Branham High · San Jose

Branham High: High scores, healthy climate, strong attendance. We looked for a catch — we didn't find one.

Branham posts 42.7% exceeding the standard — versus 15.8% statewide — with climate numbers better than most. That doesn't make it perfect. It makes it worth a visit to find what numbers can't measure.

1570 Branham Lane, 95118·Campbell Union High·San Jose·Grades 9-12·1,820 students·31% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(408) 626-3407·Website

2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP

	Scope	% Exceeded	% Met+	Grad rate	College readiness	Absence	Suspension
This school	69	43%	69%	94.1%	73.8%	10.8%	1.3%
CA average · High School	44	16%	36%	86.6%	33.9%	30.2%	3.6%

This schoolCA avg

Scope6944

% Exceeded43%16%

% Met+69%36%

Grad rate94.1%86.6%

College readiness73.8%33.9%

Absence10.8%30.2%

Suspension1.3%3.6%

Scope Score

💪 Strong All-Around · Solid

ranked #126 statewide · #2 of 6 in Campbell Union High

Branham High scores 69 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 94th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “69% proficient” and call it done. Branham deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Jose, where one in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Branham's low-income kids hit 63.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has held the 94th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

CA Dashboard

ELABlue(Increased Significantly)MathBlue(Increased Significantly)

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 69% of students meet the standard today, above the 61% who did in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade

Grade	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
Grade 11	68%	76%	80%	74%	80%

Math — % met or exceeded, by grade

Grade	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
Grade 11	53%	48%	55%	52%	58%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade

69%

State 36%

Graduate

94%

State 87%

Pass an AP exam

74%

State 34%

Of 100 students here: 69 are proficient by 11th grade → 94 graduate → 74 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

63.9%

Low-income · ELA · met standard

Branham's most underrated number

63.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Branham low-income: 63.9%State low-income: 38.2%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate

94.1%

State 86.6%

7.5pp above state avg

Exceeded standard

42.7%

State 15.8%

26.8pp above state avg

College readiness

73.8%

State 33.9%

AP exam pass rate above state avg

Met or exceeded

69.4%

State 35.7%

33.7pp above state avg

Chronic absenteeism

10.8%

State 30.2%

19.4pp below state avg

Suspension rate

1.3%

State 3.6%

2.4pp below state avg

EL proficiency (ELPAC)

28.7%

State 18.0%

10.7pp above state avg

Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

All students at this school: 69% met or exceeded

All Students69%

Female67% · −2 vs school

Male72% · +3 vs school

White74% · +5 vs school

Socioeconomically Disadvantaged50% · −20 vs school

Hispanic/Latino43% · −26 vs school

Asian87% · +18 vs school

Two or More Races79% · +9 vs school

Students with Disabilities16% · −53 vs school

English Learners8% · −61 vs school

Filipino77% · +8 vs school

5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group

AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)

Shown, never scored

Hispanic15.7% AP · 27.1% enroll.

American Indian/Alaska Native0.6% AP · 0.7% enroll.

Asian32.1% AP · 21.4% enroll.

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.7% AP · 0.7% enroll.

Black1.9% AP · 2.5% enroll.

White46.7% AP · 44.0% enroll.

Two or more races2.2% AP · 3.7% enroll.

English learners0.9% AP · 3.9% enroll.

Students with disabilities0.9% AP · 12.4% enroll.

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

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

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeism10.8% · −19.4pp vs state

Suspension rate1.3% · −2.4pp vs state

Chronic absenteeism by grade band

Grades 9–1210.1%

Where graduates go

Context — none of this enters the Scope Score

In fall 2025, 60 Branham graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Berkeley the most common landing, with 11 enrollees.

Applied189fall 2025, universitywide

Admitted150

Enrolled60

Where they landed (fall 2025)

Berkeley 11Santa Cruz 10Santa Barbara 9Riverside 8Irvine 6Los Angeles 6Davis 5San Diego 4Merced ‹3

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2025–2002

Peak: 68 enrolled, 2024

UC is one road of many — this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private, or an out-of-state campus. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 83% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year.

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Student : teacher22:1

Teaching staff115 teachers

Avg. experience10.9 years

Fully credentialed85%

First-year teachers2%

Salary Schedule

Teacher salary schedule$78,089 – $149,081

Principal salary$0 – $184,621

Superintendent salary$316,255

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth

AP exam qualifiers253 studentsCCI, participation not authorization

CTE pathway completers41 students

Advanced Coursework

Branham's teachers are authorized to teach 21 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — above the 14-subject median among California schools that offer AP at all — including Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Physics 1.

