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High Tech High North County

San Marcos, CA · Grades 9-12 · 409 students · SBC - High Tech High

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

81% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 36% in math. 96.7% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

36%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

81%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

409

Total enrollment

Graduation

96.7%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

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0%25%50%75%100%2019: 44%2022: 36%2023: 38%2024: 33%2025: 36%2019: 84%2022: 75%2023: 74%2024: 84%2025: 81%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 44%2022: 36%2023: 38%2024: 33%2025: 36%2019: 84%2022: 75%2023: 74%2024: 84%2025: 81%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201944%84%
202236%75%
202338%74%
202433%84%
202536%81%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 65th percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “59% proficient” and call it done. High Tech High North County deserves a closer read. Two in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

High Tech High North County's low-income kids hit 79.5% 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.

As a charter, High Tech High North County enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.

96 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

High Tech High North County scores 58 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 65th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 59% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 62nd percentile · Scope Score 58 of 1002022 · 63rd percentile · Scope Score 56 of 1002023 · 62nd percentile · Scope Score 56 of 1002024 · 62nd percentile · Scope Score 57 of 1002025 · 65th percentile · Scope Score 58 of 100
ELABlue(Maintained)MathYellow(Maintained)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1184%75%74%84%81%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1144%36%38%33%36%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

More than half of students here meet the standard. One in three clear it by a lot.

ELA81% met or exceeded
Exceeded 51%Met 30%Nearly Met 15%Not Met 4%
Math36% met or exceeded
Exceeded 16%Met 21%Nearly Met 23%Not Met 41%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school5833%59%96.7%4.1%16.1%2.4%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope5854
% Exceeded33%20%
% Met+59%43%
Grad rate96.7%92.5%
College readiness4.1%43.0%
Absence16.1%23.1%
Suspension2.4%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

79.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 59% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 59%, district —, state 43%59%
MaleMale: this school 61%, district —, state 42%61% · +2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 50%, district —, state 32%50% · −9 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 52%, district —, state 32%52% · −7 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 55%, district —, state 44%55% · −4 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 75%, district —, state 56%75% · +16 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 13%, district —, state 15%13% · −46 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 82%, district —, state 72%82% · +23 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: too few students to report‹11
FilipinoFilipino: too few students to report‹11
American Indian/Alaska NativeAmerican Indian/Alaska Native: too few students to report‹11
Pacific IslanderPacific Islander: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

79%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 74 of 94 completers · includes community colleges

94Completers
59%
Other colleges55 completers · Outside the California community college system
20%
California community colleges19 completers · Enrolled within a year
21%
Not recorded enrolled20 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
Where graduates go · 2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

79%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of High Tech High North County's class of 2023, 79% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 94 completers, 79% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 10 (11%)California State University 29 (31%)California community college 19 (20%)In-state private 5 (5%)Out-of-state, 4-year 10 (11%)Out-of-state, 2-year 1 (1%)Not enrolled 20 (21%)

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 application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 10 of High Tech High North County's 88 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Santa Cruz the most common landing, with 4 enrollees.

Applied45fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted33
Enrolled10
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Where they landed (fall 2025)

8 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

Campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several.

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 28 enrolled, 2016

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, 79% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (19) than at UC (10).

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 daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 19 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher19 · district 21
Teaching staff25 teachers
Avg. experience6.1 years
First-year teachers8%
PrincipalJoseph Davidson
Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers3 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended less, than the state average.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 16.1%, district 14.6%, state 23.1%16.1% · −6.9pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.4%, district —, state 3.3%2.4% · −0.8pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Two in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 409 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 38% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino51.3% · district 55.1% · CA 56.1%
White31.3% · district 22.5% · CA 19.9%
Asian7.3% · district 8.6% · CA 10.2%
Black2.4% · district 3.5% · CA 4.8%
Other7.6% · district 10.3% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch41.6% · CA 64%
Median income$120K · CA $85K
Median home value$942K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+49% · CA 35%
ZIP population53,605
Median age39 years

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

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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What are the alternatives?

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2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
High Tech High North CountyCharterSolid33%59%School being viewed
San Marcos HighPublicSolid18%40%0.2 mi
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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.

