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District comparison
See how your school or district compares
You're looking at the State of California. Pick your own school or district to highlight it on every page. It's saved in this browser.
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Student groups
Cohorts
Follow the same class of students from grade to grade (CAASPP % Proficient and Above).
Each line is one graduating class. A cohort's makeup changes a little as students move in and out, so treat this as a trend, not exact matched students.
Similar districts
Scatter
Rankings
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Red indicators
Ask an AI assistant about California school data
Connect K12Insite to an AI assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT, then ask questions in plain language. The assistant looks up the real numbers on K12Insite (test scores, Dashboard colors, rankings, student groups and red indicators for every California school and district) and links back to the page each answer came from.
No account or key needed. The connection can only read public data. It can't change anything.
Connector address
https://k12insite.org/mcp
1. Connect it
Claude (web, desktop or mobile)
- Open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
- Name it K12Insite and paste the address above. Leave the advanced settings empty, since no login is needed.
- In a new chat, make sure K12Insite is turned on in the tools menu, then ask a question.
Other assistants
Any assistant that supports remote MCP connectors (ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot Studio, VS Code and others) uses the same address. Look for “connectors,” “apps” or “MCP servers” in its settings. Your organization's admin may need to allow custom connectors first.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http k12insite https://k12insite.org/mcp
2. Good to know
- Say the year if it matters (“in the 2025 Dashboard”). Otherwise the assistant uses the latest year. Years are named by the spring they end in, so 2026 means 2025–26.
- Name the student group, e.g. English learners, students with disabilities or socioeconomically disadvantaged.
- Check the numbers. AI assistants can still make mistakes. Each answer should include a K12Insite link; open it to confirm.
- Blank means no data. The state hides results for very small groups to protect student privacy.
- Privacy: K12Insite only receives the lookup (e.g. a district name and “math”), never your conversation. The AI company handles your chat under its own terms, so never paste student names or other private information into it.
3. Try these prompts
Copy a prompt and paste it into your assistant. Swap in your own school or district.
Your district at a glance
- Give me a snapshot of {D}: latest test scores, Dashboard colors and how it ranks in its county.
- What changed the most for {D} between last year and this year, for better and for worse?
- Who are {D}'s students? Summarize enrollment by group and compare it with the state.
LCAP and red indicators
- Which Dashboard indicators and student groups were red for {D} in 2023, and which are still red?
- For our LCAP, list every red indicator for {D} and its schools in the 2024 Dashboard, grouped by school.
- Draft a short board update on the progress {D} has made on its 2023 red indicators. Include links.
Compare and rank
- Find the districts most similar to {D} and compare their ELA % proficient over the last five years.
- Rank the districts in {D}'s county on chronic absenteeism. Where does {D} fall?
- Which 10 California districts with at least 1,000 students tested have the highest math proficiency for socioeconomically disadvantaged students?
Student groups and schools
- How do English learners in {D} compare with English learners statewide in math, year by year?
- Which schools in {D} have the lowest 3rd grade ELA proficiency?
- Show the graduation rate trend for each student group in {D}, and point out the biggest gaps.
What the assistant can look up
- Search any school, district or county by name
- Profiles: latest results, change, statewide and county rank, Dashboard colors
- Trends for up to 20 schools or districts side by side
- Rankings statewide, by county or within a district, for any student group and grade
- Student groups compared with the same group statewide
- Similar districts or schools by size and demographics
- Indicator Watch: red indicators from a base year through the next three
- Measures: CAASPP ELA and Math, CAST science, ELPAC, CA Dashboard indicators and enrollment