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2021 Significantly Disproportionate LEAs

A list of the local educational agencies (LEAs) identified as significantly disproportionate for the 2021 fiscal year.

LEAs identified as significantly disproportionate engage in a process for systems change designed to provide LEA and school improvement teams with knowledge and technical expertise to develop a thorough understanding of problems, issues, and concerns in their schools, and what action needs to be taken to address disproportionality.

Local Educational Agencies Identified as Significantly Disproportionate for the 2021–22 School Year

Local Educational Agency Name Special Education Local Plan Area Name Areas of Significant Disproportionality
ABC Unified ABC Unified Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
ACE Charter High El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
ACE Esperanza Middle El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
ACE Inspire Academy El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Alameda Unified North Region African American Students with Other Health Impairments
Alhambra Unified West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Other Health Impairment
Anderson Union High Shasta County White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Antelope Valley Union High Antelope Valley African American Students Disciplined greater than 10 days Out of School
Arcadia Unified West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Other Health Impairment
Azusa Unified East San Gabriel Valley Asian Students with Autism
Bakersfield City Bakersfield City African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Berkeley Unified North Region African American Students with Intellectual Disability and Other Health Impairments and Specific Learning Disability
Berryessa Union Elementary Southeast Consortium Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
California Montessori Project-Shingle Springs Campus Yuba County White Students with Speech or Language Impairment
Camino Union Elementary El Dorado County White Students with Speech or Language Impairment
Campbell Union High Santa Clara Area III Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Chawanakee Unified Madera-Mariposa County Native American Students with Specific Learning Disability
Clovis Unified Clovis Unified Native American Students with Other Health Impairment
Compton Unified Compton Unified African American Students in Separate Schools and African American Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment
Cupertino Union Santa Clara Area II Overall Identification of Hispanic Students with Disabilities; White Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment; Hispanic Students with Other Health Impairment and Specific Learning Disability
Design Tech High San Mateo County White Students with Other Health Impairments
Dublin Unified Tri-Valley African American Students with Specific Learning Disability
East Side Union High Southeast Consortium African American Students with Other Health Impairment and Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
El Monte City West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
El Monte Union High West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Evergreen Elementary Southeast Consortium Hispanic Students with Intellectual Disability and Specific Learning Disability
Fontana Unified Fontana Unified White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Franklin-McKinley Elementary Southeast Consortium Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Fremont Unified Mission Valley Overall Identification of Hispanic Students with Disabilities; White Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment; Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Fremont Union High Santa Clara Area II Overall Identification of African American Hispanic Students with Disabilities; Hispanic Students with Emotional Disturbance and Specific Learning Disability
Fresno Unified Fresno Unified White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Fullerton Joint Union High North Orange County Hispanic Specific Learning Disability
Garden Grove Unified Garden Grove Unified African American Students with Other Health Impairments and Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Garvey Elementary West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Glendale Unified Foothill Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Hacienda la Puente Unified Hacienda La Puente Unified Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Hemet Unified Riverside County African American Students in Separate Schools
Horizon Charter Placer County White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Huntington Beach Union High West Orange County Hispanic Students with Speech or Language Impairment
Irvine Unified Irvine Unified African American Students with any disciplinary action and African American Students with Other Health Impairment
Jefferson Elementary San Mateo County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Jefferson Union High San Mateo County Overall Identification of African American Students with Disabilities
King-Chavez Preparatory Academy El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Lammersville Joint Unified San Joaquin County African American Students with Specific Learning Disability
Lancaster Elementary Antelope Valley African American Students with any disciplinary action
Las Lomitas Elementary San Mateo County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Laton Joint Unified Fresno County Hispanic Students with Intellectual Disability
Long Beach Unified Long Beach Unified African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Los Angeles Unified Los Angeles Unified African American Students Disciplined less than 10 days Out of School and African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Madera Unified Madera-Mariposa County Overall Identification of Native American Students with Disabilities and White Students with Autism and Emotional Disturbance
