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Alexander Hamilton Senior High

High School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of high schools
State Rank
of 1,739 California high schools

School overview

Enrollment
2,107 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
17:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
73%
Teachers
123 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
93.8%
AP Exam Prepared
66.6%
A-G Completion
62.2%
College-Going Rate
74.1%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+2.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Maintained
+2.6 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
20.0%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 95 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic55.8%
White13.1%
Asian2.3%
Black24.5%
Other4.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Alexander Hamilton Senior High
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard17.8%
Met Standard24.3%
Below Standard57.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Alexander Hamilton Senior High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

17.8% of students exceeded standard while 24.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 2.3 points above the state average of 15.5%. That's near the Los Angeles Unified district average of 18.8%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 18.7% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

The graduation rate is 93.8% — above the state target. 62.2% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility — a strong college readiness signal. 74.1% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 30.7%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
17.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.1%
Students meeting standard
Chronic Absenteeism
30.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
906
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th45226.1%34.7%20.6%18.6%60.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th4549.5%13.9%22.3%54.4%23.4%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score