Public school · Davis Joint Unified · Davis, California

Davis Senior High — Rating & test scores

Davis · 10–12 · 1,755 students (2024–25)

93rdpercentileStrong

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

Scope Score
80

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

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 94% of the class graduated in four years (522 of 554); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 554
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).
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In grade 11, spring 2026, 81% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 66% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

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

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11: 464 in English, 443 in math. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Davis Senior High a good high school?

Davis Senior High scores higher than 93 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 93rd percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 22 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 25 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified high school. 2.8% of students (50 of 1,791) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

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How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 59% of low-income students in grade 11 at Davis Senior High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 19 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

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

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

83% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 81% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 66% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 464 in English, 443 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 464 tested

Advanced
56%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
19%
This school81%
California57%
Davis Joint Unified77%

81% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 443 tested

Advanced
44%
Proficient
22%
Below the standard
34%
This school66%
California32%
Davis Joint Unified61%

66% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

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

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 86% to 81% and math from 70% to 66%.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school56%25%9%10%464
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Davis Joint Unified52%25%11%12%565
Math, grade 11 · This school44%22%15%19%443
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Davis Joint Unified41%20%16%23%543

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

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

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202681%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202666%32%

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

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 84% in 2017 to 81% in 2026. In math, it went from 71% in 2017 to 66% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201784%
529 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201880%
488 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201982%
442 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202278%
478 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202377%
477 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202476%
422 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202586%
452 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202681%
464 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201771%
514 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201872%
451 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201974%
379 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202262%
450 tested
27%
424,390 tested
202362%
481 tested
27%
440,912 tested
202465%
391 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202570%
438 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202666%
443 tested
32%
413,523 tested

Life at school

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

94% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 74% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 83% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

94%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 522 of 554 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

74%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 411 of 554 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

84%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 437 of 522 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

83% enrolled in college within 12 months · 547 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓126 · 23%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓96 · 18%
  • California community college129 · 24%
  • In-state private22 · 4%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year77 · 14%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year3 · <1%
  • Not enrolled94 · 17%

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

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 19 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

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

  • Math & Computer Science3
  • Sciences3
  • English1
  • History & Social Science5
  • World Languages & Cultures3
  • Arts4
Every approved AP course19 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 3
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Statistics
Sciences 3
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics 2
English 1
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 5
  • Human Geography
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
World Languages & Cultures 3
  • French Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
Arts 4
  • 2-D Art and Design
  • 3-D Art and Design
  • Art History
  • Drawing

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
1 students took one

2023–24

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

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

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 522 of 554 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 411 of 554 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 437 of 522 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

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

Applied
313
Admitted
258
Enrolled
119

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC San DiegoApplied 243 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled 13
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 231 · Admitted 72 · Enrolled 21
  • UC DavisApplied 230 · Admitted 97 · Enrolled 22
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 225 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled 14
  • UCLAApplied 206 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled 10
  • UC IrvineApplied 205 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 4
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 187 · Admitted 157 · Enrolled 29
  • UC RiversideApplied 108 · Admitted 98 · Enrolled 5
  • UC MercedApplied 100 · Admitted 99 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 313 · Admitted 258 · Enrolled 119
  • Fall 2024Applied 335 · Admitted 254 · Enrolled 144
  • Fall 2023Applied 317 · Admitted 234 · Enrolled 130
  • Fall 2022Applied 320 · Admitted 211 · Enrolled 111
  • Fall 2021Applied 326 · Admitted 238 · Enrolled 144
  • Fall 2020Applied 310 · Admitted 246 · Enrolled 139
  • Fall 2019Applied 294 · Admitted 206 · Enrolled 111
  • Fall 2018Applied 283 · Admitted 182 · Enrolled 105
  • Fall 2017Applied 296 · Admitted 201 · Enrolled 106
  • Fall 2016Applied 280 · Admitted 214 · Enrolled 123

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied
307
Admitted
295
Enrolled
76

