Independent charter school · Sequoia Union High · East Palo Alto, California

East Palo Alto Academy — Rating & test scores

East Palo Alto · 9–12 · 278 students (2024–25)

1050 Myrtle Street, 94303epaahs.org ↗(650) 893-8900

10thpercentileNeeds Support

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

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

See this school’s score factors ↓

East Palo Alto Academyhigher than 10 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

East Palo Alto Academyhigher than 10 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

East Palo Alto Academyhigher than 10 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 87% of the class graduated in four years (55 of 63); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 63
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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6.9% of students (18 of 262) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 262. District and California figures are averages of school rates (8 Sequoia Union High schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask East Palo Alto Academy how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is East Palo Alto Academy a good high school?

East Palo Alto Academy scores higher than 10 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 10th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 32 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 21 in 100 at the average high school in the Sequoia Union High district. 6.9% of students (18 of 262) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 33 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, 34% of low-income students in grade 11 at East Palo Alto Academy 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 3 AP courses in 3 subjects for 2025–26.

62 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?

67% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $5.6 million is planned for 27 funded actions in 5 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. 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 below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 41% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% 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”).

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 54 in English, 52 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 · 54 tested

Advanced: 9%
Proficient: 32%
Below the standard: 59%

This school41%

California57%

Sequoia Union High66%

41% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 52 tested

Advanced: 2%
Proficient: 6%
Below the standard: 92%

This school8%

California32%

Sequoia Union High49%

8% 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 33 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?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 39% to 41% and math from 4% to 8%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202539%71 tested

→

202641%54 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

20254%70 tested

→

20268%52 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	9%	32%	37%	22%	54
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · Sequoia Union High	40%	26%	16%	18%	2,026
Math, grade 11 · This school	2%	6%	13%	79%	52
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · Sequoia Union High	32%	17%	17%	34%	2,004

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 been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202641%57%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%2017202220268%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 47% in 2017 to 41% in 2026. In math, it was 8% in both 2017 and 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	47% 62 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	31% 68 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	51% 76 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	23% 65 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	39% 71 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	40% 65 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	39% 71 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	41% 54 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	8% 60 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	7% 68 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	12% 75 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	3% 63 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	8% 71 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	9% 64 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	4% 70 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	8% 52 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on East Palo Alto Academy’s results?

East Palo Alto Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed East Palo Alto Academy in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Sequoia Union High authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2030.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source

Life at school

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

87% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 52% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 67% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

87%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 55 of 63 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

52%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 33 of 63 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

53%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 29 of 55 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

67% enrolled in college within 12 months · 55 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓5 · 9%
California State University13 · 24%
California community college19 · 34%
In-state private0 · 0%
Out-of-state, 4-year0 · 0%
Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
Not enrolled18 · 33%

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 3 AP courses in 3 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 Science1
English1
World Languages & Cultures1

Every approved AP course3 courses in 3 subjects, 2 through outside providers

Math & Computer Science 1

Calculus AB

English 1

English Language and Composition

World Languages & Cultures 1

Spanish Language and Culture

2 authorizations through outside providers

Calculus ABEdgenuity · 2025–26
English Language and CompositionEdgenuity · 2025–26

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

62 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 · 55 of 63 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 · 33 of 63 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 · 29 of 55 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 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: 18
Admitted: 15
Enrolled: 3

By campus · fall 2025

UC MercedApplied 14 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 3
UCLAApplied 11 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC RiversideApplied 9 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
UC BerkeleyApplied 8 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC IrvineApplied 8 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC DavisApplied 7 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC San DiegoApplied 6 · Admitted 3 · 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 18 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 3
Fall 2024Applied 25 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled 5
Fall 2023Applied 19 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 5
Fall 2022Applied 26 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 13
Fall 2021Applied 31 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled 12
Fall 2020Applied 30 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 12
Fall 2019Applied 19 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 6
Fall 2018Applied 22 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 6
Fall 2017Applied 16 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 5
Fall 2016Applied 14 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 5

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

32 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average high school in the Sequoia Union High district, 21 in 100 were. 6.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 84 of 260 students counted for it; suspension: 18 of 262 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 high school in the Sequoia Union High district 4.8%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

32 in 100This school

21 in 100At the average high school in the Sequoia Union High district

22 in 100At the average California high school

84 of 260 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

6.9%

of students were suspended at least once (18 of 262). 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 East Palo Alto Academy

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 ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students scored well below the same group across California.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

34% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 7% in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% and 23% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students scored well below the same group across California in math.

