SARC Reports

SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD (SARC)

The California State Department of Education requires that school districts publish a School Accountability Report Card (SARC) annually for each of its school sites. The SARC contains information about the school's condition and performance. Please click on the school year and then the school's name to view it's SARC. Most current SARC is based on the prior year data.

Parent's Guide to the SARCs

What is a School Accountability Report Card (SARC)?

Since November 1988, state law has required all public schools receiving state funding to prepare and distribute a SARC. A similar requirement is also contained in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The purpose of the report card is to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school. A SARC can be an effective way for a school to report on its progress in achieving goals. The public may also use a SARC to evaluate and compare schools on a variety of indicators.

What information does the SARC contain?

Although there is great variation in the design of school report cards, they generally begin with a profile that provides background information about the school and its students. The profile usually summarizes the school's mission, goals, and accomplishments. State law requires that the SARC contain all of the following:

Demographic data
School safety and climate for learning information
Academic data
School completion rates
Class sizes
Teacher and staff information
Curriculum and instruction descriptions
Postsecondary preparation information
Fiscal and expenditure date

How often must a SARC be updated?

School report cards must be updated annually and published by February 1.

How are schools required to distribute the SARC?

State law generally encourages schools to make a concerted effort to notify parents of the purpose of the report cards and to ensure that all parents receive a copy of the report card for the school their child attends. Specifically, schools are required to notify all parents about the availability of the SARC and to provide parents with instructions about how the SARC can be obtained both through the Internet (if feasible) and on paper (upon request). If 15% or more of a school's enrolled students speak a single primary language other than English, state law requires that the SARC also be prepared and made available to these parents in the appropriate primary language.

How can a parent obtain a SARC?

Parents with Internet access can go to the CDE Find a SARC Web page . This CDE Web page provides actual SARC reports or SARC Web links to the school or district Web site where the school's SARC is located.
On the CDE Find a SARC Web page, simply begin typing in the search box. You can search by school name, County-District-School (CDS) code, district name, county name, or city name. You can sort any column by selecting the down arrow located at the top of each column. Once you locate the school's SARC that you desire to view, select the icon located in the View SARC column.
You can also click on "Google Translate", in the upper right hand corner, to select from a long list of languages that you are able to view the SARC report. Unfortunately, you can not print except in English. If you would like to obtain a printed copy in Spanish, Vietnamese, or English , please see your child’s school.

2015 - 2016 SARCs (For 2016 - 2017 School Year)

MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Rancho Middle School SARC 2015 - 2016 (Download Report in English | Spanish | Vietnamese)
Russell Middle School SARC 2015 - 2016 (Download Report in English | Spanish | Vietnamese)

HIGH SCHOOLS
Cal Hills High School SARC 2015 - 2016 (Download Report in English | Spanish | Vietnamese)
Milpitas High School SARC 2015 - 2016 (Download Report in English | Spanish | Vietnamese)

Click on the links above to download the reports in PDF

SARCs For Previous School Years

SARC 2014 - 2015 (2015-16 School Year)

SARC 2013 - 2014 (2014-15 School Year)

SARC 2012 - 2013 (2013-14 School Year)

SARC 2011 - 2012 (2012-13 School Year)

SARC 2010 - 2011 (2011-12 School Year)

SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD (SARC)

Parent's Guide to the SARCs

2015 - 2016 SARCs (For 2016 - 2017 School Year)

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