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Benicia High

Q: Is Benicia High a good high school?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 65 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 97% of the class graduated in four years (301 of 311); across California, 89%. The 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 CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Benicia High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 61% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 37% the math standard; 26% and 16% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 317 students were tested in English and 318 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Benicia High rank in California?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Solid, 2025). Benicia High ranks #386 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. 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.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Benicia High?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 15.2% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 205 chronically absent of 1,351 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 3.1%; 42 unduplicated suspended students of 1,362 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 15.9%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.1%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Benicia High compare to other schools in Benicia?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile (Solid) 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 1,335 students. Use the schools in Benicia page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.

Q: What AP courses are offered at Benicia High?

Benicia High had own-school AP authorizations for 20 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Physics 1, Precalculus, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. 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.

Q: How many students from Benicia High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 37 Benicia High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Benicia · 9–12 · 1,335 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

65 / 100

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

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Beniciahigher than 74 of the 100 California dots

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In 2024–25, 97% of the class graduated in four years (301 of 311); across California, 89%. Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students in the four-year graduation cohort: 311
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).

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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?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 26%
Met standard: 35%
Below standard: 39%

61% met or exceeded · 317 tested

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Level	Here	California	Benicia Unified
Exceeded	26%	27%	25%
Met	35%	30%	32%
Nearly met	19%	20%	19%
Not met	20%	23%	24%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 16%
Met standard: 21%
Below standard: 63%

37% met or exceeded · 318 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Benicia Unified
Exceeded	16%	14%	15%
Met	21%	16%	19%
Nearly met	27%	21%	26%
Not met	36%	49%	40%

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?

Closest to standing out

Open a finding for the evidence

In grade 11, 37% met or exceeded the standard in math, against 30% statewide.grade 11 · spring 2025

37%Math · met or exceeded the standard

Source: CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students: all students tested in grade 11
Comparison: California: CDE’s statewide grade 11 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 431,903 in math tested).

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 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school61%

California57%

Tested: 317 here · 432,651 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school61%

Benicia Unified57%

Tested: 317 here · 344 in Benicia Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 2 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Benicia Unified
Exceeded	26%	27%	25%
Met	35%	30%	32%
Nearly met	19%	20%	19%
Not met	20%	23%	24%

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%

California30%

Tested: 318 here · 431,903 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school37%

Benicia Unified34%

Tested: 318 here · 346 in Benicia Unified. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 2 schools.

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Level	Here	California	Benicia Unified
Exceeded	16%	14%	15%
Met	21%	16%	19%
Nearly met	27%	21%	26%
Not met	36%	49%	40%

Progress over time

How have results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201966%370 tested

→

202561%317 tested

Benicia

California, same grades57% → 57%2019 → 2025 · 439,947 → 432,651 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201950%365 tested

→

202537%318 tested

Benicia

California, same grades32% → 30%2019 → 2025 · 438,107 → 431,903 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grade 11

BeniciaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202561%57%

Math met or exceeded, grade 11

BeniciaCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202537%30%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 66% in 2019 to 61% in 2025. Math went from 50% in 2019 to 37% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grade 11
Year	Benicia	California
2019	66% 370 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	64% 310 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	66% 332 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	63% 303 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	61% 317 tested	57% 432,651 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grade 11
Year	Benicia	California
2019	50% 365 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	36% 310 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	33% 331 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	44% 299 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	37% 318 tested	30% 431,903 tested

Ask: Math is lower than in 2019 here (50% to 37%) and across California (32% to 30%). How does the school check what’s working in math?

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

Preparation · separate measures and cohorts

Graduated in four years

97%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 301 of 311 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

71%

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

58%

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

75% enrolled in college within 12 months · 350 high-school completers

University of California44 · 13%
California State University43 · 12%
California community college118 · 34%
In-state private7 · 2%
Out-of-state, 4-year46 · 13%
Out-of-state, 2-year3 · 1%
Not enrolled89 · 25%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash is unavailable, not zero. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

One destination in detail

University of California

UC fall 2025 entry · matched school records · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 93
Admitted: 68
Enrolled: 37

Source: UC admissions by source school. “Masked” gives no numeric bound; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable.

