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Acalanes Center for Independent Study — Rating & test scores

Walnut Creek · 9–12 · 61 students (2024–25)

1963 Tice Valley Boulevard, 94595acis.acalanes.k12.ca.us ↗(925) 280-3945Principal Jon Drury
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Scope Score
41 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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In 2024–25, 91% of the class graduated in four years (30 of 33); across California, 89%. Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students in the four-year graduation cohort: 33
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students in the four-year cohort across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

Latest test update · spring 2025 → 2026: a comparable all-grades result is unavailable. SchoolScope shows this comparison only with both years and at least 30 scored students per subject. See the available records →

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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How are students doing in English and math?

Advanced (exceeded)Proficient (met)Below Proficient

English

grade 11Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
36%
Proficient
32%
Below Proficient
32%

68% proficient or advanced · 25 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaAcalanes Union High
Advanced36%27%53%
Proficient32%30%29%
Developing32%21%12%
Minimal0%22%6%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grade 11Spring 2026

All students tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
20%
Below Proficient
72%

28% proficient or advanced · 25 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaAcalanes Union High
Advanced8%16%42%
Proficient20%16%24%
Developing28%20%18%
Minimal44%48%16%

Below Proficient combines Developing and Minimal. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, preparation and college destinations answer different questions below.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grade 11Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school68%
California57%

Tested: 25 here · 414,559 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school68%
Acalanes Union High82%

Tested: 25 here · 1,296 in Acalanes Union High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Math

grade 11Spring 2026

All students tested

How it compares · proficient or advanced

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school28%
California32%

Tested: 25 here · 413,523 in California.

Same grades · spring 2026 · 0–100%

This school28%
Acalanes Union High66%

Tested: 25 here · 1,291 in Acalanes Union High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 5 schools.

Progress over time

How have results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

202552%23 tested
→
202668%25 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

Latest annual comparison

20259%23 tested
→
202628%25 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year tests a different group of students. These results do not track one child’s progress.

Explore the available years, charts & underlying data

Chart: 2017–2026. The table includes all available years.

English met or exceeded, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)68%57%
Math met or exceeded, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%201720222026No comparable state tests (COVID)28%32%

Dotted stretches cross years without comparable results.

English went from 69% in 2017 to 68% in 2026. Math went from 53% in 2018 to 28% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201555%
20 tested		56%
420,327 tested
201626%
23 tested		59%
434,097 tested
201769%
13 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201888%
17 tested		56%
439,134 tested
202273%
11 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202377%
13 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202463%
27 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202552%
23 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202668%
25 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201512%
17 tested		30%
418,491 tested
20160%
20 tested		32%
432,383 tested
2017——
201853%
17 tested		31%
437,883 tested
202227%
11 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202329%
14 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202429%
28 tested		28%
434,711 tested
20259%
23 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202628%
25 tested		32%
413,523 tested

Ask: Most students in grade 11 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Life at school

Where graduates go, what students can study, and how often they miss school or are suspended.

After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

Preparation · separate measures and cohorts

Graduated in four years

91%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 30 of 33 students in the four-year cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.

College / career Prepared

33%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · Students in the CDE College/Career Indicator cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator overall Prepared. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.

Completed UC/CSU courses

33%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · High-school graduates completing A–G

Source and definition

California Department of Education, A–G completion records. Course completion is separate from college enrollment.

Destinations · class of 2023

Where graduates went

82% enrolled in college within 12 months · 22 high-school completers

  • University of California1 · 5%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓1 · 5%
  • California community college14 · 64%
  • In-state private0 · 0%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year2 · 9%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled4 · 18%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after graduation and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash is unavailable, not zero. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

A closer look · CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
7
Admitted
6
Enrolled
under 6

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • San Francisco StateApplied 10 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Diego StateApplied 8 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 7 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Chico StateApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied under 6 · Admitted — · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State FullertonApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
6 more campuses
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Sacramento StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • San José StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Sonoma StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021
  • Fall 2025Applied 7 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2024Applied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2023Applied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fall 2022Applied — · Admitted — · Enrolled —
  • Fall 2021Applied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Courses and opportunities

What could my child study here?

AP course authorizations

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025 - 2026. Authorization does not confirm this term’s schedule, access or enrollment.

