Readiness at a Glance
Compare readiness outcomes, measures, and student groups.
Readiness Over Time
Annual Releases · 2023–2026. Change and colors use each release’s own prior-year comparison baseline.
The Readiness Picture
Year-by-Year Comparison
Original annual percentages and student counts. Reported change uses the prior-year baseline in the current release, which may differ from the prior annual percentage. County coverage may vary by year.
District Comparison
Explore the Measures
Student Group Comparison
Counts and cohort percentages across all four years. Select a group to explore its measures.
CDE Performance Colors, County Placements, and 2023 Status
For 2024–2026, state, district, school, and student-group colors use the CDE color field in the selected annual release, preserving CDE accountability eligibility and small-cohort rules. County placements are calculated from the same release’s current and prior school counts using the supplied 5×5 grid. The 2023 recovery-year scale uses only the current Prepared percentage, with the supplied light-to-dark purple status scale and no prior-year change. Status bands are Very Low (below 10%), Low (10–34.9%), Medium (35–54.9%), High (55–69.9%), and Very High (70% or higher). Change bands are Declined Significantly (−9.1 percentage points or lower), Declined (−9.0 to −2.0), Maintained (−1.9 to +1.9), Increased (+2.0 to +8.9), and Increased Significantly (+9.0 or higher). CDE’s reported Prepared change is retained directly because it is calculated before displayed rates are rounded. Derived county differences are rounded to one decimal.
Published records use their CDE reported colors; a missing or suppressed official color remains unavailable. County colors are derived comparisons, not official county accountability ratings. County baselines sum the prior-year counts in the current release for the same reporting schools; missing comparison inputs remain unavailable. For 2023, only the current Prepared rate is required; its light gray Very Low status square is identified in the tooltip and legend. Squares appear only beside Prepared results, including when the overview displays student counts. A reported zero is valid; suppressed values are unavailable.
CDE College/Career Indicator field definitions and official placement rules
How to Read This Dashboard
Overall level percentages use the combined graduation cohort as the denominator. Measure percentages use the number of students in the selected readiness level (Prepared or Approaching Prepared) as the denominator, matching CDE’s published report. For example, 60% for a Prepared measure means 60% of Prepared students met that measure. Students can meet the criteria for more than one measure, so measure counts should not be added together.
Statewide views use the published state record. District and school views use their respective published records. County views sum school records with a numeric cohort count and numeric counts for all three readiness levels. District and school records are never combined. Schools with withheld readiness results are excluded from both numerators and denominators. Published district totals can have a different reporting scope from the sum of their schools. Percentages are recalculated from combined counts. Coverage is shown for every year; changes in coverage can affect comparisons. These county results are derived summaries, not official county accountability ratings.
Annual trend points retain each release’s original current-year values. Change figures, comparison bars, and measure comparisons use the prior-year data in the current release, including CDE recalculations under updated criteria. Prepared change uses CDE’s reported change field, which is based on unrounded rates; subtracting the displayed rounded percentages may differ by 0.1 point. For example, Victor Valley Union High’s 2026 release reports 58.6% Prepared, a 52.2% prior-year comparison baseline, +6.5 pp change, and Green, while the original 2025 annual rate remains 47.0%. AP and IB field names are standardized across files; criteria may change even when a measure name stays similar.
An asterisk means suppressed data; a dash means unavailable or not applicable. Zero is a reported zero. Aggregates with any nonnumeric contributing value are withheld rather than treated as zero. Missing years and unavailable measures remain gaps. The overview always shows the All Students group for the latest reporting year (2026). The year and student group controls apply only to Explore the Measures. The Student Group Comparison table has its own Prepared or Approaching Prepared selector; selecting a group opens its measures in Explore the Measures. Student groups overlap and should not be summed.
Data Sources and Definitions
Sources: user-provided ccidownload2023.xlsx, ccidownload2024.xlsx, ccidownload2025 (1).xlsx, and ccidownload2026.xlsx. Reporting years are taken from the supplied files; their official release status has not been independently verified.
CDE College/Career Indicator File Structure · CDE Levels and Measures Report