UC years and campus records

UC reports fall first-year applicants, admits and enrollees separately. These records do not establish the school’s effect on admission. “+” is a partial SchoolScope sum across linked codes; missing contributions may be zero. A reported zero remains zero. Never assume zero or a positive hidden value for missing or masked counts.

Fall 2025Applied 93 · Admitted 68 · Enrolled 37
Fall 2024Applied 112 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled 36
Fall 2023Applied 103 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 44
Fall 2022Applied 90 · Admitted 57 · Enrolled 26
Fall 2021Applied 93 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled 32
Fall 2020Applied 104 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled 44
Fall 2019Applied 91 · Admitted 61 · Enrolled 32
Fall 2018Applied 102 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 48
Fall 2017Applied 85 · Admitted 62 · Enrolled 35
Fall 2016Applied 74 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 33
Fall 2015Applied 83 · Admitted 52 · Enrolled 27
Fall 2014Applied 87 · Admitted 47 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2013Applied 92 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 16
Fall 2012Applied 92 · Admitted 62 · Enrolled 33
Fall 2011Applied 87 · Admitted 62 · Enrolled 38
Fall 2010Applied 82 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2009Applied 110 · Admitted 103 · Enrolled 57
Fall 2008Applied 111 · Admitted 101 · Enrolled 49
Fall 2007Applied 104 · Admitted 91 · Enrolled 43
Fall 2006Applied 109 · Admitted 100 · Enrolled 63
Fall 2005Applied 87 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 43
Fall 2004Applied 92 · Admitted 78 · Enrolled 45
Fall 2003Applied 94 · Admitted 85 · Enrolled 44
Fall 2002Applied 97 · Admitted 86 · Enrolled 41
Fall 2001Applied 91 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled 36
Fall 2000Applied 86 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 44
Fall 1999Applied 78 · Admitted 64 · Enrolled 41
Fall 1998Applied 52 · Admitted 47 · Enrolled 24
Fall 1997Applied 51 · Admitted 42 · Enrolled 21
Fall 1996Applied 45 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 29
Fall 1995Applied 51 · Admitted 42 · Enrolled 19
Fall 1994Applied 33 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled 18

Campus records · fall 2025

BerkeleyApplied 60 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 4
DavisApplied 70 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 8
IrvineApplied 59 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled 3
Los AngelesApplied 61 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled 5
MercedApplied 34 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled Masked
RiversideApplied 30 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled Masked
San DiegoApplied 62 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled Masked
Santa BarbaraApplied 59 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 4
Santa CruzApplied 50 · Admitted 37 · Enrolled 9

Do not add campus application or admission counts: a student may appear at multiple campuses.

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 5

Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Computer Science Principles
Precalculus
Statistics

Sciences 3

Biology
Chemistry
Physics 1

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 4

Psychology
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

World Languages & Cultures 1

Spanish Language and Culture

Arts 3

2-D Art and Design
3-D Art and Design
Drawing

AP Capstone 2

Research
Seminar

1 authorizations through outside providers

Calculus ABEdgenuity · 2025 - 2026

Courses, access and preparation

AP course or exam pathway qualifiers: 161 of 222 Prepared students · 72.5%
2024–25
Source and what this counts
CDE CCI, all students · 311 eligible students. Cohort includes the current four-year graduation cohort and only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Qualifies through two AP exams scored 3+, two AP courses completed with C− or better, or a qualifying combination in different subjects. Share among Prepared students, not all exam takers or course authorizations.
Career pathway: CCI CTE+ qualifiers: 60 students
2024–25
Source and what this counts
CDE CCI: completed a CTE pathway with C− or better in its capstone plus an additional criterion. Not all CTE completers or a list of courses offered.

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Which courses will run when my child attends, what prerequisites apply, and how do students get support entering advanced or career pathways?

