http://www.sandi.net/cms/lib/CA01001235/Centricity/Domain/121/research/sarcs/2011-12/SARC043short.pdf: Public schools throughout California are required to provide information about themselves to the community in the form of an annual School Accountability Report Card (SARC). These report cards provide a variety of data to allow the public to evaluate and compare schools in seven major areas: demographic information; school safety and climate for learning; academic data; class size; teacher and staff information; curriculum and instruction; fiscal and expenditure data.