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Independence High

Brentwood · 9–12 · 163 students (2024–25)

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Compared only with other alternative schools: higher than 86 of the 97 other scored California alternative high schools.

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The dots are California’s 98 scored alternative high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. How it’s built ›

Scope Score
41 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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In 2024–25, 84% of the class graduated in four years (76 of 90); across California’s alternative high schools, 35%. Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students in the four-year graduation cohort: 90
Comparison
Alternative high schools: graduates divided by students in the four-year cohort across 124 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 8,818 of 25,083).
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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How are students doing in English and math?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
20%
Met standard
26%
Below standard
54%

46% met or exceeded · 65 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereAlternative schools
Exceeded20%9%
Met26%24%
Nearly met26%29%
Not met28%38%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. Reference combines schools in the same enrollment class.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
5%
Met standard
3%
Below standard
92%

8% met or exceeded · 65 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereAlternative schools
Exceeded5%5%
Met3%6%
Nearly met20%14%
Not met72%75%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. Reference combines schools in the same enrollment class.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, preparation and college destinations answer different questions below.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence
In grade 11, 46% met or exceeded the standard in English, against 33% at other alternative high schools.grade 11 · spring 2025
46%English · met or exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grade 11
Comparison
Alternative high schools: the grade 11 results of 112 alternative schools combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 12,384 in English tested).

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school46%
Alternative schools33%

Tested: 65 here · 12,384 in Alternative schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereAlternative schools
Exceeded20%9%
Met26%24%
Nearly met26%29%
Not met28%38%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. Reference combines schools in the same enrollment class.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school8%
Alternative schools11%

Tested: 65 here · 12,310 in Alternative schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereAlternative schools
Exceeded5%5%
Met3%6%
Nearly met20%14%
Not met72%75%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. Reference combines schools in the same enrollment class.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

Preparation · separate measures and cohorts

Graduated in four years

84%

California alternative schools: 35%

2024–25 · 76 of 90 students in the four-year cohort

Source and definition

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.

College / career Prepared

14%

2024–25 · Students in the CDE College/Career Indicator cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator overall Prepared. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.

Completed UC/CSU courses

4%

2024–25 · High-school graduates completing A–G

Source and definition

California Department of Education, A–G completion records. Course completion is separate from college enrollment.

Destinations · class of 2023

Where graduates went

36% enrolled in college within 12 months · 87 high-school completers

  • University of California0 · 0%
  • California State University1 · 1%
  • California community college25 · 29%
  • In-state private1 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year3 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · 1%
  • Not enrolled56 · 64%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash is unavailable, not zero. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

Courses and opportunities

What could my child study here?

Courses, access and preparation

AP course or exam pathway qualifiers
1 of 13 Prepared students · 7.7%

2024–25

Source and what this counts

CDE CCI, all students · 92 eligible students. Cohort includes the current four-year graduation cohort and only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Qualifies through two AP exams scored 3+, two AP courses completed with C− or better, or a qualifying combination in different subjects. Share among Prepared students, not all exam takers or course authorizations.

Career pathway: CCI CTE+ qualifiers
2 students

2024–25

Source and what this counts

CDE CCI: completed a CTE pathway with C− or better in its capstone plus an additional criterion. Not all CTE completers or a list of courses offered.

Ask before choosing courses

Which courses will run when my child attends, what prerequisites apply, and how do students get support entering advanced or career pathways?

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

0 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
43in 100 at the average California alternative high school

0 of 234 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school0 in 100
at the average California alternative high school43 in 100
0of 258 students were suspended at least once, 2024–25
1.0%at the average California alternative high school

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Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. White: 43%2. Hispanic or Latino: 35%3. Black or African American: 9%4. Two or more races: 7%Unallocated share: 6%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. White43%
  2. Hispanic or Latino35%
  3. Black or African American9%
  4. Two or more races7%
  5. Asian—
  6. Filipino—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share6%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
White43%
Hispanic or Latino35%
Black or African American9%
Two or more races7%
Asian—
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 3 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (28%, 45 of 163). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers13
Average experience16 years
First-year teachers0%
88% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 88.46%: 10.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 11.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Independence High in Brentwood, 42.9% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 49.9% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Independence High’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 7.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (4.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (41.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 4.8 percentage points: White students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 21 ELA grade test records.

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Questions

Questions to ask

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  1. Most students in grade 11 haven’t yet met the state’s standards in English and math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?
  2. Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
  3. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  4. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

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Common questions

Is Independence High a good high school?
Independence High is in the 87th percentile (Strong) of California alternative high schools. Its Scope Score is 41 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. In 2024–25, 84% of the class graduated in four years (76 of 90); across California’s alternative high schools, 35%. The Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Independence High's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 46% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 8% the math standard; 20% and 5% exceeded it. For the same grades, the class's combined rate was 33% and 11% met or exceeded, 9% and 5% exceeded. 65 students were tested in English and 65 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; the class rate combines its schools' grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Independence High rank among California alternative schools?
Independence High is in the 87th percentile of 98 California alternative high schools (Strong, 2025; within-class comparison). Independence High ranks #12 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This is a within-class rank, not a statewide rank. How peer classes work. 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 do attendance and suspension records show for Independence High?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 0.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 0 chronically absent of 234 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.0%; 0 unduplicated suspended students of 258 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 5.9%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.7%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Independence High compare to other schools in Brentwood?
Independence High is in the 87th percentile (Strong) of California alternative high schools. This is a rank inside that group, not a statewide one: SchoolScope compares alternative schools with one another rather than with California's comprehensive campuses, so it cannot be read against a statewide figure. Why these schools are ranked separately. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 163 students. Use the schools in Brentwood page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Independence High?
At Independence High in Brentwood, 42.9% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 49.9% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Independence High’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 7.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (4.8% met or exceeded the Math standard); White students (41.4% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 4.8 percentage points: White students in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 21 ELA grade test records. 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.
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Independence High is ranked #12 of California alternative high schools.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate84.4%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard12.3%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared14.1%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded26.9%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism5.9%22.7%5%
Suspension rate0.7%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.9% · index 48 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 20.3% · index 46 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared
↓ vs CA 51.7% · index 31 on SchoolScope's high-school calibration scale; the state rate above is CDE's statewide student rate, not this school-model index
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.8% · index 43 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 22.7% · index 70 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 59.9pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.3pp lower vs 2024