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

15 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

22in 100 at the average California high school

205 of 1,351 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school15 in 100

at the average California high school22 in 100

3.1%of students were suspended at least once (42 of 1,362), 2024–25

3.2%at the average California high school

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

Parent voices

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

70 tested per subject

English51% / 49%

Math29% / 21%

White

134 English · 135 math tested

English66% / 68%

Math43% / 42%

Hispanic or Latino

81 tested per subject

English51% / 49%

Math25% / 19%

Two or more races

51 tested per subject

English63% / 67%

Math45% / 42%

Students with disabilities

37 tested per subject

English14% / 18%

Math5% / 6%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrade 11 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Benicia Unified	vs California
Low-income · 70 tested
English	51%	+645%	+249%
Math	29%	+524%	+821%
White · 134 tested in English, 135 in math
English	66%	+363%	−268%
Math	43%	+340%	+142%
Hispanic or Latino · 81 tested
English	51%	+645%	+249%
Math	25%	+322%	+619%
Two or more races · 51 tested
English	63%	+360%	−467%
Math	45%	+342%	+342%
Students with disabilities · 37 tested
English	14%	+113%	−418%
Math	5%	05%	−16%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Benicia Unified, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

Asian, Black or African American, Filipino and military-family students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and homeless students, English learners 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.

How each student group did

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Benicia High in Benicia, 51.4% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 44.6% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Benicia High’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 6.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (28.6% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (65.7% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 47.4 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 70 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

White40%
Hispanic or Latino28%
Two or more races15%
Black or African American6%
Filipino6%
Asian4%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

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, 2024–25	Here
White	40%
Hispanic or Latino	28%
Two or more races	15%
Black or African American	6%
Filipino	6%
Asian	4%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 1 in 4 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (24%, 322 of 1,335). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers63

Average experience13 years

First-year teachers6%

93% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 93.19%: 64.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 69.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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Schools on the path into this high school

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Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district.

ElementaryMary Farmar ElementaryHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
MiddleBenicia MiddleHistorical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
High schoolBenicia HighThis campus · grades 9-12

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Mary Farmar Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
72nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Robert Semple Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
68th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Matthew Turner Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
89th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Joe Henderson Elementary
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
80th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Middle-school links

Benicia Middle
Historical majority-area link · NCES SABS 2015–16
84th percentile · Strong · middle · 2025
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

Getting in

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Location and visiting

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1101 Military West, Benicia 94510

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

Math is lower than in 2019 here (50% to 37%) and across California (32% to 30%). How does the school check what’s working in math?
Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

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Schools to explore

Nearby means close to this campus. It does not establish an attendance boundary or a similar student population.

Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar high schools2025 statewide percentile

Thousand Oaks HighConejo Valley Unified · 1,703 enrolled · 23.8% meal eligibility63rdSolid
Woodbridge HighIrvine Unified · 2,232 enrolled · 24.5% meal eligibility89thStrong
Fremont HighFremont Union High · 2,060 enrolled · 23.7% meal eligibility75thStrong
Walnut HighWalnut Valley Unified · 2,148 enrolled · 23.6% meal eligibility93rdStrong
Santa Clara HighSanta Clara Unified · 1,663 enrolled · 23.6% meal eligibility84thStrong
Irvington HighFremont Unified · 2,157 enrolled · 24.7% meal eligibility97thStrong

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 16.1–32.1% meal eligibility and 668–2,670 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Benicia High a good high school?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 65 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 97% of the class graduated in four years (301 of 311); across California, 89%. The 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 CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Benicia High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 61% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 37% the math standard; 26% and 16% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 317 students were tested in English and 318 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Benicia High rank in California?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Solid, 2025). Benicia High ranks #386 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. 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 do attendance and suspension records show for Benicia High?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 15.2% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 205 chronically absent of 1,351 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 3.1%; 42 unduplicated suspended students of 1,362 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 15.9%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.1%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Benicia High compare to other schools in Benicia?

Benicia High is in the 74th percentile (Solid) 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 1,335 students. Use the schools in Benicia page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Benicia High?

What AP courses are offered at Benicia High?

Benicia High had own-school AP authorizations for 20 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Physics 1, Precalculus, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. 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.