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  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is High Tech High North County a good high school?
High Tech High North County has a Scope Score of 58 out of 100, placing it in the 65th percentile of California high schools and ranked #569 statewide. 33.3% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 13.5 percentage points above the California average of 19.8%. 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 High Tech High North County's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 58.9% of students at High Tech High North County met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 33.3% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 25.5% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 33.3% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 192 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does High Tech High North County rank in California?
High Tech High North County ranks #569 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 65th 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 High Tech High North County?
16.1% of students at High Tech High North County are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 2.4%. 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 High Tech High North County compare to other schools in San Marcos?
High Tech High North County scores 58/100 (65th 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 409 students. Use the schools in San Marcos page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does High Tech High North County serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At High Tech High North County in San Marcos, 79.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 and 38.2% statewide. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (75.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 56.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 44 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.
How many students from High Tech High North County go to UC?
In fall 2025, 10 High Tech High North County 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.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 6 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate96.7%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard33.3%19.8%22%
College readiness4.1%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded58.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism16.1%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.4%3.3%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

High Tech High North County: reading the evidence

High Tech High North County posts 59% meeting the standard, and 33.3% 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.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

High Tech High North County is ranked #569 statewide · #2 of 3 in SBC - High Tech High.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate96.7%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard33.3%19.8%22%
College readiness4.1%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded58.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism16.1%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.4%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 19.8% · index 69 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 33 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.2% · index 67 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 23.1% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 56 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 0.3pp higher vs 2024
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 119651%30%15%4%81%+33
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 119616%21%23%41%36%+13

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide887%31%61%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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged4479.5%+41
Hispanic/Latino4875.0%+36
White2892.9%+31
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
High Tech High North County ←5833.3%58.9%2.4%
San Marcos High0.2 mi6018.1%39.9%3.3%
California average5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
Graduation Rate
96.7%
AP Exam Prepared
4.1%
A-G Completion
98.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
78.7%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20195862#57532.0%64.0%11.5%3.8%
20225663#58930.0%55.9%27.9%3.8%
20235662#62028.9%55.9%22.7%4.1%
20245762#61727.7%58.2%16.1%2.1%
20255865#56933.3%58.9%16.1%2.4%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
ShowHide table 05 — UC admissions, universitywide
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20254533104.054.134.18
20245036163.984.094.19
20234234104.064.144.09
20223921154.054.254.23
20214132163.964.064.09
20204330194.024.174.29
20193928154.134.284.32
20186336263.924.194.23
20175937183.974.144.22
20166046283.994.114.14
20155838243.984.134.16
20145628133.734.034.02

‹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.

06UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
ShowHide table 06 — UC admissions by campus
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202519‹3‹3
Berkeley202420‹3‹3
Berkeley202316‹3‹3
Berkeley2022194‹3
Berkeley2021205‹3
Davis2025186‹3
Davis2024146‹3
Davis2023176‹3
Davis202283‹3
Davis2021135‹3
Irvine202523‹3‹3
Irvine20242983
Irvine2023229‹3
Irvine202228114
Irvine202126114
Los Angeles202521‹3‹3
Los Angeles20243143
Los Angeles202314‹3‹3
Los Angeles202223‹3‹3
Los Angeles202120‹3‹3
Merced20251515‹3
Merced202488‹3
Merced202376‹3
Merced202155‹3
Riverside20251511‹3
Riverside20241412‹3
Riverside20231211‹3
Riverside202297‹3
Riverside2021146‹3
San Diego20253410‹3
San Diego2024364‹3
San Diego2023287‹3
San Diego2022294‹3
San Diego2021289‹3
Santa Barbara20252410‹3
Santa Barbara2024226‹3
Santa Barbara2023144‹3
Santa Barbara202219‹3‹3
Santa Barbara2021225‹3
Santa Cruz202521164
Santa Cruz202418163
Santa Cruz202318124
Santa Cruz202220114
Santa Cruz202119166
Universitywide2025453310
Universitywide2024503616
Universitywide2023423410
Universitywide2022392115
Universitywide2021413216

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.

07Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 07 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot offered
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollmentnot reported
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections8
Physics sections16
Chemistry sections7
Total enrollment (CRDC)441

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.

08College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
ShowHide table 08 — College destinations
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California1010.6%
California State University2930.9%
California community college1920.2%
In-state private55.3%
Out-of-state, 4-year1010.6%
Out-of-state, 2-year11.1%
Not enrolled2021.3%

94 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 79% · % 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.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 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 · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18

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