Public school · Merced Union High · Atwater, California

Atwater High — Rating & test scores

Atwater · 9–12 · 2,029 students (2024–25)

2201 Fruitland Avenue, 95301ahs.muhsd.org ↗(209) 325-1200

32ndpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Atwater Highhigher than 32 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Atwater Highhigher than 32 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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In 2024–25, 96% of the class graduated in four years (465 of 482); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 482
Comparison: California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 40% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 16% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11: 475 in English, 476 in math. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Merced Union High which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Atwater High a good high school?

Atwater High scores higher than 32 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 32nd percentile, Developing, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 20 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 25 in 100 at the average high school in the Merced Union High district. 0.6% of students (12 of 2,165) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 24 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 34% of low-income students in grade 11 at Atwater High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 13 AP courses in 5 subjects for 2025–26.

191 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

38% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 40% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 16% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 475 in English, 476 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 475 tested

Advanced: 15%
Proficient: 25%
Below the standard: 60%

This school40%

California57%

Merced Union High42%

40% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 476 tested

Advanced: 5%
Proficient: 11%
Below the standard: 84%

This school16%

California32%

Merced Union High16%

16% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 24 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 41% to 40% and math from 13% to 16%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202541%475 tested

→

202640%475 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202513%476 tested

→

202616%476 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	15%	25%	21%	39%	475
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · Merced Union High	14%	28%	26%	32%	2,645
Math, grade 11 · This school	5%	11%	24%	60%	476
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · Merced Union High	5%	11%	22%	62%	2,643

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202640%57%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202616%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 50% in 2017 to 40% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 21% in 2017 to 16% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	50% 381 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	47% 473 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	41% 383 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	40% 455 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	39% 487 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	43% 468 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	41% 475 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	40% 475 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	21% 387 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	17% 471 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	16% 389 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	14% 455 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	11% 490 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	14% 468 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	13% 476 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	16% 476 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Atwater High’s results?

Merced Union High’s board decides Atwater High’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Atwater High in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Merced Union High’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read Merced Union High’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

96% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 50% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 38% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

96%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 465 of 482 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

50%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 239 of 482 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

32%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 148 of 465 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

38% enrolled in college within 12 months · 469 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓50 · 11%
California State University CSU detail ↓21 · 5%
California community college99 · 21%
In-state private2 · <1%
Out-of-state, 4-year3 · 1%
Out-of-state, 2-year2 · <1%
Not enrolled292 · 62%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 13 AP courses in 5 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

Math & Computer Science4
Sciences3
English2
History & Social Science3
World Languages & Cultures1

Every approved AP course13 courses in 5 subjects

Math & Computer Science 4

Calculus AB
Computer Science Principles
Precalculus
Statistics

Sciences 3

Biology
Chemistry
Physics 1

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 3

European History
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History

World Languages & Cultures 1

Spanish Language and Culture

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

191 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 465 of 482 students who started 9th grade together. 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.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 239 of 482 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 148 of 465 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

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

Applied: 93
Admitted: 81
Enrolled: 50

By campus · fall 2025

UC MercedApplied 82 · Admitted 75 · Enrolled 41
UC DavisApplied 53 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa CruzApplied 41 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 3
UC BerkeleyApplied 34 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3
UC San DiegoApplied 34 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 31 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 3
UCLAApplied 27 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC RiversideApplied 25 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 3
UC IrvineApplied 23 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 3

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. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

Fall 2025Applied 93 · Admitted 81 · Enrolled 50
Fall 2024Applied 62 · Admitted 53 · Enrolled 19
Fall 2023Applied 81 · Admitted 70 · Enrolled 50
Fall 2022Applied 55 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled 24
Fall 2021Applied 57 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled 17
Fall 2020Applied 56 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled 23
Fall 2019Applied 66 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2018Applied 52 · Admitted 37 · Enrolled 9
Fall 2017Applied 83 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 35
Fall 2016Applied 52 · Admitted 46 · Enrolled 29

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied: 111
Admitted: 110
Enrolled: 35

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.

