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Carmel Valley HighPublicCarmel, CAGrades 9-1210 students

Carmel Valley High: We publish no Scope Score for this school this year.

Carmel Valley is a high school in Carmel. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.

continuation high school

no score · no band · no rank — we publish no scored record this year

10 students · referred, usually mid-year

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Carmel Valley High is a continuation high school in Carmel, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025. Students are referred here, usually mid-year, when the standard timeline stops working.

A missing score is not a judgment, and it is not a claim about what the state published. It means the composite a Scope Score, band and rank are all built from isn't on file for this school this year — the honest move is to say so, and to show whatever results are on file rather than guess at a number.

Worth a school visit

With no score to read, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
50%enrolled in college within a year
  • California community college9 (50%)
  • Not enrolled9 (50%)

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

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 5 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher5 · district 17
Teaching staff4 teachers
Avg. experience21.5 years
Fully credentialed76%
PrincipalTom Parry
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$78,959 – $162,162
Principal salary$202,756 – $233,472
Superintendent salary$294,125

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $114,910 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

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

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $114,910, CA average $14,491$114,910 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$39,895 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

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

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$26,833 per pupil
2019$23,572 per pupil
2018$24,026 per pupil
2017$22,712 per pupil
2016$21,730 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Who is enrolled

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 10 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

Hispanic or Latino40.0% · district 20.6% · CA 56.1%
White60.0% · district 62.0% · CA 19.9%
Free or reduced lunch40.0% · CA 64%

Contact

Nearby schools

Nearby schools

Private school options within 10 miles.

All schools in Carmel →

Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-18.methodology · data updates · report issue

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