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Granada High · Livermore

Granada High: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

Granada posts 59% meeting the standard, and 31.6% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.

400 Wall Street, 94550 (opens in new tab)·Livermore Valley Joint Unified·Livermore·Grades 9-12·2,156 students·16% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(925) 606-4800·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope5944
% Exceeded32%16%
% Met+59%36%
Grad rate98.5%86.6%
College readiness47.0%33.9%
Absence10.7%30.2%
Suspension2.5%3.6%
Scope Score
59
💪 Strong All-Around · Solid
ranked #369 statewide · #1 of 4 in Livermore Valley Joint Unified

Granada High scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 83rd percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “59% proficient” and call it done. Granada deserves a closer read. It sits at the 83rd percentile of 2,160 California high schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

Granada's low-income kids hit 55.8% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has held the 83rd-percentile line every tested year since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELABlue(Increased Significantly)MathBlue(Increased Significantly)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 59% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1167%66%72%77%75%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1150%44%51%47%43%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
59%
State 36%
Graduate
99%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
47%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 59 are proficient by 11th grade → 99 graduate → 47 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

55.8%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Granada's most underrated number

55.8% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Granada low-income: 55.8%State low-income: 38.2%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
98.5%
State 86.6%
11.9pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
31.6%
State 15.8%
15.8pp above state avg
College readiness
47.0%
State 33.9%
AP exam pass rate above state avg
Met or exceeded
59.1%
State 35.7%
23.4pp above state avg
Chronic absenteeism
10.7%
State 30.2%
19.5pp below state avg
Suspension rate
2.5%
State 3.6%
1.1pp below state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
9.1%
State 18.0%
8.9pp below state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Granada High in Livermore, 55.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Granada High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 21.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (17.7% Math proficient); White students (78.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 65.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 96 students tested.

All students at this school: 59% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 59%, district —, state 36%59%
MaleMale: this school 56%, district 55%, state 42%56% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 63%, district 57%, state 44%63% · +3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 64%, district 63%, state 56%64% · +4 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 39%, district 34%, state 32%39% · −21 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 37%, district 28%, state 32%37% · −22 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 83%, district 80%, state 72%83% · +24 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 69%, district 65%, state 56%69% · +10 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 21%, district 23%, state 15%21% · −38 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 6%, state 11%5% · −55 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 55%, district 71%, state 65%55% · −5 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: too few students to report‹11
Pacific IslanderPacific Islander: too few students to report‹11
HomelessHomeless: too few students to report‹11
Military-ConnectedMilitary-Connected: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored

In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Hispanic students were 29% of Granada's enrollment but 13% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic13.0% AP · 28.9% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Asian25.6% AP · 12.6% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.2% AP · 0.5% enroll.
Black0.7% AP · 1.2% enroll.
White49.0% AP · 48.0% enroll.
Two or more races11.4% AP · 8.5% enroll.
English learners1.1% AP · 6.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.9% AP · 12.2% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 10.7%, district 17.1%, state 30.2%10.7% · −19.5pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.5%, district —, state 3.6%2.5% · −1.1pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1210.1%

Where the path goes

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

K-12 Feeder Path
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High School
Granada High
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This school

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

Where graduates go

Context — none of this enters the Scope Score

In fall 2025, 69 of Granada's 524 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Santa Cruz the most common landing, with 18 enrollees.

Applied162fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted130
Enrolled69
Where they landed (fall 2025)
Santa Cruz 18Los Angeles 9Berkeley 8Davis 8San Diego 8Santa Barbara 7Riverside 6Merced 3Irvine ‹3

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

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 509 completers, 81% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 48 (9%)California State University 75 (15%)California community college 192 (38%)In-state private 19 (4%)Out-of-state, 4-year 75 (15%)Out-of-state, 2-year 3 (1%)Not enrolled 97 (19%)

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

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

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 81% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (192) than at UC (48).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 22:1, district 22:122:1
Teaching staff112 teachers
Avg. experience13.9 years
Fully credentialed79%
First-year teachers5%
Intern / emergency permit3.9%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$58,717 – $131,624
Principal salary$178,222 – $198,882
Superintendent salary$353,000

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers185 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers193 students
Advanced Coursework

Granada's teachers are authorized to teach 22 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — above the 14-subject median among California schools that offer AP at all — including Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, and Computer Science A.

AP subjects taught22
Math & Computer Science (5)Calculus BC · Computer Science A · Computer Science Principles · Precalculus · Statistics
Sciences (4)Biology · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Physics C: Mechanics
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (7)European History · Human Geography · Macroeconomics · Microeconomics · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture
Arts (2)2-D Art and Design · 3-D Art and Design
AP Capstone (1)Seminar
IBDiploma Programme (DP)

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $15,822, CA average $14,491$15,822 · spent at this school
Federal share$5 per student

$5 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,839 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction62%
Instruction support14%
Student services10%
Administration5%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,689 per pupil
2019$11,923 per pupil
2018$12,373 per pupil
2017$11,323 per pupil
2016$10,183 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

White39.8%
District 38.5% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic31.4%
District 32.4% · CA 56.1%
Asian14.8%
District 15.7% · CA 10.2%
Other12.8%
District 11.9% · CA 9.0%
Black1.1%
District 1.5% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 15.7% (48pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$180K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.20M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+56% · CA 35%
ZIP population49,873
Median age42 years

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

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 57% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Granada High a good high school?