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 116520%26%26%28%46%−2

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 ELA equal-school mean: 48.6%; n=2080 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11655%3%20%72%8%−16

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 Math equal-school mean: 23.7%; n=2074 reporting schools

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.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA7654.0%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math769.2%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA6246.8%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math6211.3%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA8042.5%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math7810.3%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA8429.8%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math839.6%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide665%20%70%6%

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 Disadvantaged2142.9%−7−6
White2941.4%−25−26
Hispanic/Latino2356.5%+2+8
Nearest high schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Susp
Independence High ←—4187th percentile · Strong · within class · 202512.3%26.9%0.7%
Liberty High0.1 mi5960th percentile · Solid · statewide · 202520.4%44.4%4.0%
Freedom High2.5 mi5136th percentile · Developing · statewide · 202511.2%33.9%5.3%
California average—57School average · no percentile20.3%43.8%3.3%
La Paloma High (Continuation)scored within its class, not statewide1.3 mi1720th percentile · Needs Support · within class · 20251.2%7.9%4.2%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders8.5%

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.

District salary records
Teacher salary schedule$65,355 – $127,270
Average high school principal salary$183,327
Superintendent salary$256,217

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025: 41/100. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (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 14.1% · numerator 13 students classified Prepared · denominator 92 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · overall Prepared rate 51.7% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) ·AP pathway rate 7.7% · AP-pathway numerator 1 · denominator 13 (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 this version's 20% high-school college-readiness score factor. The school rate is 13 of 92 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.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
201932/10087#14California alternative high schools · 110 schools
202235/10084#16California alternative high schools · 106 schools
202336/10086#15California alternative high schools · 108 schools
202436/10087#14California alternative high schools · 111 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

The legacy high-school model uses 2024–25 graduation records. Its readiness input uses the 2025 AP pathway share among Prepared students when available; otherwise it uses 2024–25 A-G completion. A reported zero remains zero. These inputs do not describe graduation or readiness in the earlier assessment years. The newer 2025 model instead uses CDE's overall Prepared rate.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 72.5% → 2025 · 0.0% · −72.5pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.4% → 2025 · 0.0% · −0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA6520.0%46.1%
2025 · Math654.6%7.7%
2024 · ELA7615.8%54.0%
2024 · Math761.3%9.2%
2023 · ELA6214.5%46.8%
2023 · Math621.6%11.3%
2022 · ELA8010.0%42.5%
2022 · Math782.6%10.3%
2019 · ELA843.6%29.8%
2019 · Math832.4%9.6%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Graduation Rate
84.4%
AP pathway among Prepared
7.7%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings
A-G Completion
3.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
35.6%

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.

YearExcMet+AbsentSusp
20193.0%19.7%50.2%1.1%
20226.3%26.4%62.2%0.7%
20238.1%29.0%61.6%0.9%
20248.6%31.6%65.8%1.0%
202512.3%26.9%5.9%0.7%

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES
What we can't show
  • — This school's rank and percentile are computed against California alternative high schools, not California's comprehensive campuses — see the Enrollment Axiom at /methodology#peer-class.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female54.0%0.0%-54.0pp
Male55.0%0.0%-55.0pp
Black/African American70.8%0.0%-70.8pp
Hispanic/Latino49.5%0.0%-49.5pp
Two or More Races50.0%0.0%-50.0pp
White54.3%0.0%-54.3pp
Students with Disabilities52.6%0.0%-52.6pp
English Learners36.8%——
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged58.2%0.0%-58.2pp
All Students54.5%0.0%-54.5pp
Homeless—0.0%—

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotInspect the dated federal advanced-coursework snapshot.dated historical 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 sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections5
Total enrollment (CRDC)178

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.

College destinationsRead the completion cohort and its reported college destinations.class of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00.0%
California State University11.1%
California community college2528.7%
In-state private11.1%
Out-of-state, 4-year33.5%
Out-of-state, 2-year11.1%
Not enrolled5664.4%

87 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 36% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ 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 in tables 06-07 above.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,380 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,222 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

School-level federal expenditures$104 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 163

Central federal expenditures attributed here$474 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 163

District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,031 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

ShowHide 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 67%Instruction support 11%Student services 8%Administration 4%Buildings & maintenance 10%

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.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$12,380 per pupil
2020$11,617 per pupil
2019$12,113 per pupil
2018$11,157 per pupil
2017$10,756 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 94513
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 94513
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$142,223
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.33%
ZCTA population69,755
Median age40.0 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/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,500 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · CRDC 2020-21 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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