DataQuest Update, Issue #25

September 24, 2025

DataQuest is the California Department of Education’s (CDE) public data reporting website that provides meaningful data and statistics about California’s K–12 public education system that supports a wide variety of informational, research, and policy needs. The purpose of the DataQuest Update is to provide: (1) announcements regarding public data releases and availability; (2) general information and analysis on various data reporting topics; and (3) practical tips on how to effectively use DataQuest to obtain information. For questions regarding DataQuest, please submit an email to dataquest@cde.ca.gov.

Release of New Data Reports on DataQuest

The CDE recently released the following DataQuest reports:

2024–25 Certificated Staff Counts by Race/Ethnicity Reports

• Certificated Staff Counts by Race/Ethnicity
• Certificated Staff Counts by Race/Ethnicity (with County/District/School Data)

2024–25 Certificated Staff Education Summary Reports

• Certificated Staff Education Summary
• Certificated Staff Education Summary (with County/District/School Data)
  

2024–25 Certificated Staff Experience Summary Reports

• Certificated Staff Experience Summary
• Certificated Staff Experience Summary (with County/District/School Data)
  

2024–25 Student/Staff Ratios Reports

• Certificated Student/Staff Ratios
• Certificated Student/Staff Ratios (with County/District/School Data)

The above certificated staff data were recently released for five years, 2019–20 through 2023–24, and have now been updated to include data for 2024–25. These data reports are based on certificated staff data submitted and certified by districts and charter schools in the annual California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Fall 2 data submission. These data reflect staff demographic and assignment information as of Census Day (the first Wednesday in October) for the corresponding academic year, and include staff race/ethnicity, education level, years of experience, and student/staff ratios. These reports also allow for the staff data to be further disaggregated by staff type (e.g., teachers, administrators, pupil services, and other non-instructional support staff), school grade span, staff gender, and by charter or alternative school status. Detailed information about these reports is provided on the following respective "information" web pages:

• Information about the Staff Race/Ethnicity Data
• Information about the Staff Education Data
• Information about the Staff Experience Data
• Information about the Student/Staff Ratios Data

2023–24 Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes by Full-Time Equivalency (FTE)

• Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes by FTE
• Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes by FTE (with County Data)

This is the fourth year of Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcome (TAMO) data. These reports were first released in July 2022 for the 2020–21 academic year. The TAMO reports are produced to meet federal reporting requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and to meet state reporting requirements pursuant to California Education Code Section 44258.9 , which authorizes a data-sharing agreement between the CDE and California Commission on Teacher Credentialling (CTC) to facilitate the annual monitoring of teacher assignments. Detailed information about the TAMO reports and data is provided on the Information about the Teaching AMO Report web page.

2022–23 College-Going Rate for High School Completers Reports

• College-Going Rate for CA High School Students
• College-Going Rate for CA High School Students (with County data)
• College-Going Rate for CA High School Students by Postsecondary Institution Type
• College-Going Rate for CA High School Students by Postsecondary Institution Type (with County data)

The College-Going Rate (CGR) was first released in July 2019 for the 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 academic years. The CGR is defined as the percentage of California public high school students who completed high school each year and subsequently enrolled in any public or private postsecondary institution (in-state or out-of-state) in the United States within 12 or 16 months of completing high school. Detailed information about the CGR reports and data can be found on the Information about the College-Going Rate (CGR) web page.

How to Access DataQuest Reports

Users may access these reports by performing the following steps:

• Navigate to the DataQuest Homepage
• Select the desired Level (State, County, District, or School)
  • Select desired report from drop down menu
• Select "Submit"
• Select the desired Year
  • 2024–25
• Select "Submit"
• Select the desired report from the menu
• Select "Submit"

The DataQuest reports included in this release are also accessible through the Data Reports by Topic web page under Staff Data and Post-Secondary Enrollment.

The reports listed above include Report Description, Report Glossary, and, where applicable, Report Filters and Options sections. To change the way the data are displayed in the report, open the expandable (+) Report Options and Filters section. Within this area, users can apply a variety of data filters. Additionally, users can apply one or more filters simultaneously to view data in a variety of configurations. Applied filters are viewable in the "Filters Enabled" section above each report where the filters can also be reset.

Supporting Downloadable Data Files

As part of this DataQuest report release, the CDE is also providing supporting downloadable data files for the above reports which can be found on the Downloadable Data Files by Topic web page under Staff Downloadable Data Files and Post-Secondary Enrollment Downloadable Files. Please refer to the File Structure web pages for important details about the associated data files, which data are contained in the file, data element definitions, and the levels at which data are provided (e.g., state, county, district, and school levels).

DataQuest Highlights

Please see the DataQuest Highlights web page for a summary overview of each data release, including an exploration of select data and key takeaways from the latest DataQuest reports.

Upcoming Data Releases

Please see the DataQuest Schedule web page for information about the DataQuest reports and downloadable data files that are scheduled for an upcoming release.

DataQuest Listserv Information

To subscribe to the DataQuest listserv, submit a blank email to: subscribe-dataquest@mlist.cde.ca.gov.
To unsubscribe to the DataQuest listserv, submit a blank email to: unsubscribe-dataquest@mlist.cde.ca.gov.