Magnolia Science Academy El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Mariposa County Unified Madera-Mariposa County White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Menifee Union Elementary Riverside County African American Students Disciplined less than 10 days Out of School
Menlo Park City Elementary San Mateo County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Millbrae Elementary San Mateo County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Miller Creek Elementary Marin County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Milpitas Unified Southeast Consortium Hispanic Students with Other Health Impairment and Specific Learning Disability
Modesto City Elementary Modesto City Schools White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Moreland Santa Clara Area III Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Mountain View Whisman Santa Clara Area I Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High Santa Clara Area I Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Mt. Diablo Unified Mt. Diablo Unified African American Students with Intellectual Disability
Nea Community Learning Center El Dorado County Charter African American Students with Specific Learning Disability
Nevada Joint Union High Nevada County White Students with Emotional Disturbance
New Haven Unified Mission Valley African American Students with any disciplinary action and African American Students with Other Health Impairment
North Monterey County Unified Monterey County White Students with Autism
Oakland Unified Oakland Unified African American Students Disciplined less than 10 days In-School and African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Ontario-Montclair Ontario-Montclair White Students with Other Health Impairments
Orange County Workforce Innovation High El Dorado County Charter Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Oxnard Ventura County White Students with Autism
Palmdale Elementary Antelope Valley African American Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment
Palo Alto Unified Santa Clara Area I Hispanic Students with Intellectual Disability and African American Students with Specific Learning Disability
Paramount Unified Mid-Cities African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Perris Elementary Riverside County African American Students with Other Health Impairment
Pittsburg Unified Contra Costa African American Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment
Pleasanton Unified Tri-Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Ravenswood City Elementary San Mateo County African American Students with Other Health Impairment
Rosemead Elementary West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Rowland Unified Rowland Unified Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Sacramento City Unified Sacramento City Unified African American Students Disciplined greater than 10 days Out of School and African American Students with Emotional Disturbance
Salinas Union High Monterey County White Students with Autism
Samueli Academy El Dorado County Charter Overall Identification of White Students with Disabilities
San Francisco Unified San Francisco Unified African American Students with any disciplinary action; African American Students with Emotional Disturbance and Other Health Impairment
San Gabriel Unified West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
San Juan Unified San Juan Unified African American Students Disciplined greater than 10 days Out of School
San Marcos Unified North Coastal White Students in Separate Schools
San Mateo-Foster City San Mateo County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
San Ramon Valley Unified San Ramon Valley Unified African American Students with Other Health Impairments
Santa Barbara Unified Santa Barbara County Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Area VII Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Santa Maria Joint Union High Santa Barbara County White Students with Autism
Santa Maria-Bonita Santa Barbara County White Students with Autism
Saratoga Union Elementary Santa Clara Area III Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Sequoia Union High San Mateo County African American Students with Other Health Impairment
South Monterey County Joint Union High Monterey County Hispanic Students Disciplined less than 10 days In-School
South Pasadena Unified West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Southern Humboldt Joint Unified Humboldt-Del Norte White Students with any disciplinary action
Sunnyvale Santa Clara Area II Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Tamalpais Union High Marin County African American Students with Specific Learning Disability
Temple City Unified West San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Thermalito Union Elementary Butte County White Students with any disciplinary action
Torrance Unified Southwest Serv Area White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Union Elementary Santa Clara Area III Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Vallejo City Unified Vallejo City Unified White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Walnut Valley Unified East San Gabriel Valley Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
West Contra Costa Unified West Contra Costa Unified African American Students with Intellectual Disability
West Sonoma County Union High Sonoma County White Students in Separate Schools and White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Westminster West Orange County White Students with Emotional Disturbance and Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disability
Willits Unified Mendocino County White Students with Emotional Disturbance
Questions:   Focused Monitoring and Technical Assistance I and IV | SIGDISP@cde.ca.gov
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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