ExploreMapCompareBlogSign in

Gilroy High

High School
Gilroy UnifiedGilroySanta Clara County95020
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of high schools
State Rank
of 1,739 California high schools

School overview

Enrollment
1,664 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
54%
Teachers
75 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
92.9%
AP Exam Prepared
64.4%
A-G Completion
51.5%
College-Going Rate
69.1%

Data source: California Department of Education — ACGR, CCI, CGR reports

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Declined Significantly
-46.1 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Declined Significantly
-21.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
11.4%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 388 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic80.2%
White10.0%
Asian2.7%
Black0.5%
Other6.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Gilroy High
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.4%
Met Standard15.3%
Below Standard76.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "24% proficient" for Gilroy High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.4% of students exceeded standard while 15.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.1 points below the state average of 15.5%. That's 9.5 points below the Gilroy Unified district average of 18.0%. The 2 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 33.8% exceeded — 25.3 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

The graduation rate is 92.9% — above the state target. 51.5% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility — a strong college readiness signal. 69.1% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 25.8%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
23.8%
Students meeting standard
Chronic Absenteeism
25.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
6.0%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
680
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th33813.9%22.5%27.5%36.1%36.4%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th3422.9%8.2%20.8%68.1%11.1%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score