Stanislaus StateApplied 287 · Admitted 275 · Enrolled 75
Fresno StateApplied 278 · Admitted 264 · Enrolled 41
Sacramento StateApplied 160 · Admitted 148 · Enrolled 11
Chico StateApplied 88 · Admitted 80 · Enrolled 6
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 87 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 6
San Diego StateApplied 83 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Long BeachApplied 74 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 55 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled under 6
San José StateApplied 55 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled under 6
San Francisco StateApplied 45 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied 38 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled —
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 33 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled —
Cal State FullertonApplied 29 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State East BayApplied 24 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 23 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 14 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State LAApplied 12 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 10 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State San MarcosApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 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 111 · Admitted 110 · Enrolled 35
Fall 2024Applied 98 · Admitted 94 · Enrolled 30
Fall 2023Applied 81 · Admitted 75 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2022Applied 72 · Admitted 69 · Enrolled 33
Fall 2021Applied 93 · Admitted 88 · Enrolled 42

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

20 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average high school in the Merced Union High district, 25 in 100 were. 0.6% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 414 of 2,115 students counted for it; suspension: 12 of 2,165 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average high school in the Merced Union High district 0.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

20 in 100This school

25 in 100At the average high school in the Merced Union High district

22 in 100At the average California high school

414 of 2,115 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.6%

of students were suspended at least once (12 of 2,165). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Atwater High

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us Merced Union High’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

34% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 37% in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Atwater HighSame group, California

White55 tested58%Same group, California 68%
Hispanic or Latino388 tested37%Same group, California 49%
Low-income381 tested34%Same group, California 49%
Students with disabilities68 tested12%Same group, California 19%
English learners49 tested2%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 4% to 34%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino82%
White12%
Asian2%
Black or African American2%
Two or more races1%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

34% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 77 of 224 English learners34%

Merced Union High · 472 of 1,27037%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

82%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,666 of 2,029. California: 63%.

94teachers, 2024–25

13 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

5%in their first year, 2024–25

89%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in English for low-income and Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Merced Union High	vs California
Low-income · 381 tested in English, 382 in math
English	34%	−438%	−1549%
Math	14%	+113%	−923%
Hispanic or Latino · 388 tested
English	37%	−239%	−1249%
Math	13%	013%	−821%
White · 55 tested in English, 56 in math
English	58%	+355%	−1068%
Math	34%	+430%	−1044%
English learners · 49 tested
English	2%	−57%	−68%
Math	4%	−48%	−48%
Students with disabilities · 68 tested in English, 69 in math
English	12%	+210%	−719%
Math	4%	−26%	−48%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Merced Union High, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Homeless students and students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	82%
White	12%
Asian	2%
Black or African American	2%
Two or more races	1%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 89% of teaching positions, 83.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 94.5 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Merced Union High which school serves your address.

School website: ahs.muhsd.org ↗Office: (209) 325-1200Administrator: Alexie Parle

Location and visiting

Get directions

2201 Fruitland Avenue, Atwater 95301

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Merced Union High.

Questions for your visit

How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 34% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (77 of 224 students); California: 47%
What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 60% in English and 84% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (475 tested in English, 476 in math); California: 43% and 68%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (209) 325-12002201 Fruitland Avenue, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #1,015 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #3 of 7 in Merced Union High

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	96%	61	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	10%	43	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	50%	53	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	28%	44	18%
Chronically absent	21 in 100	57	5%
Suspension rate	0.5% (10 of 2,167)	64	5%
English learners: top level	12%	43	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	50	32	#1015	California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	16 in 100	0.8% (16 of 1,987)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	21 in 100	1.2% (26 of 2,184)
2024–25	21 in 100	0.5% (10 of 2,167)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	475	15%	25%	21%	39%	40%	57%	−17

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	476	5%	11%	24%	60%	16%	32%	−16

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	475	15%	40%
2026 · Math	476	5%	16%
2025 · English	475	16%	41%
2025 · Math	476	4%	13%
2024 · English	468	15%	43%
2024 · Math	468	4%	14%
2023 · English	487	11%	39%
2023 · Math	490	2%	11%
2022 · English	455	16%	40%
2022 · Math	455	3%	14%
2019 · English	383	13%	41%
2019 · Math	389	4%	16%
2018 · English	473	15%	47%
2018 · Math	471	3%	17%
2017 · English	381	17%	50%
2017 · Math	387	3%	21%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	475	41%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	476	13%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	468	43%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	468	14%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	487	39%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	490	11%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	455	40%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	455	14%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	383	41%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	389	16%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	473	47%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	471	17%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	381	50%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	387	21%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	479	3%	25%	62%	10%

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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	381	34%	−4	−15
Hispanic or Latino	388	37%	−2	−12
Students with disabilities	68	12%	+2	−7

