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Citrus Hill High · Perris

Citrus Hill High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Citrus Hill posts 32% meeting the standard and 10.6% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

18150 Wood Road, 92570 (opens in new tab)·Val Verde Unified·Perris·Grades 9-12·1,630 students·92% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(951) 490-0400·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4644
% Exceeded11%16%
% Met+32%36%
Grad rate94.1%86.6%
College readiness52.3%33.9%
Absence28.0%30.2%
Suspension5.2%3.6%
Scope Score
46
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #1,037 statewide · #2 of 5 in Val Verde Unified

Citrus Hill High scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 52nd 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 →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “32% proficient” and call it done. Citrus Hill deserves a closer read. The school sits in Perris, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Citrus Hill's low-income kids hit 48.9% 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

Slipped from the 62nd to the 52nd percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAOrange(Declined Significantly)MathGreen(Maintained)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 32% meet the standard today, versus 42% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1157%46%46%49%51%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1126%15%12%17%14%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
32%
State 36%
Graduate
94%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
52%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 32 are proficient by 11th grade → 94 graduate → 52 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

48.9%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Citrus Hill's most underrated number

48.9% 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.

Citrus Hill low-income: 48.9%State low-income: 38.2%Citrus Hill EL: 11.3%State EL: 10.4%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
94.1%
State 86.6%
7.5pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
10.6%
State 15.8%
5.3pp below state avg
College readiness
52.3%
State 33.9%
AP exam pass rate above state avg
Met or exceeded
32.2%
State 35.7%
3.5pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
28.0%
State 30.2%
2.2pp below state avg
Suspension rate
5.2%
State 3.6%
1.6pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
16.0%
State 18.0%
2.0pp below 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

At Citrus Hill High in Perris, 48.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 39.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Citrus Hill High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 9.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (49.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 318 students tested.

All students at this school: 32% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 32%, district —, state 36%32%
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 31%, district 32%, state 32%31% · −1 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 31%, district 30%, state 32%31% · −2 vs school
MaleMale: this school 26%, district 31%, state 42%26% · −6 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 39%, district 33%, state 44%39% · +6 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 6%, district 12%, state 11%6% · −27 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 7%, district 7%, state 15%7% · −25 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 54%, district 42%, state 56%54% · +22 vs school

7 of 15 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
Hispanic89.7% AP · 88.6% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.4% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Asian1.6% AP · 1.2% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.1% enroll.
Black3.6% AP · 4.6% enroll.
White3.9% AP · 3.8% enroll.
Two or more races0.9% AP · 1.5% enroll.
English learners2.0% AP · 16.1% enroll.
Students with disabilities2.0% AP · 13.6% 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 absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 28.0%, district 26.7%, state 30.2%28.0% · −2.2pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 5.2%, district —, state 3.6%5.2% · +1.6pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1227.8%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
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High School
Citrus Hill High
46/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Where graduates go

Context — none of this enters the Scope Score

In fall 2025, 45 of Citrus Hill's 382 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Riverside the most common landing, with 20 enrollees.

Applied118fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted103
Enrolled45
Where they landed (fall 2025)

5 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

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

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 335 completers, 53% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 57 (17%)California State University 22 (7%)California community college 75 (22%)In-state private 19 (6%)Out-of-state, 4-year 5 (1%)Out-of-state, 2-year 1 (0%)Not enrolled 156 (47%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 74 enrolled, 2016

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. 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, 53% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (75) than at UC (57).

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 : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 20:1, district 23:120:1
Teaching staff87 teachers
Avg. experience13.6 years
Fully credentialed84%
First-year teachers2%
Intern / emergency permit5.8%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$71,194 – $153,326
Principal salary$192,663 – $212,996
Superintendent salary$353,745

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers137 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers118 students
Advanced Coursework

Citrus Hill's teachers are authorized to teach 16 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 taught16
Math & Computer Science (5)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Computer Science Principles · Precalculus · Statistics
Sciences (2)Physics 1 · Physics 2
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (5)European History · Human Geography · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture
Arts (1)2-D Art and Design
IBDiploma Programme (DP)

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 spendingPer-pupil spending: $13,857, CA average $14,491$13,857 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$616 per student

$616 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,528 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
Instruction57%
Instruction support12%
Student services11%
Administration7%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other4%

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$13,995 per pupil
2019$13,167 per pupil
2018$13,534 per pupil
2017$14,085 per pupil
2016$13,604 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic91.5%
District 80.2% · CA 56.1%
White3.4%
District 3.3% · CA 19.9%
Black3.4%
District 10.6% · CA 4.8%
Other1.4%
District 4.4% · CA 9.0%
Asian0.3%
District 1.5% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 91.6% (28pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$79K · CA $85K
Median home value$471K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+11% · CA 35%
ZIP population58,082
Median age32 years

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

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 22% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Citrus Hill High a good high school?