Granada High has a Scope Score of 59 out of 100, placing it in the 83rd percentile of California high schools and ranked #369 statewide. 31.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 15.8 percentage points above the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Granada High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 59.1% of students at Granada High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 31.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 27.5% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 31.6% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,040 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Granada High rank in California?

Granada High ranks #369 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 83rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at Granada High?

10.7% of students at Granada High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 2.5%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Granada High compare to other schools in Livermore?

Granada High scores 59/100 (83rd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,156 students. Use the schools in Livermore page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Granada High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Granada High in Livermore, 55.8% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Granada High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 21.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (17.7% Math proficient); White students (78.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 65.7 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 96 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Granada High?

Granada High's teachers are authorized to teach 22 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science A, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics C: Mechanics, Precalculus, Psychology, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Granada High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 69 Granada High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Your other options

All schools in Livermore →

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.

For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
98.5%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 63th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
31.6%
↑ vs CA 15.8% · 67th pctile
College readiness · 20%
47.0%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 57th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
59.1%
↑ vs CA 35.7% · 67th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
10.7%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 66th pctile
Suspension rate · 5%
2.5%
↑ vs CA 3.6% · 55th pctile
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
9.1%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 38th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1152040%34%15%11%75%+28
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1152023%21%26%31%43%+20
Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Grade 5/8/1153121%37%40%2%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged9655.8%+21+18
White20178.9%+10+17
Hispanic/Latino16759.6%+19+21
03Peer comparison · nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+GrowthSusp
Granada High ←—5931.6%59.1%—2.5%
Livermore High1.6 mi5322.0%47.0%—2.9%
Del Valle Continuation High1.3 mi301.4%8.0%—3.1%
California average—4415.8%35.7%—3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
98.5%
AP Exam Prepared
47.0%
A-G Completion
64.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
80.9%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrowth
20196182#36326.6%58.6%0.7%4.0%—
20225984#34028.0%54.9%8.5%4.6%—
20236289#24734.0%61.2%5.9%3.8%—
20246288#25435.0%62.0%11.5%3.0%—
20255983#36931.6%59.1%10.7%2.5%—
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female0.0%11.2%+11.2pp
Male0.0%9.1%+9.1pp
Asian0.0%4.9%+4.9pp
Black/African American0.0%20.8%+20.8pp
White0.0%11.9%+11.9pp
Hispanic/Latino0.0%14.0%+14.0pp
Pacific Islander0.0%——
Two or More Races0.0%7.1%+7.1pp
Students with Disabilities0.0%19.6%+19.6pp
English Learners0.0%25.4%+25.4pp
Homeless0.0%37.5%+37.5pp
Military-Connected0.0%4.8%+4.8pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged0.0%20.7%+20.7pp
All Students0.0%10.1%+10.1pp
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
2025162130693.984.024.07
2024185121493.924.024.10
202316098503.944.024.10
202216690473.944.054.13
202116196583.884.074.13
202012579403.884.004.05
201914886453.914.054.13
201814170343.824.044.13
201712371393.834.034.13
201611079443.783.933.98
20158754303.773.954.00
201410070403.813.964.05

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025110118
Berkeley20241095‹3
Berkeley2023984‹3
Berkeley20227844
Berkeley202188129
Davis2025125358
Davis2024130327
Davis20231123110
Davis20221062810
Davis20211044721
Irvine202511024‹3
Irvine2024115133
Irvine2023105167
Irvine2022105103
Irvine202178144
Los Angeles2025123129
Los Angeles202412297
Los Angeles202310466
Los Angeles202210064
Los Angeles20219554
Merced202563623
Merced20244544‹3
Merced20233130‹3
Merced20223028‹3
Merced20211615‹3
Riverside202577726
Riverside202455463
Riverside202342303
Riverside202238303
Riverside202134255
San Diego2025116328
San Diego2024126194
San Diego2023107145
San Diego202298155
San Diego202198284
Santa Barbara2025113377
Santa Barbara2024124317
Santa Barbara2023101289
Santa Barbara2022101199
Santa Barbara2021109264
Santa Cruz2025967618
Santa Cruz20241187715
Santa Cruz202395609
Santa Cruz202294329
Santa Cruz202174445
Universitywide202516213069
Universitywide202418512149
Universitywide20231609850
Universitywide20221669047
Universitywide20211619658

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
2-D Art and Designthis school
3-D Art and Designthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Athis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
European Historythis school
Human Geographythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Physics C: Mechanicsthis school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count13
AP enrollment437
IB participationoffered · 396 enrolled
Dual enrollmentoffered · 70 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections21
Chemistry sections13
Total enrollment (CRDC)2,334

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California489.4%
California State University7514.7%
California community college19237.7%
In-state private193.7%
Out-of-state, 4-year7514.7%
Out-of-state, 2-year30.6%
Not enrolled9719.1%

509 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 81% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=2,160 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · UC Infocenter (annual refresh, summer) — ‹5/‹3 = masked, never summed across campuses · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · IB World Schools directory (name-matched, 0.90 gate) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-07-03methodology · data updates · CSV · report issue

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