How many students from Benicia High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 37 Benicia High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Source records

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Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

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Benicia High is ranked #386 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Graduation rate	96.8%	92.9%	25%
Exceeded standard	21.4%	20.3%	22%
CCI overall Prepared	71.4%	51.7%	20%
Met or exceeded	49.0%	43.8%	18%
Chronic absenteeism	15.9%	22.7%	5%
Suspension rate	3.1%	3.3%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	34.8%	17.8%	5%

Graduation rate: ↑ vs CA 92.9% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 20.3% · index 56 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared: ↑ vs CA 51.7% · index 67 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 60 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 22.7% · index 62 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 1.9pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 52 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 1.6pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 81 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint

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 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	317	27%	34%	19%	20%	61%	+12

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 ELA equal-school mean: 48.6%; n=2080 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	318	16%	21%	27%	36%	37%	+13

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 Math equal-school mean: 23.7%; n=2074 reporting schools

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA	303	63.4%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	299	44.1%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA	332	66.3%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	331	33.2%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA	310	63.9%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	310	36.1%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA	370	66.0%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	365	49.6%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “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)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	324	11%	30%	50%	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.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	70	51.4%	+7	+3
White	135	65.7%	+3	−2
Hispanic/Latino	81	50.6%	+5	+2

Nearest high schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Susp
Benicia High ←	—	6574th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	21.4%	49.0%	3.1%
California average	—	57School average · no percentile	20.3%	43.8%	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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.4%

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.

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025: 65/100. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 71.4% · numerator 222 students classified Prepared · denominator 311 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 72.5% · AP-pathway numerator 161 · denominator 222 (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 222 of 311 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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	69/100	82	#262	California comprehensive high schools · 1,512 schools
2022	65/100	80	#311	California comprehensive high schools · 1,599 schools
2023	64/100	78	#353	California comprehensive high schools · 1,633 schools
2024	65/100	80	#328	California comprehensive high schools · 1,641 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

The legacy high-school model uses 2024–25 graduation records. Its readiness input uses the 2025 AP pathway share among Prepared students when available; otherwise it uses 2024–25 A-G completion. A reported zero remains zero. These inputs do not describe graduation or readiness in the earlier assessment years. The newer 2025 model instead uses CDE's overall Prepared rate.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 17.1% → 2025 · 15.2% · −1.9pp
Suspension rate2024 · 4.7% → 2025 · 3.1% · −1.6pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	317	26.5%	60.9%
2025 · Math	318	16.4%	37.1%
2024 · ELA	303	28.4%	63.4%
2024 · Math	299	14.4%	44.1%
2023 · ELA	332	31.3%	66.3%
2023 · Math	331	14.2%	33.2%
2022 · ELA	310	32.9%	63.9%
2022 · Math	310	14.2%	36.1%
2019 · ELA	370	34.6%	66.0%
2019 · Math	365	23.0%	49.6%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Graduation Rate

96.8%

AP pathway among Prepared

72.5%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings

A-G Completion

58.5%

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

College-Going Rate

74.6%

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.

Year	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp
2019	28.8%	57.8%	11.2%	5.3%
2022	23.6%	50.0%	23.9%	4.6%
2023	22.8%	49.8%	25.2%	5.4%
2024	21.4%	53.8%	17.8%	4.7%
2025	21.4%	49.0%	15.9%	3.1%

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

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	11.1%	16.3%	+5.2pp
Male	10.2%	13.9%	+3.7pp
Asian	2.7%	7.4%	+4.7pp
Black/African American	13.9%	17.3%	+3.4pp
Filipino	5.0%	2.5%	-2.5pp
Hispanic/Latino	12.7%	15.1%	+2.4pp
Two or More Races	14.0%	14.9%	+0.9pp
White	9.8%	17.8%	+8.0pp
Students with Disabilities	26.4%	25.3%	-1.1pp
English Learners	3.6%	10.7%	+7.1pp
Homeless	15.8%	48.1%	+32.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	15.9%	24.0%	+8.1pp
All Students	10.6%	15.2%	+4.6pp