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 1,038 · Admitted 321 · Enrolled 92
  • San Diego StateApplied 965 · Admitted 462 · Enrolled 82
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 571 · Admitted 344 · Enrolled 14
  • Sacramento StateApplied 561 · Admitted 547 · Enrolled 66
  • Chico StateApplied 391 · Admitted 375 · Enrolled 49
  • San José StateApplied 362 · Admitted 302 · Enrolled 29
  • San Francisco StateApplied 354 · Admitted 339 · Enrolled 22
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 339 · Admitted 261 · Enrolled 13
  • Sonoma StateApplied 300 · Admitted 293 · Enrolled 19
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 266 · Admitted 255 · Enrolled 23
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 231 · Admitted 224 · Enrolled 11
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 161 · Admitted 139 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 101 · Admitted 99 · Enrolled 9
  • Cal State LAApplied 85 · Admitted 73 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 84 · Admitted 78 · Enrolled 6
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 70 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 61 · Admitted 52 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 58 · Admitted 57 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 28 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied 21 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 20 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 17 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 14 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 307 · Admitted 295 · Enrolled 76
  • Fall 2024Applied 366 · Admitted 358 · Enrolled 108
  • Fall 2023Applied 323 · Admitted 309 · Enrolled 106
  • Fall 2022Applied 298 · Admitted 287 · Enrolled 95
  • Fall 2021Applied 289 · Admitted 277 · Enrolled 68

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

22 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 2.8% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Context Close to the 25 in 100 at the average Davis Joint Unified high school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 399 of 1,780 students counted for it; suspension: 50 of 1,791 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Davis Joint Unified high school 2.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

22 in 100This school
25 in 100At the average Davis Joint Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

399 of 1,780 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.8%

of students were suspended at least once (50 of 1,791). Average California high school 2.9%.

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

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Davis Senior High

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

Questions for your visit ↓

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 37% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 21% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 37% in math, against 23% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Davis Senior HighSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian108 tested76%Same group, California 67%
  • White193 tested74%Same group, California 44%
  • Two or more races37 tested73%Same group, California 43%
  • Low-income110 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 37%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino86 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 37%Same group, California 21%
  • Students with disabilities31 tested16%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 26% to 85%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. White: 44%2. Hispanic or Latino: 24%3. Asian: 18%4. Two or more races: 8%5. Black or African American: 3%6. Filipino: 1%7. Not reported: 1%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. White44%
  2. Hispanic or Latino24%
  3. Asian18%
  4. Two or more races8%
  5. Black or African American3%
  6. Filipino1%
  7. Not reported1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

49% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

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

This school · 25 of 51 English learners49%
Davis Joint Unified · 225 of 36462%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

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

Who are the families and teachers?

31%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 545 of 1,755. California: 63%.

84teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

85%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino and low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Davis Joint Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 121 tested in English, 110 in math
English59%+752%+1049%
Math37%+532%+1423%
White · 203 tested in English, 193 in math
English85%+382%+1768%
Math74%+569%+3044%
Asian · 110 tested in English, 108 in math
English85%085%+679%
Math76%076%+967%
Hispanic or Latino · 92 tested in English, 86 in math
English70%+862%+2149%
Math37%+730%+1621%
Two or more races · 37 tested
English81%+378%+1467%
Math73%+271%+3043%
Students with disabilities · 35 tested in English, 31 in math
English26%+620%+719%
Math16%+412%+88%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Davis Joint Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

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

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
White44%
Hispanic or Latino24%
Asian18%
Two or more races8%
Black or African American3%
Filipino1%
Not reported1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

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

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 85% of teaching positions, 68 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 80.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Davis Senior High, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    97th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle
    86th · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High · this school
    Davis Senior High
    Grades 10–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Pioneer Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Marguerite Montgomery Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    68th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    65th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Birch Lane Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    59th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • North Davis Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    84th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Robert E. Willett Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    92nd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Patwin Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    80th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Fairfield Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    73% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Cesar Chavez Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    83rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    86th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    94th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    72nd percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

    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 it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

How do I get in?

Ask Davis Joint Unified which school serves your address.

School website: dshs.djusd.net ↗Office: (530) 757-5400Administrator: Bryce Geigle
315 West 14th Street, Davis 95616

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Davis Joint Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 86% in 2025 to 81% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How do you stretch students who are already ahead? 56% scored Advanced in English, grade 11, spring 2026 (464 students tested); California: 27%
  5. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (530) 757-5400315 West 14th Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #99 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #1 of 3 in Davis Joint Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate94%5825%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math55%9322%
Ready for college or career (state measure)74%6920%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math78%8118%
Chronically absent20 in 100585%
Suspension rate3.7% (67 of 1,809)505%
English learners: top level17%525%

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

School patterns · 2024–25 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here exceeded the standard, the state’s top level. The Exceeded standard row above gives the figure.
Broad baseMost students here met or exceeded the standard. The Met or exceeded row above gives the figure.
Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–258093#99California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

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

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–199 in 1003.6% (66 of 1,852)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2418 in 1003.9% (72 of 1,837)
2024–2520 in 1003.7% (67 of 1,809)

