absenteeism: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities, White

Liberty High School
Graduation: English Learners College and Career Indicator: English Learners, Hispanic, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged

Paso Robles High School
Graduation: Students with Disabilities
Suspension: English Learners, Hispanic, 2+ Races
College and Career Readiness: English Learners, Students with Disabilities

Based upon the performance of these student groups, we have designed targeted supports in our three-year LCAP to adjust these areas of deficiency and improve our support and outcomes for these student groups.

Lewis Middle School was closed at the end of the 2023-2024 school year and consolidated with Flamson Middle School to form Lewis Flamson Junior High, therefore, reference to some of these supports may be listed toward Lewis Flamson Junior High.

Lastly, the following schools demonstrated performance in the red for the following dashboard indicators:

Pat Butler
English Learner Progress Indicator

Virginia Peterson
English Learner Progress Indicator

Glen Speck
Chronic Absenteeism

Lewis Middle School
English Learner Progress Indicator; Chronic Absenteeism; Suspension

Independence High School
College and Career Indicator

Liberty High School
College and Career Indicator

Based upon the performance listed above, we have designed targeted supports in our three-year LCAP to adjust these areas of deficiency and improve our support and outcomes for these schools in these indicator areas.

Because Daniel E. Lewis Middle School closed at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, these actions are no longer included in the LCAP.

The iReady diagnostic was given three times during the 2023-2024 school year in kindergarten through fifth grade in both English language arts and mathematics. The program conducts assessments to identify students' strengths and areas for improvement, helping teachers tailor instruction effectively. 

In the Fall of 2023, across the district, 25% of students in grades K-5 were early on, at, or above grade level. In Spring 2024, 51% of students were in these performance bands. 

In Fall 2023, 10% of students in grades K-5 were early on, at, or above grade level in mathematics. Spring math iReady results indicated that 40% of students were proficient in math. 

In grades 6-10, NWEA MAP was the assessment used to determine student performance in ELA and math. Not all students participated in this assessment as PRJUSD was piloting two new assessment platforms. 

In Fall 2023, 37% of students were at or above grade level in English language arts. In Spring 2024, 36% of students were in the same proficiency levels. 

In Fall 2023, 32% of students assessed in mathematics were at or above grade level. In Spring 2024, 38% of students were at or above grade level.

State Assessment Data 2023-2024 School Year: CAASPP data for 3rd-6th grade ELA indicated that 40% of students met standards in ELA and 33% met standards in mathematics. CAASPP data for 7th-11th grade indicated that 41% of students met standards in ELA and 30% met standards in mathematics.