AP subjects taught21

Math & Computer Science (4)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Computer Science Principles · Statistics

Sciences (5)Biology · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Physics 1 · Physics 2

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 (3)Chinese Language and Culture · French Language and Culture · Spanish Language and Culture

Arts (3)2-D Art and Design · 3-D Art and Design · Drawing

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

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spending$21,706 · spent at this school

Federal share$983 per student

$983 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,504 per student

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

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS

Instruction61%

Instruction support8%

Student services12%

Administration6%

Buildings & maintenance10%

Other3%

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

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published

2020$13,855 per pupil

2019$13,694 per pupil

2018$13,624 per pupil

2017$13,228 per pupil

2016$12,652 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White34.7%

District 28.0% · CA 19.9%

Hispanic28.4%

District 37.4% · CA 56.1%

Asian22.0%

District 21.5% · CA 10.2%

Other13.1%

District 10.8% · CA 9.0%

Black1.8%

District 2.3% · CA 4.8%

Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 31.4% (32pp below CA avg)

Neighborhood — American Community Survey

Median income$153K · CA $85K

Median home value$1.49M · CA $659K

Bachelor's degree+54% · CA 35%

ZIP population32,015

Median age40 years

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

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 56% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Branham High a good high school?

Branham High has a Scope Score of 69 out of 100, placing it in the 94th percentile of California high schools and ranked #126 statewide. 42.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 26.8 percentage points above the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Branham High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 69.4% of students at Branham High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 42.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 26.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 42.7% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 949 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Branham High rank in California?

Branham High ranks #126 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 94th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Branham High?

10.8% of students at Branham High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 1.3%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Branham High compare to other schools in San Jose?

Branham High scores 69/100 (94th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 1,820 students. Use the schools in San Jose page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Branham High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Branham High in San Jose, 63.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 45.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Branham High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 18.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (35.6% Math proficient); White students (85.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 59.8 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 147 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Branham High?

Branham High's teachers are authorized to teach 21 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Chinese Language and Culture, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, French Language and Culture, Physics 1, Physics 2, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Branham High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 60 Branham 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.

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3 within ~3 mi · avg 72

University Preparatory Academy Charter

Santa Clara County Office of Education · 3 mi

79Strong

Leigh High

Campbell Union High · 1.5 mi

72Strong

Pioneer High

San Jose Unified · 1 mi

64Solid

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Nearby Elementary Schools

3 within ~3 mi · avg 76

Oster Elementary

Union Elementary · 1.1 mi

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72Strong

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Nearby Middle Schools

3 within ~3 mi · avg 69

Union Middle

Union Elementary · 2.1 mi

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60Solid

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Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25

Graduation rate · 25%

94.1%

↑ vs CA 86.6% · 58th pctile

Exceeded standard · 22%

42.7%

↑ vs CA 15.8% · 79th pctile

College readiness · 20%

73.8%

↑ vs CA 33.9% · 72th pctile

Met or exceeded · 18%

69.4%

↑ vs CA 35.7% · 74th pctile

Chronic absenteeism · 5%

10.8%

↑ vs CA 30.2% · 66th pctile

Suspension rate · 5%

1.3%

↑ vs CA 3.6% · 61th pctile

EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%

28.7%

↑ vs CA 18.0% · 70th pctile

02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	475	50%	30%	11%	9%	80%	+33

Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	474	35%	23%	20%	22%	58%	+35

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Grade 5/8/11	487	24%	31%	39%	5%

CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	147	63.9%	+19	+26
White	167	85.0%	+8	+23
Hispanic/Latino	122	60.7%	+17	+22

03Peer comparison · nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score

School	Dist	Scope	EXC	MET+	Growth	Susp
Branham High ←	—	69	42.7%	69.4%	—	1.3%
University Preparatory Academy Charter	3 mi	79	48.7%	74.6%	—	3.8%
Leigh High	1.5 mi	72	44.8%	69.8%	—	0.5%
Pioneer High	1 mi	64	35.3%	60.9%	—	4.1%
California average	—	44	15.8%	35.7%	—	3.6%

04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score

Graduation Rate

94.1%

AP Exam Prepared

73.8%

A-G Completion

74.1%

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

College-Going Rate

82.6%

Year	Scope	Pctile	Rank	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp	Growth
2019	66	89	#223	32.9%	60.5%	9.1%	2.7%	—
2022	67	93	#149	38.6%	62.3%	13.4%	1.0%	—
2023	68	94	#136	40.0%	67.7%	14.8%	3.0%	—
2024	65	91	#193	35.5%	63.4%	13.5%	3.5%	—
2025	69	94	#126	42.7%	69.4%	10.8%	1.3%	—

NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD

05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level

Group	2019	2025	Δ
Female	9.4%	10.1%	+0.7pp
Male	7.5%	10.1%	+2.6pp
Asian	4.0%	4.2%	+0.2pp
Black/African American	12.5%	14.3%	+1.8pp
Filipino	10.0%	23.1%	+13.1pp
White	6.3%	2.6%	-3.7pp
Hispanic/Latino	14.3%	15.5%	+1.2pp
American Indian/Alaska Native	16.7%	—	—
Pacific Islander	5.3%	—	—
Two or More Races	8.0%	11.2%	+3.2pp
Students with Disabilities	19.5%	23.0%	+3.5pp
English Learners	18.9%	13.9%	-5.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	16.3%	14.3%	-2.0pp
All Students	8.4%	10.1%	+1.7pp
Homeless	—	0.0%	—

06UC admissions, universitywide2002–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	GPA (applied)	GPA (admitted)	GPA (enrolled)
2025	189	150	60	3.94	4.00	4.08
2024	222	154	68	3.93	4.00	4.09
2023	158	121	58	3.94	4.02	4.07
2022	179	104	57	3.98	4.10	4.14
2021	152	95	38	3.85	3.99	4.07
2020	126	101	50	3.97	4.03	4.08
2019	107	80	47	4.05	4.15	4.18
2018	103	62	36	3.90	4.08	4.13
2017	95	62	32	3.95	4.10	4.13
2016	76	57	34	3.87	3.98	4.00
2015	106	65	34	3.85	4.10	4.11
2014	75	49	29	3.85	4.06	4.08
2013	62	42	21	3.87	3.97	4.00
2012	65	46	24	3.78	3.90	3.96
2011	78	63	34	3.82	3.88	3.92
2010	53	47	21	3.82	3.91	4.01
2009	39	36	20	3.82	3.85	3.90
2008	45	42	19	3.72	3.77	3.88
2007	47	43	20	3.66	3.74	3.73
2006	37	36	20	3.84	3.85	3.91
2005	37	30	12	3.69	3.85	3.84
2004	52	41	19	3.75	3.87	3.89
2003	60	53	23	3.61	3.74	3.84
2002	7	7	5	3.65	3.65	3.68

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	128	13	11
Berkeley	2024	144	17	11
Berkeley	2023	111	18	11
Berkeley	2022	109	9	7
Berkeley	2021	87	8	6
Davis	2025	142	35	5
Davis	2024	172	40	6
Davis	2023	108	38	10
Davis	2022	126	34	13
Davis	2021	105	27	5
Irvine	2025	150	29	6
Irvine	2024	158	26	5
Irvine	2023	105	18	6
Irvine	2022	126	12	6
Irvine	2021	103	9	3
Los Angeles	2025	137	13	6
Los Angeles	2024	154	11	4
Los Angeles	2023	107	13	5
Los Angeles	2022	111	6	3
Los Angeles	2021	96	6	5
Merced	2025	51	50	‹3
Merced	2024	44	43	5
Merced	2023	29	29	‹3
Merced	2022	34	34	7
Merced	2021	23	22	‹3
Riverside	2025	89	82	8
Riverside	2024	78	66	5
Riverside	2023	47	36	7
Riverside	2022	56	36	5
Riverside	2021	39	28	4
San Diego	2025	147	25	4
San Diego	2024	166	20	5
San Diego	2023	107	23	‹3
San Diego	2022	129	11	3
San Diego	2021	110	11	‹3
Santa Barbara	2025	150	44	9
Santa Barbara	2024	169	42	13
Santa Barbara	2023	117	25	4
Santa Barbara	2022	130	23	5
Santa Barbara	2021	108	22	5
Santa Cruz	2025	115	95	10
Santa Cruz	2024	151	95	14
Santa Cruz	2023	105	73	11
Santa Cruz	2022	101	27	8
Santa Cruz	2021	104	50	8
Universitywide	2025	189	150	60
Universitywide	2024	222	154	68
Universitywide	2023	158	121	58
Universitywide	2022	179	104	57
Universitywide	2021	152	95	38

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026

Subject	Taught by
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
Chinese Language and Culture	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
Drawing	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
French Language and Culture	this school
Physics 1	this school
Physics 2	this school
Psychology	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

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

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	20
AP enrollment	670
IB participation	not offered
Dual enrollment	offered · 9 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	0
Physics sections	12
Chemistry sections	14
Total enrollment (CRDC)	1,915

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.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,160 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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