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).

East Palo Alto AcademySame group, California

Low-incomeEnglish · 47 tested34%Same group, California 49%
Low-incomeMath · 45 tested7%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 52 tested42%Same group, California 49%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 50 tested8%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino93%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share7%

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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

44% 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 · 34 of 78 English learners44%

Sequoia Union High · 318 of 84438%

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?

63%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 176 of 278. California: 63%.

25teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

90%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Sequoia Union High	vs California
Low-income · 47 tested in English, 45 in math
English	34%	−438%	−1549%
Math	7%	−1219%	−1623%
Hispanic or Latino · 52 tested in English, 50 in math
English	42%	−244%	−749%
Math	8%	−1321%	−1321%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Sequoia Union High, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities 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, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	93%
White	—
Asian	—
Black or African American	—
Filipino	—
Two or more races	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

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: 90% of teaching positions, 23.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 26.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

In its own words

What does East Palo Alto Academy’s own plan commit to?

Its 2026–27 plan

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

$5.6 million

planned for 27 funded actions in 5 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 95 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 79% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.

Staffing: Highly Qualified Certificated Teachers, School Counselors, and Administration $2.9 million
Staffing: Classified Staff $961,148
Advisory program curriculum and stipends $614,883
24 other actions

Reading, math and catch-up help

7 of the plan’s 27 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Math $10,000
Catch-up help $3,750
English learners $219,370

Largest of these

Staffing: Bilingual family liaison$125,055
Staffing: English Language Development Teacher$91,115
MAP Math assessment testing$10,000

For high-need students

It plans $4.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $4.9 million and estimates it spent $4.9 million, within 1% of the plan.

What changed

The total is $283,940 (5%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Staffing: Classified Staff, which went from $1.3 million to $961,148.

Largest cuts

Staffing: Classified Staff−⁠$290,870
Staffing: Highly Qualified Certificated Teachers, School Counselors, and Administration−⁠$54,819

Largest increases

Positive Attendance Support Team+⁠$61,439

New in the 2026–27 plan

Advisory program curriculum and stipends$614,883
mental Health services and support$269,450
Staff: Site Technology Manager$178,758

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grade 11 only: 41% in English and 8% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure	2024–25	2025–26	Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2	39%	41%	up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1, 2 and 3	4%	8%	up 4 pts
Chronically absentGoal 4	32 in 100	32 in 100	no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 4	8.0%	6.9%	down 1.1 pts

Goal 5 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts

Staffing: Highly Qualified Certificated Teachers, School Counselors, and Administration · $2,857,537
Staffing: Classified Staff · $961,148
Advisory program curriculum and stipends · $614,883

The full plan5 goals, 39 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($5.6 million).

Where does the money go?

71% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Provide a rigorous, supportive and equity-driven educational program to the scholars of EPAA by ensuring…$4.0 million71% of action budgets

“Provide a rigorous, supportive and equity-driven educational program to the scholars of EPAA by ensuring highly effective teachers who are credentialed and highly qualified, able to effectively implement standards-aligned instructional materials (CCSS, NGSS, ELD), and able to provide access to a broad course of study, including extracurriculars. By providing a well-rounded program and student-centered supports, EPAA increases scholar resiliency and post-secondary success. (Conditions of Learning: State Priorities 1,2,7, and 8)” p. 10 ↗

6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $4.6 million (−⁠$553,896)

Largest funded actions

Staffing: Highly Qualified Certificated Teachers, School Counselors, and Administration$2.9 millionaction 1.2 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Staffing: Classified Staff$1.0 millionaction 1.5 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
After School Programs & Sports$0.1 millionaction 1.6 · p. 54 ↗
Master Schedule Development and Equity Reviewunder $0.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Professional Development: Teacher Collaborationunder $0.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 54 ↗

