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La Mesa-Spring Valley dashboard: ELA improves to yellow, math remains orange; absenteeism high but declining

La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board · January 14, 2026
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Summary

District presenter Matt explained the 2025 California School Dashboard: La Mesa-Spring Valley is yellow in English language arts (avg. 9.6 points below minimally proficient, change +4.4), orange in math (37.1 points below), English learner progress yellow (46.6% making progress), chronic absenteeism orange but down 2.3 percentage points, suspension rate yellow (2.8%).

At the Jan. 13 La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board meeting, a district presenter, introduced as Matt, briefed the board on the 2025 California School Dashboard and what the dashboard’s color indicators mean for the district and its schools.

"The cool part about the dashboard is it just doesn't give you a snapshot. It compares growth," Matt said while explaining that each indicator combines a status metric (distance from standard for each student) and a…

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