Independent charter school · San Diego Unified · San Diego, California

High Tech High Media Arts — Rating & test scores

San Diego · 9–12 · 355 students (2024–25)

2230 Truxtun Road Third Floor, 92106hightechhigh.org ↗(619) 398-8620

Open enrollment ends: .

Applying for 2027–28. From the school’s site ↗, read October 26, 2026. Later applications lose lottery priority.

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16thpercentileNeeds 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
44

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, 97% of the class graduated in four years (95 of 98); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 98
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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The California School Campus Database records High Tech Middle, High Tech High International, High Tech Middle Media Arts, High Tech High and High Tech Elementary Explorer on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 23% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 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. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Apply on High Tech High Media Arts’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is High Tech High Media Arts a good high school?

High Tech High Media Arts scores higher than 16 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 16th percentile, Needs Support, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 23 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 16 in 100 at the average San Diego Unified high school. 3.0% of students (11 of 368) 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 36 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, 54% of low-income students in grade 11 at High Tech High Media Arts in San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

40 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?

77% 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, $3.9 million is planned for 10 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 69% of its $5.7 million general fund budget. 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?

Near California in English; below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 59% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% 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: 87 in English, 88 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 · 87 tested

Advanced
24%
Proficient
35%
Below the standard
41%
This school59%
California57%
San Diego Unified60%

59% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 88 tested

Advanced
8%
Proficient
15%
Below the standard
77%
This school23%
California32%
San Diego Unified34%

23% 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 36 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 higher than in 2025. English went from 33% to 59% and math from 9% to 23%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202533%79 tested
→
202659%87 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

20259%79 tested
→
202623%88 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
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school24%35%31%10%87
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · San Diego Unified29%31%20%20%7,161
Math, grade 11 · This school8%15%25%52%88
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · San Diego Unified16%18%21%45%7,162

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202659%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202623%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 78% in 2017 to 59% in 2026. In math, it went from 41% in 2017 to 23% 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
201778%
92 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201872%
93 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201975%
93 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202265%
86 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202357%
93 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202455%
100 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202533%
79 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202659%
87 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201741%
92 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201834%
92 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201943%
91 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202218%
84 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202325%
91 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202422%
100 tested		28%
434,711 tested
20259%
79 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202623%
88 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on High Tech High Media Arts’ results?

High Tech High Media Arts’ own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed High Tech High Media Arts 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 ↓

San Diego Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2027.

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?

97% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 40% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 77% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

97%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 95 of 98 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

40%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 39 of 98 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

99%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 94 of 95 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

77% enrolled in college within 12 months · 87 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓17 · 20%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓16 · 18%
  • California community college30 · 35%
  • In-state private3 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled20 · 23%

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?

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
40 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 · 95 of 98 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 · 39 of 98 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 · 94 of 95 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
52
Admitted
34
Enrolled
11

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC San DiegoApplied 32 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 29 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 27 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 23 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled 3
  • UC DavisApplied 23 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 3
  • UCLAApplied 22 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled 4
  • UC IrvineApplied 21 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 15 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · 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 52 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 11
  • Fall 2024Applied 46 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2023Applied 43 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled 18
  • Fall 2022Applied 45 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2021Applied 57 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 18
  • Fall 2020Applied 43 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2019Applied 51 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled 13
  • Fall 2018Applied 46 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 13
  • Fall 2017Applied 51 · Admitted 38 · Enrolled 24
  • Fall 2016Applied 46 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 12

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied
72
Admitted
70
Enrolled
23

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.

  • San Diego StateApplied 258 · Admitted 143 · Enrolled 46
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 156 · Admitted 146 · Enrolled 18
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 129 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 95 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 6
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 82 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled 6
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 77 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 74 · Admitted 64 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Francisco StateApplied 74 · Admitted 72 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State LAApplied 50 · Admitted 48 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 41 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
  • Chico StateApplied 36 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 34 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 34 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 29 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 26 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled —
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 25 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 20 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 20 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled —
  • Sacramento StateApplied 18 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied 15 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled —
  • Fresno StateApplied 14 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 6
  • Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6

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 72 · Admitted 70 · Enrolled 23
  • Fall 2024Applied 85 · Admitted 83 · Enrolled 24
  • Fall 2023Applied 68 · Admitted 67 · Enrolled 19
  • Fall 2022Applied 78 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2021Applied 70 · Admitted 67 · Enrolled 21

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

23 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average San Diego Unified high school, 16 in 100 were. 3.0% 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: 83 of 354 students counted for it; suspension: 11 of 368 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 San Diego Unified high school 2.3%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

23 in 100This school
16 in 100At the average San Diego Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

83 of 354 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.0%

of students were suspended at least once (11 of 368). 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 High Tech High Media Arts

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?

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

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).
High Tech High Media ArtsSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 37 tested54%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 38 tested13%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 53 tested51%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 54 tested15%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 63%2. White: 19%3. Black or African American: 6%4. Two or more races: 4%Unallocated share: 8%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino63%
  2. White19%
  3. Black or African American6%
  4. Two or more races4%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share8%
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?

52% 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 · 12 of 23 English learners52%
San Diego Unified · 4,839 of 10,94944%
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?

43%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 153 of 355. California: 63%.

