California K–6 academic standards
- Standards
- 2,429
- Subjects
- 12
- Source documents
- 9
- Sources last checked
- July 23, 2026
Core academics
English language arts
582 standardsCalifornia Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts and Literacy · adopted 2010
Mathematics
227 standardsCalifornia Common Core State Standards: Mathematics · adopted 2010
Science
137 standardsNext Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve · adopted 2013
Social studies
209 standardsHistory-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve · adopted 1998
The arts
Visual art
103 standardsCalifornia Arts (2019-) · adopted 2019
Music
143 standardsCalifornia Arts Standards for Public Schools · adopted 2019
Dance
120 standardsCalifornia Arts (2019-) · adopted 2019
Theatre
167 standardsCalifornia Arts (2019-) · adopted 2019
Media arts
111 standardsCalifornia Arts (2019-) · adopted 2019
Specials
Health
450 standardsHealth Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve · adopted 2008
Technology
67 standardsComputer Science Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve · adopted 2018
Social-emotional learning
113 standardsCalifornia Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (T-SEL) Competencies · adopted 2020
Sources
California Department of Education (CDE) / California State Board of Education (SBE). Mathematics and English language arts are the California Common Core State Standards, adopted August 2010 and modified January 2013 (math) and March 2013 (ELA) — CCSS republished with California's own additions, which the document marks inline with a trailing "CA". Science is the Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools (CA NGSS), adopted September 4, 2013 — NGSS with a small number of California edits. History-social science is the History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, adopted October 1998 and still the adopted content standards (the 2016 document is a curriculum Framework, not standards). Art and music are the California Arts Standards for Public Schools, adopted January 9, 2019. Standard text is stored verbatim.
Standard text here is reproduced from those documents. We do not rewrite, renumber or reword a standard. Where a source is ambiguous or has been revised since we read it, the state’s document is the authority.