Math & Computer Science 2
  • Calculus AB
  • Precalculus
Sciences 1
  • Environmental Science
History & Social Science 1
  • United States History
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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

73 in 100students chronically absent, 2025–26
23in 100 at the average Acalanes Union High school22in 100 at the average California high school

59 of 81 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school73 in 100
at the average Acalanes Union High school23 in 100
at the average California high school22 in 100
8.2%of students were suspended at least once (7 of 85), 2025–26
2.8%at the average Acalanes Union High school2.9%at the average California high school

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2025–26 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. White: 57%2. Hispanic or Latino: 19%3. Two or more races: 15%Unallocated share: 10%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White57%
  2. Hispanic or Latino19%
  3. Two or more races15%
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share10%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2025–26Here
White57%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Two or more races15%
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

1 in 6 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (16%, 10 of 61). California: 63%.

88% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 87.88%: 5.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 6.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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Getting in

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School website: acis.acalanes.k12.ca.us ↗Office: (925) 280-3945Principal: Jon Drury

Location and visiting

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1963 Tice Valley Boulevard, Walnut Creek 94595

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Questions to ask

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  1. Most students in grade 11 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  2. Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
  3. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  4. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Accountability

Who runs this school

Run by Acalanes Union High. The district writes the yearly plan (LCAP) for its schools. See what Acalanes Union High plans.

Common questions

Is Acalanes Center for Independent Study a good high school?
Acalanes Center for Independent Study is in the 11th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 41 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 91% of the class graduated in four years (30 of 33); across California, 89%. The 2025 Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Acalanes Center for Independent Study's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2026, 68% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 28% the math standard; 36% and 8% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 32% met or exceeded, 27% and 16% exceeded. 25 students were tested in English and 25 in math (CDE CAASPP 2025–26; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Acalanes Center for Independent Study rank in California?
Acalanes Center for Independent Study is in the 11th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Needs Support, 2025). Acalanes Center for Independent Study ranks #1,327 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. The 2025 Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Acalanes Center for Independent Study?
CDE chronic absence 2025–26: 72.8% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 59 chronically absent of 81 eligible students. CDE suspension 2025–26: 8.2%; 7 unduplicated suspended students of 85 cumulative enrollment. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Acalanes Center for Independent Study compare to other schools in Walnut Creek?
Acalanes Center for Independent Study is in the 11th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 61 students. Use the schools in Walnut Creek page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Acalanes Center for Independent Study?
At Acalanes Center for Independent Study in Walnut Creek, 63% of White students in grade 11 scored Proficient or Advanced (formerly Met or Exceeded) in reading and writing in spring 2026, compared with 83% across the district and 68% across California for the same group in the same grades. That is 20 points below the district rate for the same group. Also: White students, 25% in math. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP, spring 2026. 16 White students tested in reading and writing. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Acalanes Center for Independent Study?
Acalanes Center for Independent Study had own-school AP authorizations for 4 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: Calculus AB, Environmental Science, Precalculus, United States History. The audit records authorization, not whether a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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Acalanes Center for Independent Study is ranked #1,327 statewide · #5 of 5 in Acalanes Union High.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2025–26
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate90.9%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard4.3%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared33.3%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded30.4%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism56.8%22.7%5%
Suspension rate2.1%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.9% · index 55 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 20.3% · index 38 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared
↓ vs CA 51.7% · index 43 on SchoolScope's high-school calibration scale; the state rate above is CDE's statewide student rate, not this school-model index
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.8% · index 46 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 22.7% · index 28 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 17.5pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.2pp lower vs 2024

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2025–26 · % of tested students

From 2025–26 reporting, California calls Level 3 Proficient and Level 4 Advanced (formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded). “Proficient or Advanced” combines both levels in the 2025–26 results shown here. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
ELATestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 112536%32%32%0%68%57%+11

California is the state's own English result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 11258%20%28%44%28%32%−4

California is the state's own math result for each grade, counting every student tested there.