1 more funded action in this goal

Curricula: CCSS/NGSS (LCFF Base) · action 1.1 · p. 54 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $22,500 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Staffing: Classified Staff−⁠$0.3 million$1.3 million → $1.0 million · p. 54 ↗
Staffing: Highly Qualified Certificated Teachers, School Counselors, and Administration−⁠$0.1 million$2.9 million → $2.9 million · p. 54 ↗
Professional Development: Teacher Collaboration−⁠$10,000$40,000 → $30,000 · p. 54 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

After School Programs & Sports · $105,000 → $96,000 · p. 54 ↗−⁠$9,000
Master Schedule Development and Equity Review · $33,785 → $35,419 · p. 54 ↗+⁠$1,634
Curricula: CCSS/NGSS (LCFF Base) · $28,000 → $26,500 · p. 54 ↗−⁠$1,500

How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 2 quoted

Ensure that students with IEPs/504s receive the support services called for in their IEPs p. 12 ↗
Baseline
100%
Target for year 3
Maintain 100%
Facilities: School facilities in “good repair” [ ] p. 13 ↗
Baseline
100% facilities in good repair
Target for year 3
Maintain 100% facilities in good repair.

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Students will demonstrate annual progress using multiple measures including state-mandated assessments and…$12,300under 1% of action budgets

“Students will demonstrate annual progress using multiple measures including state-mandated assessments and local assessments, and Defense of Learning: Access to a rich, well-rounded curriculum that is aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and ELD Standards, making measurable progress in mastering grade-level CCSS” p. 17 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $64,934 (−⁠$52,634)

Largest funded actions

MAP Math assessment testing$10,000action 2.3 · p. 55 ↗
Standardized Testing$1,300action 2.2 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Defense of learning support$1,000action 2.4 · p. 55 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Standardized Testing−⁠$700$2,000 → $1,300 · p. 55 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

MAP Math assessment testing · $10,000 · p. 55 ↗new or renamed
Defense of learning support · $1,000 · p. 55 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 17 ↗.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalELL$94,3152% of action budgets

“Develop interventions and practices to support English Learner achievement and create systems to monitor / track progress through data analysis and collaboration between teams. By providing increased access to interventions and practices to strengthen student learning, EPAA increases English Learner achievement” p. 25 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $96,230 (−⁠$1,915)

Largest funded actions

Staffing: English Language Development Teacher$91,115action 3.1 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Curriculum: EL Achieve$2,200action 3.3 · p. 55 ↗
Professional Development: ELD standards integration & Constructing Meaning$1,000action 3.2 · p. 55 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Professional Development: ELD standards integration & Constructing Meaning−⁠$5,000$6,000 → $1,000 · p. 55 ↗
Staffing: English Language Development Teacher+⁠$3,085$88,030 → $91,115 · p. 55 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Curriculum: EL Achieve · $2,200 → $2,200 · p. 55 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 7 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 25 ↗.

Goal 4Promote and increase school and community connectedness by providing quality site-wide student, family, and…$1.5 million26% of action budgets

“Promote and increase school and community connectedness by providing quality site-wide student, family, and community engagement and education opportunities anchored in restorative practices and authentic community-centered values. Engagement & Climate” p. 30 ↗

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.0 million (+⁠$447,805)

Largest funded actions

Advisory program curriculum and stipends$614,883action 4.5 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $332,447 is state funding counted toward those services
mental Health services and support$269,450action 4.9 · p. 56 ↗
Staff: Site Technology Manager$178,758action 4.4 · p. 55 ↗
Staffing: Bilingual family liaison$125,055action 4.8 · p. 56 ↗
Positive Attendance Support Team$114,431action 4.3 · p. 55 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

Lucile Packard Children’s Health Services/Stanford University Mental Health services · action 4.7 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10,000 is state funding counted toward those services$80,576
Restorative Justice · action 4.2 · p. 55 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$80,000
Family University · action 4.1 · p. 55 ↗$5,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

Positive Attendance Support Team+⁠$61,439$52,992 → $114,431 · p. 55 ↗
Family University+⁠$3,000$2,000 → $5,000 · p. 55 ↗
Restorative Justice+⁠$515$79,485 → $80,000 · p. 55 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Advisory program curriculum and stipends · $614,883 · p. 55 ↗new or renamed
mental Health services and support · $269,450 · p. 56 ↗new or renamed
Staff: Site Technology Manager · $178,758 · p. 55 ↗new or renamed
Staffing: Bilingual family liaison · $125,055 · p. 56 ↗new or renamed
Lucile Packard Children’s Health Services/Stanford University Mental Health services · $80,576 · p. 56 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 1 quoted