Citrus Hill High has a Scope Score of 46 out of 100, placing it in the 52nd percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,037 statewide. 10.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 5.3 percentage points below 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 Citrus Hill High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 32.2% of students at Citrus Hill High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 10.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 21.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 10.6% 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. 700 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Citrus Hill High rank in California?

Citrus Hill High ranks #1,037 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 52nd 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 Citrus Hill High?

28.0% of students at Citrus Hill 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 5.2%. 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 Citrus Hill High compare to other schools in Perris?

Citrus Hill High scores 46/100 (52nd 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 1,630 students. Use the schools in Perris page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Citrus Hill High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Citrus Hill High in Perris, 48.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 39.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Citrus Hill High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 9.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (49.7% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 40.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 318 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 Citrus Hill High?

Citrus Hill High's teachers are authorized to teach 16 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: 2-D Art and Design, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, Human Geography, Physics 1, Physics 2, Precalculus, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History. 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 Citrus Hill High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 45 Citrus Hill 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.

Your other options

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Private alternatives nearby

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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%
10.6%
↓ vs CA 15.8% · 44th pctile
College readiness · 20%
52.3%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 60th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
32.2%
↓ vs CA 35.7% · 48th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
28.0%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 52th pctile
Suspension rate · 5%
5.2%
↓ vs CA 3.6% · 43th pctile
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
16.0%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 50th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1135118%32%23%27%51%+4
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 113493%11%29%58%14%−10
Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Grade 5/8/113503%19%69%9%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged31848.9%+9+11
Hispanic/Latino32049.7%+8+11
English Learners5311.3%−4+1
03Peer comparison · nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+GrowthSusp
Citrus Hill High ←—4610.6%32.2%—5.2%
Martin Luther King Jr. High2 mi5722.9%53.9%—3.5%
California average—4415.8%35.7%—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
94.1%
AP Exam Prepared
52.3%
A-G Completion
66.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
53.4%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrowth
20195162#78012.4%41.8%11.4%5.2%—
20224656#9249.9%30.5%30.8%6.4%—
20234554#9919.8%28.8%27.7%5.9%—
20244657#92410.4%33.2%26.8%5.3%—
20254652#103710.6%32.2%28.0%5.2%—
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
Group20192025Δ
Female12.0%29.0%+17.0pp
Male9.8%26.8%+17.0pp
Asian5.6%——
Black/African American16.1%25.4%+9.3pp
Hispanic/Latino9.9%28.1%+18.2pp
Two or More Races12.0%——
Students with Disabilities21.1%43.9%+22.8pp
English Learners15.4%31.2%+15.8pp
Foster Youth13.9%53.3%+39.4pp
Homeless20.3%56.9%+36.6pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.4%29.1%+17.7pp
All Students10.8%27.8%+17.0pp
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
2025118103453.873.953.96
2024136107523.823.964.08
202311787583.874.004.06
202213684443.743.994.08
2021162125713.823.994.04
202012481533.783.944.03
201915395573.854.094.16
201817195603.723.994.06
201716093573.753.944.03
201614894743.733.964.01
201513770543.613.913.95
201410059453.713.934.02

‹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. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202523‹3‹3
Berkeley202446‹3‹3
Berkeley2023387‹3
Berkeley2022404‹3
Berkeley2021284‹3
Davis20251912‹3
Davis2024257‹3
Davis20232111‹3
Davis20223710‹3
Davis20213618‹3
Irvine2025883211
Irvine202499229
Irvine202383238
Irvine20221053314
Irvine20211065622
Los Angeles20256364
Los Angeles20248475
Los Angeles20236663
Los Angeles20227433
Los Angeles202180105
Merced20253535‹3
Merced20241211‹3
Merced202365‹3
Merced20221312‹3
Merced20212521‹3
Riverside20251059220
Riverside20241038122
Riverside2023956829
Riverside20221096718
Riverside20211319839
San Diego202587305
San Diego2024924410
San Diego202368326
San Diego202285347
San Diego202110334‹3
Santa Barbara20253910‹3
Santa Barbara20243911‹3
Santa Barbara202331124
Santa Barbara20223312‹3
Santa Barbara20216415‹3
Santa Cruz20252116‹3
Santa Cruz202433253
Santa Cruz202329174
Santa Cruz2022234‹3
Santa Cruz20212512‹3
Universitywide202511810345
Universitywide202413610752
Universitywide20231178758
Universitywide20221368444
Universitywide202116212571

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
SubjectTaught by
2-D Art and Designthis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
European Historythis school
Human Geographythis school
Physics 1this school
Physics 2this school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis 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
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count18
AP enrollment561
IB participationoffered · 57 enrolled
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections6
Physics sections8
Chemistry sections19
Total enrollment (CRDC)1,819

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.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California5717.0%
California State University226.6%
California community college7522.4%
In-state private195.7%
Out-of-state, 4-year51.5%
Out-of-state, 2-year10.3%
Not enrolled15646.6%

335 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 53% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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) · IB World Schools directory (name-matched, 0.90 gate) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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