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · ELA2352.2%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math238.7%
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA2763.0%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math2828.6%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA1376.9%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math1428.6%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA1172.7%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math1127.3%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA10—
2019 · Grade 11 · Math10—
2018 · Grade 11 · ELA1788.2%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math1752.9%
2017 · Grade 11 · ELA1369.2%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——
2016 · Grade 11 · ELA2326%
2016 · Grade 11 · Math200%
2015 · Grade 11 · ELA2055%
2015 · Grade 11 · Math1712%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against original CDE files; independent re-verification of other stored historical years remains incomplete. The 2015 and 2016 percentages are rounded to whole numbers in the source. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDevelopingMinimal
Schoolwide110%18%55%27%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs CA
White1663%−20−5
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Listed nearest first, by distance.

Advanced · Proficient or Advanced
Average every tested grade and subject, so they differ from the English and math figures above.
SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedSusp
Acalanes Center for Independent Study ←—4111th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20264%30%2.1%
Las Lomas High1.3 mi7487th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202637%64%2.5%
Acalanes High2.3 mi8295th percentile · Strong · statewide · 202650%73%2.3%
Average California high school—57School average · no percentile20%44%3.3%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025: 41/100. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 33.3% · numerator 11 students classified Prepared · denominator 33 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · overall Prepared rate 51.7% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) ·AP pathway rate 36.4% · AP-pathway numerator 4 · denominator 11 (CCI Prepared students).This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is this version's 20% high-school college-readiness score factor. The school rate is 11 of 33 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2025 and 2026; the change is 2026 minus 2025 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2025 · 73.3% → 2026 · 72.8% · −0.5pp
Suspension rate2025 · 1.1% → 2026 · 8.2% · +7.1pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · ELA2536.0%68.0%
2026 · Math258.0%28.0%
2025 · ELA238.7%52.2%
2025 · Math230.0%8.7%
2024 · ELA2718.5%63.0%
2024 · Math287.1%28.6%
2023 · ELA1338.5%76.9%
2023 · Math1414.3%28.6%
2022 · ELA1118.2%72.7%
2022 · Math1118.2%27.3%
2019 · ELA10——
2019 · Math10——
2018 · ELA1741.2%88.2%
2018 · Math1711.8%52.9%
2017 · ELA137.7%69.2%
2017 · Math———
2016 · ELA239%26%
2016 · Math200%0%
2015 · ELA2010%55%
2015 · Math176%12%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. The 2015–2018 rows were checked against CDE’s original research files. The 2015 and 2016 files report whole percentages; later rows round to one decimal here. Older stored rows from other years still need independent original-file re-verification. A dash is unavailable, not zero. Before spring 2026, Advanced was reported as Exceeded and proficient or advanced as met or exceeded.

Graduation Rate
90.9%
AP pathway among Prepared
36.4%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings
A-G Completion
33.3%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
81.8%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A-G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

YearAbsentSusp
202237.2%2.4%
202327.6%4.4%
202439.3%2.3%
202556.8%2.1%

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2025–26 school years
Group2018–192025–26Δ
Female27.0%78.7%+51.7pp
Male50.0%64.7%+14.7pp
White34.1%76.1%+42.0pp
All Students35.6%72.8%+37.2pp
Students with Disabilities53.3%82.4%+29.1pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged45.5%——
Hispanic/Latino—66.7%—
Two or More Races—75.0%—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

AP course catalogCheck course authorizations and distinguish outside providers.2025 - 2026
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Calculus ABthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Precalculusthis school
United States Historythis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework — 2023-24 federal civil-rights snapshotInspect the dated federal advanced-coursework snapshot.dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count2
AP enrollment (male/female)9
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)48

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. Participation counts and comparisons use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

College destinationsRead the completion cohort and its reported college destinations.class of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California14.5%
California State University14.5%
California community college1463.6%
In-state private00.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year29.1%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled418.2%

22 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 82% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$16,341 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 5,535 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$608 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 51

Central federal expenditures attributed here$203 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2023–24 (2024) · source denominator: 51

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,508 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$16,341 per pupil
2020$15,088 per pupil
2019$15,267 per pupil
2018$14,295 per pupil
2017$13,573 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

ZIP-area community recordRead census estimates for the surrounding ZIP area, not the school's students.ACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94595
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94595
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$100,552
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)69.59%
ZCTA population16,988
Median age69.2 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 94595 →

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Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 · n=1,500 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2023-24 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-10-15

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