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Amador Valley High

High School
Pleasanton UnifiedPleasantonAlameda County94566
📍 1155 Santa Rita Road
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of high schools
State Rank
of 1,739 California high schools
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High Ceiling

A high-ceiling school — students here are pushed to exceed, not just meet, the standard.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment
2,574 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
8%
Teachers
112 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
97.5%
AP Exam Prepared
74.9%
A-G Completion
80.7%
College-Going Rate
89.5%

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

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+23.3 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+25.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
17.1%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 76 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic9.5%
White31.5%
Asian50.6%
Black1.3%
Other7.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Amador Valley High
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard53.3%
Met Standard25.7%
Below Standard21.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "79% proficient" for Amador Valley High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

53.3% of students exceeded standard while 25.7% met it. That exceeded rate is 37.8 points above the state average of 15.5%. That's 6.4 points above the Pleasanton Unified district average of 46.9%. Compared to the 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 53.3 points higher (vs 0.0% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

The graduation rate is 97.5% — above the state target. 80.7% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility — a strong college readiness signal. 89.5% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.7%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
53.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
79.0%
Students meeting standard
Chronic Absenteeism
6.7%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,197
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th60458.1%27.6%8.9%5.3%85.8%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th59348.6%23.8%15.8%11.8%72.3%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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High School
Amador Valley High
79.498th pctile
This school

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

Nearby schools

Nearby High Schools

1 within ~3 mi · avg 9.8

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Nearby Elementary Schools

8 within ~3 mi · avg 67.3

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Nearby Middle Schools

3 within ~3 mi · avg 68.0

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