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Drummond: PYLUSD’s Local Control and Accountability Plan offers learning update

March 13, 2025

A mid-year update on student achievement in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District was presented to the board of trustees at the district’s regular February meeting.

The update to the state-mandated Local Control and Accountability Plan lists recent results for a three-year program that outlines “goals, actions, services and expenditures” designed “to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities.”

Among the goals of the three-year plan are to provide “innovative, rigorous and relevant educational experiences for all students” and to provide “necessary resources, skills and opportunities for all students to meet or exceed grade-level expectations.”

Other goals include closing academic achievement gaps for English learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged and foster youth students and addressing academic achievement, engagement and school climate for specific student groups and sites.

In English-Language Arts, 65.32% of all students met or exceeded standards at the end of the last school year, an increase of 0.57% from the prior year toward a goal of 70.8% in 2026.

English learners declined by 0.35% to 11.35%, socioeconomically disadvantaged increased by 3.26% to 52.16% and foster youth increased by 8% to 28%, making progress toward goals of 22%, 59% and 30%, respectively.

Administrators noted the district “invested significant funding toward a comprehensive writing program, including professional development provided on ‘writer’s workshop’ at the elementary and middle school levels (and) expository reading and writing at the high school levels.”

And, they said, “Step Up to Writing” is used across all grade levels and academic support teachers continue to work closely with elementary students in need of additional assistance.

In mathematics, 55.95% of all students met or exceeded standards at the end of the last school year, an increase of 2.47% from the prior year toward the goal of 59.95% in 2026.

English learners increased by 0.9% to 11.5%, socioeconomically disadvantaged by 6.4% to 40% and foster youth by 2.3% to 15.6%, making progress toward goals of 21%, 44% and 24%, respectively.

Administrators said, “We continue to invest significant funding toward after-school math intervention in addition to language arts intervention, with the goal of ensuring all students are meeting or exceeding grade level standards.”

Other current data: 95.4% graduation rate toward a 95.8% goal; 1.7% dropout rate toward a less than 1.3% goal; 88.4% Advanced Placement pass rate toward an 88% goal; and a 59.3% A through G university entrance requirement rate toward a 69.5% goal.

Orange County School of Computer Science charter data on meeting or exceeding standards: English-Language Arts at 58.51% toward a 62% goal and math at 49.62% toward a 55% goal.

The suspension rate is 2% toward a less than 2% goal; the chronic absenteeism rate is 13.7% toward a less than 10% goal.

Jim Drummond is a longtime Yorba Linda resident. He gives his opinion on local issues weekly. Send e-mail to [email protected].

Orange County Register

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