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

UC admissions, universitywideFollow separately reported UC application, admission and enrollment counts.2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	93	68	37	3.90	4.05	4.12
2024	112	66	36	3.84	4.01	4.11
2023	103	77	44	3.97	4.06	4.11
2022	90	57	26	3.97	4.04	4.09
2021	93	66	32	3.90	4.03	4.12
2020	104	82	44	3.95	4.04	4.13
2019	91	61	32	3.94	4.04	4.05
2018	102	63	48	3.91	4.04	4.07
2017	85	62	35	3.97	4.10	4.16
2016	74	55	33	3.93	4.07	4.13
2015	83	52	27	3.91	4.05	4.09
2014	87	47	29	3.78	4.00	4.05

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. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. 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 2014.

UC admissions by campusInspect campus records without adding overlapping populations.latest falls on file

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	60	7	4
Berkeley	2024	68	7	masked
Berkeley	2023	72	9	6
Berkeley	2022	60	4	4
Berkeley	2021	57	9	5
Davis	2025	70	29	8
Davis	2024	88	28	9
Davis	2023	76	29	6
Davis	2022	55	16	5
Davis	2021	62	23	5
Irvine	2025	59	9	3
Irvine	2024	61	16	7
Irvine	2023	56	16	3
Irvine	2022	55	9	masked
Irvine	2021	49	10	masked
Los Angeles	2025	61	6	5
Los Angeles	2024	69	6	4
Los Angeles	2023	63	11	7
Los Angeles	2022	51	6	3
Los Angeles	2021	59	7	3
Merced	2025	34	33	masked
Merced	2024	16	14	masked
Merced	2023	16	15	masked
Merced	2022	18	18	masked
Merced	2021	13	11	masked
Riverside	2025	30	26	masked
Riverside	2024	19	15	masked
Riverside	2023	23	19	masked
Riverside	2022	20	17	masked
Riverside	2021	13	11	masked
San Diego	2025	62	13	masked
San Diego	2024	63	6	masked
San Diego	2023	62	13	4
San Diego	2022	52	4	masked
San Diego	2021	52	11	masked
Santa Barbara	2025	59	21	4
Santa Barbara	2024	63	18	6
Santa Barbara	2023	67	14	masked
Santa Barbara	2022	45	12	4
Santa Barbara	2021	53	19	5
Santa Cruz	2025	50	37	9
Santa Cruz	2024	59	35	7
Santa Cruz	2023	77	59	17
Santa Cruz	2022	48	24	5
Santa Cruz	2021	49	33	10
Universitywide	2025	93	68	37
Universitywide	2024	112	66	36
Universitywide	2023	103	77	44
Universitywide	2022	90	57	26
Universitywide	2021	93	66	32

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. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. 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 catalogCheck course authorizations and distinguish outside providers.2025 - 2026

Subject	Authorization recorded for
2-D Art and Design	this school
3-D Art and Design	this school
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Calculus BC	this school
Chemistry	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
Drawing	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Physics 1	this school
Precalculus	this school
Psychology	this school
Research	this school
Seminar	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this school
Calculus AB	online provider (Edgenuity)

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

Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotInspect the dated federal advanced-coursework snapshot.dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	19
AP enrollment	542
IB participation	not offered
Dual enrollment	not offered
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	2
Physics sections	17
Chemistry sections	12
Total enrollment (CRDC)	1,516

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.

College destinationsRead the completion cohort and its reported college destinations.class of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	44	12.6%
California State University	43	12.3%
California community college	118	33.7%
In-state private	7	2.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year	46	13.1%
Out-of-state, 2-year	3	0.9%
Not enrolled	89	25.4%

350 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 75% · % 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$10,895 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 4,526 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

Central federal expenditures attributed here$292 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,335

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,618 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.

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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 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$10,895 per pupil

2020$10,456 per pupil

2019$10,914 per pupil

2018$10,132 per pupil

2017$10,017 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

12ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94510

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94510
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$121,204
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	47.59%
ZCTA population	26,749
Median age	44.9 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.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,500 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · UC fall first-year source records — masked = no numeric bound; + = partial observed count; Universitywide separately reported · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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