Expulsion Rates [ ] p. 32 ↗
Baseline
0% Expulsion (2022-2023 rate)
Target for year 3
0% Expulsion for 2026-2027

10 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5Increase the percentage of students college and career-ready by improving the A-G eligibility rate of our…$53,9001% of action budgets

“Increase the percentage of students college and career-ready by improving the A-G eligibility rate of our students, particularly long-term English language learners. Empower all students to independently and successfully navigate the post-secondary pathway, with students able to complete the eligibility requirements, application, and enrollment processes, knowledgeable about the array of choices, and possessing the requisite skills to follow through” p. 39 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $177,200 (−⁠$123,300)

Largest funded actions

College Visits$36,000action 5.7 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
On-going PD for College & Career Team, as well as other staff, Travel & Conferences$10,050action 5.8 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $50 is state funding counted toward those services
Summer Bridge$3,650action 5.4 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $50 is state funding counted toward those services
School Counselor, Senior Seminar Teacher, and College & Career Specialist OT$2,000action 5.1 · p. 56 ↗
Early College$2,000action 5.6 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

2 more funded actions in this goal

Senior Seminar · action 5.3 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$100
Credit Recovery Opportunities · action 5.5 · p. 56 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$100

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

College Visits+⁠$6,000$30,000 → $36,000 · p. 56 ↗
Early College−⁠$4,000$6,000 → $2,000 · p. 56 ↗
School Counselor, Senior Seminar Teacher, and College & Career Specialist OT−⁠$1,000$3,000 → $2,000 · p. 56 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

On-going PD for College & Career Team, as well as other staff, Travel & Conferences · $10,050 · p. 56 ↗new or renamed
Summer Bridge · $3,650 · p. 56 ↗new or renamed
Senior Seminar · $100 → $100 · p. 56 ↗unchanged
Credit Recovery Opportunities · $100 → $100 · p. 56 ↗unchanged

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 1 quoted

FAFSA or CADA Completion [ ] p. 40 ↗
Baseline
78% (as of May 2024)
Target for year 3
90% Seniors completed FAFSA or CADA

4 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Next steps

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Before you apply

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Eligibility and entry grades: Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery: What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics: What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

School website: epaahs.org ↗Office: (650) 893-8900Administrator: Sabrina Silverman

Location and visiting

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1050 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto 94303

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Questions for your visit

What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 6.9% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (18 of 262 students); average California high school: 2.9%
What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 59% in English and 92% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (54 tested in English, 52 in math); California: 43% and 68%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon? 32 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (84 of 260 students); average high school in the Sequoia Union High district: 21 in 100
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (650) 893-89001050 Myrtle 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

KIPP Esperanza High0.3 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
46thDevelopingScope Score 55
Oxford Day AcademySan Mateo County Office of Education · 0.4 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
1stNeeds SupportScope Score 27
Palo Alto HighPalo Alto Unified · 2.3 mi
98thStrongScope Score 88
Menlo-Atherton High2.3 mi
79thStrongScope Score 68

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

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Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #1,336 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #8 of 8 in Sequoia Union High

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	87%	51	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	4%	37	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	52%	55	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	22%	40	18%
Chronically absent	32 in 100	49	5%
Suspension rate	8.0% (23 of 288)	34	5%
English learners: top level	14%	—	5%

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.

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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	41	10	#1336	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	not on file	not on file
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	36 in 100	5.4% (16 of 297)
2024–25	32 in 100	8.0% (23 of 288)

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
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	54	9%	32%	37%	22%	41%	57%	−16

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
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	52	2%	6%	13%	79%	8%	32%	−24

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	54	9%	41%
2026 · Math	52	2%	8%
2025 · English	71	8%	39%
2025 · Math	70	0%	4%
2024 · English	65	9%	40%
2024 · Math	64	2%	9%
2023 · English	71	11%	39%
2023 · Math	71	1%	8%
2022 · English	65	3%	23%
2022 · Math	63	0%	3%
2019 · English	76	13%	51%
2019 · Math	75	1%	12%
2018 · English	68	6%	31%
2018 · Math	68	1%	7%
2017 · English	62	10%	47%
2017 · Math	60	3%	8%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	71	39%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	70	4%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	65	40%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	64	9%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	71	39%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	71	8%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	65	23%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	63	3%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	76	51%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	75	12%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	68	31%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	68	7%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	62	47%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	60	8%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	51	0%	16%	78%	6%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	47	34%	−4	−15
Hispanic or Latino	52	42%	−2	−7

