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Glendale High

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

School overview

Enrollment
2,006 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
67%
Teachers
96 full-time

College & career readiness

Graduation Rate
94.0%
AP Exam Prepared
70.7%
A-G Completion
40.0%
College-Going Rate
77.0%

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

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Maintained
+2.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Declined
-13.2 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
17.8%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 547 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic31.9%
White55.3%
Asian2.7%
Black1.1%
Other9.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Glendale High
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard11.8%
Met Standard16.9%
Below Standard71.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "29% proficient" for Glendale High and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

11.8% of students exceeded standard while 16.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.7 points below the state average of 15.5%. That's 19.2 points below the Glendale Unified district average of 31.0%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 10.2% exceeded — about the same. 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 94.0% — above the state target. 40.0% of students complete A-G requirements for UC/CSU eligibility. 77.0% of graduates go on to college within a year.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.9%, better than the state average of 34.0%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
11.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
28.7%
Students meeting standard
Chronic Absenteeism
18.9%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
5.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
914
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th44616.1%21.1%20.6%42.1%37.2%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
11th4687.5%12.6%15.0%65.0%20.1%
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