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

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1146456%25%9%10%81%57%+24

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

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1144344%22%15%19%66%32%+34

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

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

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

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English46456%81%
2026 · Math44344%66%
2025 · English45260%86%
2025 · Math43850%70%
2024 · English42248%76%
2024 · Math39142%65%
2023 · English47753%77%
2023 · Math48140%62%
2022 · English47850%78%
2022 · Math45043%62%
2019 · English44258%82%
2019 · Math37952%74%
2018 · English48855%80%
2018 · Math45144%72%
2017 · English52955%84%
2017 · Math51439%71%

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

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English45286%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math43870%
2024 · Grade 11 · English42276%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math39165%
2023 · Grade 11 · English47777%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math48162%
2022 · Grade 11 · English47878%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math45062%
2019 · Grade 11 · English44282%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math37974%
2018 · Grade 11 · English48880%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math45172%
2017 · Grade 11 · English52984%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math51471%

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

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide46236%33%27%3%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income12159%+7+10
White20385%+3+17
Asian11085%0+6
Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

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

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 22 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.7% (67 of 1,809) → 2025–26 · 2.8% (50 of 1,791) · −0.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female9 in 10024 in 100+15 in 100
Male10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
Asian4 in 10016 in 100+12 in 100
Black or African American18 in 10034 in 100+16 in 100
Filipino13 in 10013 in 1000 in 100
Hispanic or Latino12 in 10028 in 100+16 in 100
Two or more races10 in 10021 in 100+11 in 100
White9 in 10021 in 100+12 in 100
Students with disabilities24 in 10050 in 100+26 in 100
English learners19 in 10041 in 100+22 in 100
Low-income18 in 10036 in 100+18 in 100
All students9 in 10022 in 100+13 in 100
Homeless—47 in 100—
Military families—50 in 100—

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

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 74% · numerator 411 students classified Prepared · denominator 554 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 80% · AP-pathway numerator 330 · denominator 411 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 411 of 554 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate
94%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
80%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
84%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
83%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
20253132581194.004.054.11
20243352541444.014.094.12
20233172341304.044.114.15
20223202111114.124.194.25
20213262381444.004.104.15
20203102461393.964.044.06
20192942061113.924.034.08
20182831821053.944.064.11
20172962011063.934.064.09
20162802141233.904.004.08

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

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley20252252214
Berkeley20242334029
Berkeley20232043625
Berkeley20222132010
Berkeley20211992310
Davis20252309722
Davis202426511437
Davis20232197825
Davis20222248921
Davis20212019433
Irvine2025205334
Irvine20242234610
Irvine20232156417
Irvine20222123510
Irvine20211955313
Los Angeles20252061710
Los Angeles2024232185
Los Angeles2023223219
Los Angeles20222232414
Los Angeles20212202516
Merced202510099under 3
Merced202455545
Merced202361598
Merced202256545
Merced202158553
Riverside2025108985
Riverside202470624
Riverside202368523
Riverside202268536
Riverside202170566
San Diego20252435413
San Diego2024261517
San Diego20232515310
San Diego20222514615
San Diego20212346215
Santa Barbara20252317221
Santa Barbara20242549018
Santa Barbara2023244515
Santa Barbara20222495211
Santa Barbara20212346414
Santa Cruz202518715729
Santa Cruz202421714929
Santa Cruz202321915228
Santa Cruz20222038219
Santa Cruz202121615034
Universitywide2025313258119
Universitywide2024335254144
Universitywide2023317234130
Universitywide2022320211111
Universitywide2021326238144

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

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
2-D Art and Designthis school
3-D Art and Designthis school
Art Historythis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Drawingthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
French Language and Culturethis school
Human Geographythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Physics 2this school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature 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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count20
AP enrollment (male/female)913
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 1 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections8
Physics sections12
Chemistry sections19
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)1,751

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

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California12623%
California State University9618%
California community college12924%
In-state private224%
Out-of-state, 4-year7714%
Out-of-state, 2-year30%
Not enrolled9417%

547 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 83% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,513 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,229 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$954 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,755

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,563 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 58%Instruction support 12%Student services 11%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$73,379,88158.11%58%
Instruction support$15,030,57911.90%12%
Student services$13,388,71310.60%11%
Administration$10,377,4218.22%8%
Buildings & maintenance$11,911,9279.43%9%
Other$2,188,7751.73%2%
Total$126,277,295100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $126,277,295 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$14,513 per pupil
2020$12,722 per pupil
2019$12,987 per pupil
2018$12,299 per pupil
2017$11,369 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders2.9%

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

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 95616 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95616 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$74,359
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)78%
ZIP-area population53,630
Median age23.0 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 95616 →

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

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