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Anderson High

Anderson, CA · Grades 9-12 · 562 students · Anderson Union High

51% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 43%. But suspensions run the state rate.

68% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math. 96.8% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

35%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

68%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

562

Total enrollment

Graduation

96.8%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 33%2022: 34%2023: 37%2024: 33%2025: 35%2019: 69%2022: 68%2023: 66%2024: 62%2025: 68%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 33%2022: 34%2023: 37%2024: 33%2025: 35%2019: 69%2022: 68%2023: 66%2024: 62%2025: 68%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201933%69%
202234%68%
202337%66%
202433%62%
202535%68%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 40th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Anderson deserves a closer read. More than half of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Anderson's low-income kids hit 71.4% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

110 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Anderson High scores 50 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 40th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 51% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 39th percentile · Scope Score 51 of 1002022 · 47th percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002023 · 41st percentile · Scope Score 50 of 1002024 · 39th percentile · Scope Score 48 of 1002025 · 40th percentile · Scope Score 50 of 100
ELABlue(Increased Significantly)MathYellow(Declined)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1169%68%66%62%68%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1133%34%37%33%35%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

More than half of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA68% met or exceeded
Exceeded 38%Met 30%Nearly Met 22%Not Met 10%
Math35% met or exceeded
Exceeded 10%Met 25%Nearly Met 26%Not Met 39%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school5024%51%96.8%10.0%27.0%11.7%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5054
% Exceeded24%20%
% Met+51%43%
Grad rate96.8%92.5%
College readiness10.0%43.0%
Absence27.0%23.1%
Suspension11.7%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

71.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 51% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 51%, district —, state 43%51%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 54%, district 37%, state 32%54% · +3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 50%, district 36%, state 56%50% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 47%, district 36%, state 42%47% · −4 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 55%, district 42%, state 44%55% · +4 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 55%, district 44%, state 32%55% · +4 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 18%, district 11%, state 15%18% · −34 vs school

6 of 13 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
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In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Students with disabilities students were 16% of Anderson's enrollment but 0% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic14.3% AP · 23.6% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 7.7% enroll.
Asian14.3% AP · 5.4% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Black0.0% AP · 1.5% enroll.
White71.4% AP · 58.2% enroll.
Two or more races0.0% AP · 3.4% enroll.
English learners0.0% AP · 6.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 16.5% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

50%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 49 of 98 completers · includes community colleges

98Completers
8%
Other colleges8 completers · Outside the California community college system
42%
California community colleges41 completers · Enrolled within a year
50%
Not recorded enrolled49 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
50%enrolled in college within a year
  • University of California1 (1%)
  • California State University4 (4%)
  • California community college41 (42%)
  • In-state private1 (1%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year2 (2%)
  • Not enrolled49 (50%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 23 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Anderson's teachers are authorized to teach 2 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including English Language and Composition and English Literature and Composition.

Students per teacher23 · district 22
Teaching staff26 teachers
Avg. experience13.9 years
Fully credentialed86%
PrincipalTom Safford
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Teacher salary schedule$50,399 – $116,784
Principal salaryUp to $132,920
Superintendent salary$199,300

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers8 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers25 students
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught2
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English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended more, than the state average.

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Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 27.0%, district 32.3%, state 23.1%27.0% · +4.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 11.7%, district —, state 3.3%11.7% · +8.5pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1226.4%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $18,233 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$396 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $18,233, CA average $14,491$18,233 · spent at this school
Federal share$396 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,421 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 50%Instruction support 8%Student services 13%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 16%Other 3%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,498 per pupil
2019$12,495 per pupil
2018$12,566 per pupil
2017$12,933 per pupil
2016$11,868 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

More than half of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 562 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 26% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino27.4% · district 21.8% · CA 56.1%
White55.9% · district 63.8% · CA 19.9%
Asian4.1% · district 2.4% · CA 10.2%
Black0.9% · district 1.3% · CA 4.8%
Other11.7% · district 10.7% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch53.2% · CA 64%
Median income$61K · CA $85K
Median home value$310K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+15% · CA 35%
ZIP population24,768
Median age40 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Anderson HighPublicDeveloping24%51%School being viewed
Anderson New Technology HighCharterNeeds Support12%30%0.8 mi
Oakview High (Alternative)PublicNeeds Support4%12%0.1 mi
North Valley Highcontinuation comparison groupPublicNeeds Support1%3%0.2 mi
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Worth a school visit

  • Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
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Frequently asked questions

Is Anderson High a good high school?
Anderson High has a Scope Score of 50 out of 100, placing it in the 40th percentile of California high schools and ranked #991 statewide. 24.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 4.3 percentage points above the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Anderson High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 51.4% of students at Anderson High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 24.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 27.3% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 24.1% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 220 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Anderson High rank in California?
Anderson High ranks #991 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 40th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Anderson High?
27.0% of students at Anderson High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 11.7%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Anderson High compare to other schools in Anderson?
Anderson High scores 50/100 (40th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 562 students. Use the schools in Anderson page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Anderson High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Anderson High in Anderson, 71.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 48.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Anderson High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 22.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (36.5% Math proficient); White students (64.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 43.2 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 63 students tested. 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 Anderson High?
Anderson High's teachers are authorized to teach 2 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 7 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate96.8%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard24.1%19.8%22%
College readiness10.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded51.4%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism27.0%23.1%5%
Suspension rate11.7%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.3%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Anderson High: reading the evidence

Anderson posts 51% meeting the standard, against 43% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
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Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Anderson High is ranked #991 statewide · #1 of 4 in Anderson Union High.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate96.8%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard24.1%19.8%22%
College readiness10.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded51.4%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism27.0%23.1%5%
Suspension rate11.7%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.3%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 19.8% · index 59 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 36 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.2% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 53 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 0.9pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.3% · index 14 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 0.2pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 47 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1111038%30%22%10%68%+20
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1111010%25%26%39%35%+11

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.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide1333%23%65%8%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged6371.4%+23+33
White6264.5%+19+3
Hispanic/Latino2972.4%+14+34
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Anderson High ←5024.1%51.4%11.7%
Anderson New Technology High0.8 mi4211.7%30.0%2.1%
Oakview High (Alternative)0.1 mi314.0%12.0%1.8%
California average5419.8%43.2%3.3%
North Valley Highscored within its class, not statewide0.2 mi31.3%2.5%20.1%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
96.8%
AP Exam Prepared
10.0%
A-G Completion
19.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
50.0%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20195139#92018.1%51.0%16.7%5.0%
20225047#85020.2%51.0%41.1%6.5%
20235041#96117.6%51.5%30.0%9.5%
20244839#100919.2%47.2%26.2%11.5%
20255040#99124.1%51.4%27.0%11.7%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
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Group20192025Δ
Female16.7%25.0%+8.3pp
Male13.3%27.5%+14.2pp
Asian3.3%25.0%+21.7pp
Black/African American27.8%
Hispanic/Latino17.0%28.9%+11.9pp
American Indian/Alaska Native15.8%27.6%+11.8pp
Two or More Races0.0%13.8%+13.8pp
White14.2%27.3%+13.1pp
Students with Disabilities27.5%35.1%+7.6pp
English Learners7.1%36.1%+29.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged17.2%31.4%+14.2pp
All Students15.0%26.4%+11.4pp
06AP course catalog2025 - 2026
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SubjectTaught by
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school

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

07Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
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MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count2
AP enrollment35
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 76 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections1
Chemistry sections5
Total enrollment (CRDC)467

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

08College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California11.0%
California State University44.1%
California community college4141.8%
In-state private11.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year22.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled4950.0%

98 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 50% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · 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.

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