CALPADS Calendar with current year dates may be found here.
CALPADS documentation for each submission may be found by clicking the submission name in the chart below, i.e. ‘Fall 1’.

Scroll down to the second table for CALPADS Extract Descriptions

SubmissionPrimary Data RequiredQ Extracts for Submission
Fall 1

Current School Year (Census Day)

  • Enrollment Counts
  • English Language Acquisition
  • Immigrant Counts
  • Free/Reduced Eligibility
  • Special Education

Prior School Year

  • Dropouts
  • Student Enrollment [SENR] 
  • Student Information [SINF] 
  • Student English Language Acquisition [SELA]
  • Student Program [SPRG]

SENR and SINF files must be sequentially submitted and posted first.  Once these files are submitted, all other files can be uploaded, per CALPADS.

Fall 2
  • Student Course Enrollments
  • Staff Assignments and FTE
  • English Learner Education Services
  • Postsecondary Outcomes for prior year grads who were CTE Completers
  • Staff Demographics [SDEM]
  • Staff Assignments [SASS]
  • Course Section Enrollment [CRSE]
  • Student Course Section Enrollment [SCSE]
  • Postsecondary Status [PSTS]

All Fall 2 Files must be submitted and posted in the sequence listed, except PSTS, per CALPADS.

End-of-Year (EOY) 1
  • Course Completion for Grades 7-12
  • CTE Participants, Concentrators, Completers
  • Work-Based Learning Indicators
  • Staff Demographics [SDEM]
  • Course Section Completion [CRSE]
  • Student Course Completion [SCSC]
  • Student Career Technical Education [SCTE]
  • Work-Based Learning [WBLR]

All Files must be submitted and posted in the sequence listed above, per CALPADS.

End-of-Year (EOY) 2
  • Program Eligibility Participation
  • Student Program [SPRG]
End-of-Year (EOY) 3
  • Student Incidents
  • Cumulative Enrollment
  • Student Absence Summary
  • One-Year Graduate and Completer Counts
  • Count of EL Reclassification during School Year
  • Homeless Students
  • Student Incident Summary [SINC]
  • Student Incident Result [SIRS]
  • Student Offense [SOFF]
  • Student Absence Summary [STAS]
  • Student Program [SPRG] (for Homeless Students)
  • Student English Language Acquisition [SELA] (to update possible RFEP, ADEL students)
  • Student Enrollment [SENR] (to close out enrollment records at the end of the academic year)

Incident files must be submitted and posted in the sequence listed above, per CALPADS.

End-of-Year (EOY) 4
  • Special Education
  • Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities (SWD) Prior Year Completers
  • Post Secondary Status [PSTS]

Special Education related files will come from the Special Education System and be sent to CALPADS through API, not Q.

Maintain updated Student Enrollment and Information.

CALPADS Extract Descriptions

ExtractFileLatest VersionDescription
State Student Identifier Request

SSID

15

Used to request a Statewide Student Identifier (SSID) for a student new to your district.

Student Enrollment

SENR

16

Used to manage student enrollments. It should be run regularly to keep enrollment information current in CALPADS.

Student Information

SINF

15

Used to submit demographic information about each student. It should be submitted when a student is assigned a new SSID and any time demographic data changes. 

Student Program

SPRG

13

Used to submit program information about a student. Program eligibility or participation data is submitted depending on the specific program and time of the collection.

Staff Demographics

SDEM

13

Used to submit demographic data about a staff member. Only active employees at any time during the current academic year should be included in the submission.

Staff Assignments

SASS


Used to submit assignment data about a staff member. Only active employees should be included in the submission.

Course Section Enrollment
CRSE16Used to submit course section data. Course enrollment data must be submitted in the fall. Course section information should be included for all course sections in which students are enrolled as of Information Day.
Student Course Section Enrollment
SCSR11Used to submit student course section data. Student course enrollment data must be submitted in the fall. Student course section information should be included for all course sections in which students are enrolled as of Information Day.
Course Section Completion
CRSC16Used to submit course section data. Course completion data must be submitted at End of Year. Course section information should be included for all course sections that were completed by at least one student during the school year.
Student Course Section Completion
SRSC11Used to submit student course section data. Student course completion data must be submitted at End of Year. Student course section information should be included for each course completed by a student during the school year.
Student Career Technical Education
SCTE
Used to submit Career Technical Education (CTE) information about a student.
Student English Language Acquisition
SELA16Used to submit English Language Acquisition information about a student including Primary Language, ELA Status, and ELA Status Date. It should be submitted when a student's ELA Status changes.
Student Absence Summary
STAS13Used to submit Student Absence Summary information for the entire school year.
Postsecondary Status
PSTS12Used to submit employment and educational status after completing secondary education in the prior academic year for those students who were involved in CTE or CA Partnership Academy programs.
Student Incident
SINC
Used to submit student incident information for discipline and instances of restraint or seclusion.
Student Incident ResultSIRS
Used to submit student incident result information for discipline incidents and instances of restraint or seclusion.
Student Offense
SOFF
Used to submit student offense information for discipline incidents.
Work Based Learning
WBLR
Used to submit Work Based Learning completion information for students.

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