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 21 in 100 → 2025–26 · 20 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.5% (10 of 2,167) → 2025–26 · 0.6% (12 of 2,165) · +0.1 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	17 in 100	20 in 100	+3 in 100
Male	15 in 100	19 in 100	+4 in 100
Asian	7 in 100	17 in 100	+10 in 100
Black or African American	9 in 100	20 in 100	+11 in 100
Filipino	9 in 100	—	—
Hispanic or Latino	16 in 100	20 in 100	+4 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native	18 in 100	—	—
White	18 in 100	17 in 100	−1 in 100
Students with disabilities	26 in 100	26 in 100	0 in 100
English learners	21 in 100	23 in 100	+2 in 100
Foster youth	14 in 100	28 in 100	+14 in 100
Homeless	31 in 100	44 in 100	+13 in 100
Military families	33 in 100	23 in 100	−10 in 100
Low-income	18 in 100	21 in 100	+3 in 100
All students	16 in 100	20 in 100	+4 in 100
Two or more races	—	26 in 100	—

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

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · 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 50% · numerator 239 students classified Prepared · denominator 482 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 33% · AP-pathway numerator 79 · denominator 239 (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 the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 239 of 482 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.

Graduation rate

96%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

33%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings

Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)

32%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

38%

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.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	93	81	50	3.70	3.82	3.84
2024	62	53	19	3.77	3.90	4.01
2023	81	70	50	3.80	3.88	3.94
2022	55	49	24	3.87	3.95	4.06
2021	57	45	17	3.70	3.87	3.82
2020	56	43	23	3.70	3.80	3.82
2019	66	49	22	3.79	3.89	3.88
2018	52	37	9	3.85	3.95	4.02
2017	83	63	35	3.79	3.93	4.01
2016	52	46	29	3.77	3.83	3.89

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	34	5	under 3
Berkeley	2024	30	4	under 3
Berkeley	2023	25	5	under 3
Berkeley	2022	26	9	under 3
Berkeley	2021	22	4	under 3
Davis	2025	53	13	under 3
Davis	2024	41	22	under 3
Davis	2023	39	17	6
Davis	2022	30	16	5
Davis	2021	32	16	under 3
Irvine	2025	23	8	under 3
Irvine	2024	13	3	under 3
Irvine	2023	24	6	under 3
Irvine	2022	9	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2021	18	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2025	27	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2024	29	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2023	23	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2022	21	3	under 3
Los Angeles	2021	19	3	under 3
Merced	2025	82	75	41
Merced	2024	41	36	12
Merced	2023	71	65	33
Merced	2022	46	42	14
Merced	2021	51	40	13
Riverside	2025	25	23	under 3
Riverside	2024	9	5	under 3
Riverside	2023	7	3	under 3
Riverside	2022	5	4	under 3
Riverside	2021	6	under 3	under 3
San Diego	2025	34	7	under 3
San Diego	2024	15	9	under 3
San Diego	2023	16	6	under 3
San Diego	2022	18	10	under 3
San Diego	2021	8	3	under 3
Santa Barbara	2025	31	14	3
Santa Barbara	2024	20	13	under 3
Santa Barbara	2023	22	12	4
Santa Barbara	2022	14	12	under 3
Santa Barbara	2021	14	13	under 3
Santa Cruz	2025	41	24	under 3
Santa Cruz	2024	21	11	under 3
Santa Cruz	2023	34	15	under 3
Santa Cruz	2022	23	11	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	16	9	under 3
Universitywide	2025	93	81	50
Universitywide	2024	62	53	19
Universitywide	2023	81	70	50
Universitywide	2022	55	49	24
Universitywide	2021	57	45	17

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations

Subject	Authorization recorded for
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Chemistry	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
European History	this school
Physics 1	this school
Precalculus	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school

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

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	2
AP enrollment (male/female)	32
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 191 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	0
Physics sections	0
Chemistry sections	1
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	2,052

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	50	11%
California State University	21	5%
California community college	99	21%
In-state private	2	0%
Out-of-state, 4-year	3	1%
Out-of-state, 2-year	2	0%
Not enrolled	292	62%

469 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 38% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them 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 above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,809 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,977 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$1,214 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,029

Central federal expenditures attributed here$399 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,029

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,638 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 54%Instruction support 13%Student services 13%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 3%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$109,289,770	54.35%	54%
Instruction support	$26,707,945	13.28%	13%
Student services	$25,728,723	12.80%	13%
Administration	$15,052,770	7.49%	8%
Buildings & maintenance	$18,811,999	9.36%	9%
Other	$5,476,595	2.72%	3%
Total	$201,067,802	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $201,067,802 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. 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$13,809 per pupil

2020$13,274 per pupil

2019$14,146 per pupil

2018$12,554 per pupil

2017$12,581 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.3%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95301 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95301 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$68,349
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	15%
ZIP-area population	43,009
Median age	33.5 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-area figures do 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 95301 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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