Public school · Hacienda la Puente Unified · La Puente, California

La Puente High — Rating & test scores

La Puente · 9–12 · 813 students (2024–25)

15615 East Nelson Avenue, 91744lphs.hlpschools.org ↗(626) 934-6700
22ndpercentileNeeds 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
47

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

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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 (194 of 200); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 200
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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3.3% of students (27 of 815) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 815. District and California figures are averages of school rates (4 Hacienda la Puente Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Hacienda la Puente Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is La Puente High a good high school?

La Puente High scores higher than 22 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 22nd percentile, Needs Support, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 29 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 21 in 100 at the average Hacienda la Puente Unified high school. 3.3% of students (27 of 815) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 26 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, 40% of low-income students in grade 11 at La Puente High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 13 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

68% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. 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?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 39% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 13% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 175 in English, 173 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 · 175 tested

Advanced
10%
Proficient
29%
Below the standard
61%
This school39%
California57%
Hacienda la Puente Unified53%

39% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 173 tested

Advanced
4%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
87%
This school13%
California32%
Hacienda la Puente Unified32%

13% 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 26 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?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 32% to 39% and math from 12% to 13%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202532%195 tested
→
202639%175 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202512%195 tested
→
202613%173 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 school10%29%32%29%175
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Hacienda la Puente Unified23%30%23%24%1,113
Math, grade 11 · This school4%9%16%71%173
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Hacienda la Puente Unified16%16%19%49%1,106

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%20172022202639%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202613%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 58% in 2017 to 39% in 2026. In math, it went from 15% in 2017 to 13% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201758%
270 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201862%
259 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201948%
242 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202247%
241 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202339%
211 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202443%
194 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202532%
195 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202639%
175 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201715%
274 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201824%
259 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201920%
242 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202213%
239 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202312%
217 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202413%
199 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202512%
195 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202613%
173 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on La Puente High’s results?

Hacienda la Puente Unified’s board decides La Puente High’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed La Puente High in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Hacienda la Puente Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Hacienda la Puente Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Hacienda la Puente Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

  • Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  • Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  • Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  • Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
  • Read Hacienda la Puente Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF) 

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. 42% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 68% 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 · 194 of 200 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

42%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 85 of 200 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

45%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 88 of 194 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

68% enrolled in college within 12 months · 233 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓23 · 10%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓42 · 18%
  • California community college91 · 39%
  • In-state private2 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 · <1%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled74 · 32%

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?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 13 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science2
  • Sciences2
  • English2
  • History & Social Science4
  • World Languages & Cultures2
  • Arts1
Every approved AP course13 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 2
  • Calculus AB
  • Statistics
Sciences 2
  • Biology
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 4
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 2
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
Arts 1
  • 2-D Art and Design

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 · 194 of 200 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 · 85 of 200 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 · 88 of 194 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
53
Admitted
43
Enrolled
15

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC RiversideApplied 43 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 4
  • UC IrvineApplied 30 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 28 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 4
  • UCLAApplied 25 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled 3
  • UC MercedApplied 24 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC DavisApplied 23 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 19 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 17 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 14 · Admitted under 3 · 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 53 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2024Applied 49 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 25
  • Fall 2023Applied 60 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 24
  • Fall 2022Applied 56 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 16
  • Fall 2021Applied 44 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 16
  • Fall 2020Applied 46 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 15
  • Fall 2019Applied 65 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2018Applied 67 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled 21
  • Fall 2017Applied 49 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 13
  • Fall 2016Applied 35 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 14

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied
82
Admitted
80
Enrolled
29

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.

  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 273 · Admitted 187 · Enrolled 44
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 260 · Admitted 199 · Enrolled 48
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 225 · Admitted 74 · Enrolled 6
  • Cal State LAApplied 221 · Admitted 199 · Enrolled 27
  • San Diego StateApplied 113 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 103 · Admitted 96 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 65 · Admitted 59 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 37 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled under 6
  • Chico StateApplied 33 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled under 6
  • San Francisco StateApplied 32 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 31 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 27 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 22 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled —
  • Cal State East BayApplied 19 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 19 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 18 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 12 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
  • Fresno StateApplied 11 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 11 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 8 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

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 82 · Admitted 80 · Enrolled 29
  • Fall 2024Applied 81 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2023Applied 90 · Admitted 87 · Enrolled 42
  • Fall 2022Applied 77 · Admitted 72 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2021Applied 62 · Admitted 58 · Enrolled 22

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

29 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Hacienda la Puente Unified high school, 21 in 100 were. 3.3% 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: 229 of 784 students counted for it; suspension: 27 of 815 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 Hacienda la Puente Unified high school 4.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

29 in 100This school
21 in 100At the average Hacienda la Puente Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

229 of 784 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

3.3%

of students were suspended at least once (27 of 815). 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 La Puente High

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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Teach here? Tell us Hacienda la Puente Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students scored below the same groups across California.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

38% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 12% in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% and 21% for the same group across California. Low-income students: 40% in English and 14% in math, against 49% and 23% for the same group across California.

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).
La Puente HighSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 150 tested40%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 148 tested14%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 160 tested38%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 158 tested12%Same group, California 21%
  • Students with disabilitiesEnglish · 33 tested21%Same group, California 19%
  • Students with disabilitiesMath · 33 tested3%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 91%2. Asian: 4%Unallocated share: 5%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino91%
  2. Asian4%
  3. White—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share5%
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?

39% 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 · 48 of 122 English learners39%
Hacienda la Puente Unified · 951 of 2,01847%
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?