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 · 32 in 100 → 2025–26 · 32 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 8.0% (23 of 288) → 2025–26 · 6.9% (18 of 262) · −1.1 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	—	31 in 100	—
Male	—	34 in 100	—
Hispanic or Latino	—	31 in 100	—
Students with disabilities	—	46 in 100	—
English learners	—	33 in 100	—
Low-income	—	34 in 100	—
All students	—	32 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

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 52% · numerator 33 students classified Prepared · denominator 63 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 73% · AP-pathway numerator 24 · denominator 33 (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 33 of 63 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

87%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

73%

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)

53%

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

College-going rate

67%

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

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	18	15	3	3.49	3.60	—
2024	25	16	5	3.40	3.54	3.73
2023	19	11	5	3.48	3.68	3.97
2022	26	15	13	3.54	3.86	3.83
2021	31	18	12	3.32	3.72	3.69
2020	30	20	12	3.38	3.63	3.73
2019	19	8	6	3.27	3.63	3.55
2018	22	12	6	3.46	3.75	3.78
2017	16	10	5	3.42	3.68	3.66
2016	14	8	5	3.36	3.59	3.54

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

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	8	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2024	13	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2023	10	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2022	16	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2021	19	5	4
Davis	2025	7	under 3	under 3
Davis	2024	13	under 3	under 3
Davis	2023	13	3	under 3
Davis	2022	9	5	under 3
Davis	2021	20	8	under 3
Irvine	2025	8	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2024	9	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2022	9	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2021	11	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2025	11	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2024	15	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2023	5	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2022	18	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2021	16	under 3	under 3
Merced	2025	14	13	under 3
Merced	2024	16	13	under 3
Merced	2023	12	9	under 3
Merced	2022	13	10	4
Merced	2021	18	12	4
Riverside	2025	9	6	under 3
Riverside	2022	8	under 3	under 3
Riverside	2021	12	6	under 3
San Diego	2025	6	3	under 3
San Diego	2024	7	under 3	under 3
San Diego	2022	12	5	under 3
San Diego	2021	8	under 3	under 3
Santa Barbara	2023	8	under 3	under 3
Santa Barbara	2022	6	4	under 3
Santa Barbara	2021	6	under 3	under 3
Santa Cruz	2024	16	8	under 3
Santa Cruz	2023	13	4	under 3
Santa Cruz	2022	11	6	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	16	7	under 3
Universitywide	2025	18	15	3
Universitywide	2024	25	16	5
Universitywide	2023	19	11	5
Universitywide	2022	26	15	13
Universitywide	2021	31	18	12

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

Subject	Authorization recorded for
Calculus AB	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Calculus AB	online provider (Edgenuity)
English Language and Composition	online provider (Edgenuity)

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

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	3
AP enrollment (male/female)	40
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 62 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	1
Physics sections	3
Chemistry sections	2
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	282

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

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	5	9%
California State University	13	24%
California community college	19	34%
In-state private	0	0%
Out-of-state, 4-year	0	0%
Out-of-state, 2-year	0	0%
Not enrolled	18	33%

55 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 67% · % 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$20,527 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9,424 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$31,271 per ADA

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

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 53%Instruction support 13%Student services 16%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$129,781,479	52.88%	53%
Instruction support	$31,718,608	12.92%	13%
Student services	$38,157,340	15.55%	16%
Administration	$18,138,391	7.39%	7%
Buildings & maintenance	$22,893,729	9.33%	9%
Other	$4,726,539	1.93%	2%
Total	$245,416,087	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $245,416,087 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$20,527 per pupil

2020$19,977 per pupil

2019$19,367 per pupil

2018$16,314 per pupil

2017$15,522 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 holders0.0%

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 94303 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94303 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$151,609
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	49%
ZIP-area population	46,879
Median age	39.5 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 94303 →

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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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