25teachers, 2024–25

3 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

20%in their first year, 2024–25

65%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs San Diego Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 37 tested in English, 38 in math
English54%+450%+549%
Math13%−1023%−1023%
Hispanic or Latino · 53 tested in English, 54 in math
English51%+447%+249%
Math15%−520%−621%

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

White students and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners 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
Hispanic or Latino63%
White19%
Black or African American6%
Two or more races4%
Asian—
Filipino—
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: 65% of teaching positions, 13 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 20 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into High Tech High Media Arts, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

High Tech High Media Arts is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    High Tech Elementary Explorer
    51st · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  2. Middle
    High Tech Middle Media Arts
    38th · Developing · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  3. High · this school
    High Tech High Media Arts
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • High Tech Elementary Explorer

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    51st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • High Tech Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    28th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Loma Portal Elementary

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

Middle-school links

  • High Tech Middle Media Arts

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    38th percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • High Tech Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    43rd percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • Correia Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    75th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

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.

How do I get in?

Apply on High Tech High Media Arts’s own application, by the dates its site lists. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

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: hightechhigh.org ↗Office: (619) 398-8620Administrator: Paul Yumbla

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2230 Truxtun Road Third Floor, San Diego 92106

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 77% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (88 students tested); California: 68%
  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? 23 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (83 of 354 students); average San Diego Unified high school: 16 in 100
  4. Why did estimated spending on these services come in $24,058 under the 2025–26 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?
  5. What did Safe and Inspiring Learning Spaces pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $5.1 million less?
  6. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?

Office (619) 398-86202230 Truxtun Road Third Floor, 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.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #1,257 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #28 of 31 in San Diego Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate97%6125%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math6%3922%
Ready for college or career (state measure)40%4720%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math21%3918%
Chronically absent32 in 100495%
Suspension rate4.3% (16 of 375)475%
English learners: top level24%—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 yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–254416#1257California 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
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2430 in 1002.0% (8 of 398)
2024–2532 in 1004.3% (16 of 375)

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 118724%35%31%10%59%57%+2

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 11888%15%25%52%23%32%−9

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 · English8724%59%
2026 · Math888%23%
2025 · English7910%33%
2025 · Math791%9%
2024 · English10022%55%
2024 · Math1006%22%
2023 · English9333%57%
2023 · Math915%25%
2022 · English8624%65%
2022 · Math844%18%
2019 · English9342%75%
2019 · Math9122%43%
2018 · English9335%72%
2018 · Math9214%34%
2017 · English9228%78%
2017 · Math9213%41%

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 · English7933%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math799%
2024 · Grade 11 · English10055%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math10022%
2023 · Grade 11 · English9357%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math9125%
2022 · Grade 11 · English8665%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math8418%
2019 · Grade 11 · English9375%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math9143%
2018 · Grade 11 · English9372%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math9234%
2017 · Grade 11 · English9278%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math9241%

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
Schoolwide867%37%55%1%

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-income3754%+4+5
Hispanic or Latino5351%+4+2
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 · 23 in 100 · −9 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.3% (16 of 375) → 2025–26 · 3.0% (11 of 368) · −1.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—27 in 100—
Male—21 in 100—
Black or African American—26 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—23 in 100—
Two or more races—46 in 100—
White—18 in 100—
Students with disabilities—26 in 100—
English learners—41 in 100—
Homeless—9 in 100—
Low-income—30 in 100—
All students—23 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 40% · numerator 39 students classified Prepared · denominator 98 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 3% · AP-pathway numerator 1 · denominator 39 (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 39 of 98 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
97%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
3%
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)
99%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
77%

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)
20255234113.893.994.11
20244635154.044.134.16
20234336183.964.094.16
20224531153.954.044.17
20215740184.054.214.25
20204330154.114.204.28
20195128133.864.114.15
20184626133.954.134.17
20175138243.994.084.07
20164625123.924.134.12

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
Berkeley20252363
Berkeley2024286under 3
Berkeley20233053
Berkeley20222653
Berkeley20212533
Davis2025238under 3
Davis202419133
Davis2023138under 3
Davis2022216under 3
Davis20212412under 3
Irvine2025214under 3
Irvine202432133
Irvine202331146
Irvine2022234under 3
Irvine202126145
Los Angeles20252254
Los Angeles2024284under 3
Los Angeles20232644
Los Angeles2022283under 3
Los Angeles20213663
Merced202588under 3
Merced202211113
Riverside20251512under 3
Riverside20241212under 3
Riverside2023136under 3
Riverside2022126under 3
Riverside2021139under 3
San Diego2025323under 3
San Diego20244112under 3
San Diego2023318under 3
San Diego202231104
San Diego20213816under 3
Santa Barbara20252710under 3
Santa Barbara20242511under 3
Santa Barbara2023197under 3
Santa Barbara2022267under 3
Santa Barbara2021267under 3
Santa Cruz20252915under 3
Santa Cruz202419164
Santa Cruz20232618under 3
Santa Cruz20222913under 3
Santa Cruz202123193
Universitywide2025523411
Universitywide2024463515
Universitywide2023433618
Universitywide2022453115
Universitywide2021574018

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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot reported
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollment (male/female)not reported
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 40 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections4
Chemistry sections4
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)383

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 California1720%
California State University1618%
California community college3035%
In-state private33%
Out-of-state, 4-year11%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled2023%

87 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 77% · % 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$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 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$21,967 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 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$1,223,482,46063.42%63%
Instruction support$225,845,21211.71%12%
Student services$233,097,57212.08%12%
Administration$95,033,7834.93%5%
Buildings & maintenance$141,086,5867.31%7%
Other$10,769,2860.56%1%
Total$1,929,314,899100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 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$15,976 per pupil
2020$14,540 per pupil
2019$14,457 per pupil
2018$11,416 per pupil
2017$11,708 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 92106 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92106 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$142,897
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)63%
ZIP-area population21,651
Median age37.3 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 92106 →

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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 · 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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