Overview
Each year, local educational agencies (LEAs) submit information about their students and staff to the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS). This encompasses various aspects of student outcomes such as graduation, discipline, absenteeism, and enrollment, as well as demographic details for students and staff, and annual student enrollment. These data are used to produce reports on DataQuest and downloadable data files. To assist data users with their planning, this web page covers the schedule of reports to be released this year.
Upcoming Data Releases
The following reports and supporting downloadable files are scheduled to be released in 2026:
Summer 2026:
- 2025–26 Certificated Staff Counts by Race/Ethnicity
- 2025–26 Certificated Staff Experience Summary
- 2025–26 Certificated Staff Education Summary
- 2025–26 Student/Certificated Staff Ratios
- 2024–25 Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Reports
- 2023–24 College-Going Rate for High School Completers Reports
Fall 2026:
- 2025–26 Four-Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) and Outcome Reports
- 2025–26 Five-Year Cohort Graduation Rates and Outcome Reports
- 2025–26 Suspension Data Reports
- 2025–26 Expulsion Data Reports
- 2025–26 Stability Rate Reports
- 2025–26 Chronic Absenteeism Reports
- 2025–26 Absenteeism by Reason Reports
- 2025–26 Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type
Released Reports
To date, the California Department of Education (CDE) has released the following data for 2026:
- 2025–26 Annual Enrollment Reports
- 2025–26 English Learner Reports
- 2025–26 Long-Term English Learner (LTEL) and "Ever-EL" Reports
- 2025–26 Free and Reduced-Price Meal Reports
- 2025–26 Classified Staff Reports
- 2025–26 Estimated Teacher Hire Reports
- 2025–26 Special Education by Program Setting (Least Restrictive Environment)
Future Releases
Moving forward, the CDE is actively working on the release of average class size and course enrollment data that will contain multiple years of data.
In addition, the CDE also anticipates the release of the Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) Counts and Rates Data file.
Updates and Listserv
To receive updates on the reports published on DataQuest, subscribe to the DataQuest listserv by submitting a blank email to: subscribe-dataquest@mlist.cde.ca.gov. These updates are also available on the CDE DataQuest Update web page.