87%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 707 of 813. California: 63%.

41teachers, 2024–25

19 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

95%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there for Hispanic or Latino and low-income students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Hacienda la Puente Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 150 tested in English, 148 in math
English40%−949%−949%
Math14%−1529%−923%
Hispanic or Latino · 160 tested in English, 158 in math
English38%−846%−1149%
Math12%−820%−921%
Students with disabilities · 33 tested
English21%021%+219%
Math3%−36%−58%

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

Asian and homeless students and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 Latino91%
Asian4%
White—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
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: 95% of teaching positions, 44.4 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 47 total position FTE (FTEs as rounded by the source; the share is CDE’s own). This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into La Puente High, and how do I get in?

  1. Elementary
    Baldwin Academy
    32nd · Developing · 2026Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
  2. Middle
    Sierra Vista Middle
    31st · Developing · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High · this school
    La Puente High
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Baldwin Academy

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    32nd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • California Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    19th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Fairgrove Academy

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    32nd percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Lassalette

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    34th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Nelson Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    30th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Sparks Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    17th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Workman Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    28th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Wedgeworth Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    98th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Sierra Vista Middle

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

    31st percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • Sparks Middle

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

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · 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?

Ask Hacienda la Puente Unified which school serves your address.

School website: lphs.hlpschools.org ↗Office: (626) 934-6700Administrator: Lisa Lopez

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
15615 East Nelson Avenue, La Puente 91744

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Hacienda la Puente Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 61% in English and 87% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (175 tested in English, 173 in math); California: 43% and 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? 29 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (229 of 784 students); average Hacienda la Puente Unified high school: 21 in 100
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (626) 934-670015615 East Nelson Avenue, 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 #1,160 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #4 of 4 in Hacienda la Puente Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate97%6125%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math6%3922%
Ready for college or career (state measure)42%4920%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math22%4018%
Chronically absent30 in 100505%
Suspension rate1.4% (12 of 865)595%
English learners: top level20%565%

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
2024–254722#1160California 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
2018–1912 in 1005.7% (65 of 1,146)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2428 in 1003.2% (30 of 927)
2024–2530 in 1001.4% (12 of 865)

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 1117510%29%32%29%39%57%−18

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 111734%9%16%71%13%32%−19

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 · English17510%39%
2026 · Math1734%13%
2025 · English19510%32%
2025 · Math1953%12%
2024 · English19416%43%
2024 · Math1993%13%
2023 · English21113%39%
2023 · Math2173%12%
2022 · English24116%47%
2022 · Math2392%13%
2019 · English24214%48%
2019 · Math2424%20%
2018 · English25925%62%
2018 · Math2598%24%
2017 · English27026%58%
2017 · Math2745%15%

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 · English19532%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math19512%
2024 · Grade 11 · English19443%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math19913%
2023 · Grade 11 · English21139%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math21712%
2022 · Grade 11 · English24147%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math23913%
2019 · Grade 11 · English24248%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math24220%
2018 · Grade 11 · English25962%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math25924%
2017 · Grade 11 · English27058%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math27415%

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
Schoolwide1801%14%76%9%

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-income15040%−9−9
Hispanic or Latino16038%−8−11
Students with disabilities3321%0+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 · 30 in 100 → 2025–26 · 29 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.4% (12 of 865) → 2025–26 · 3.3% (27 of 815) · +1.9 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female14 in 10028 in 100+14 in 100
Male11 in 10030 in 100+19 in 100
Asian14 in 1000 in 100−14 in 100
Filipino0 in 100——
Hispanic or Latino12 in 10030 in 100+18 in 100
White15 in 100——
Students with disabilities21 in 10038 in 100+17 in 100
English learners15 in 10031 in 100+16 in 100
Foster youth26 in 100——
Homeless27 in 10036 in 100+9 in 100
Low-income12 in 10030 in 100+18 in 100
All students12 in 10029 in 100+17 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 42% · numerator 85 students classified Prepared · denominator 200 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 82% · AP-pathway numerator 70 · denominator 85 (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 85 of 200 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
82%
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)
45%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
68%

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)
20255343153.583.683.80
20244940253.633.723.83
20236041243.673.934.03
20225635163.653.884.03
20214432163.533.783.84
20204634153.653.773.84
20196540143.613.813.91
20186736213.563.944.04
20174931133.713.863.91
20163521143.583.853.94

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
Berkeley202514under 3under 3
Berkeley20248under 3under 3
Berkeley2023206under 3
Berkeley2022144under 3
Berkeley2021133under 3
Davis2025237under 3
Davis202496under 3
Davis2023145under 3
Davis202217under 3under 3
Davis202173under 3
Irvine2025304under 3
Irvine202436103
Irvine2023417under 3
Irvine2022475under 3
Irvine2021353under 3
Los Angeles20252533
Los Angeles20242633
Los Angeles20233865
Los Angeles20223033
Los Angeles202122under 3under 3
Merced20252421under 3
Merced20241514under 3
Merced20231512under 3
Merced20221310under 3
Merced2021129under 3
Riverside202543324
Riverside202444309
Riverside20234126under 3
Riverside202235175
Riverside202131185
San Diego202528104
San Diego202432126
San Diego2023351710
San Diego202229144
San Diego2021227under 3
Santa Barbara2025197under 3
Santa Barbara2024207under 3
Santa Barbara2023249under 3
Santa Barbara2022299under 3
Santa Barbara20211595
Santa Cruz2025177under 3
Santa Cruz2024124under 3
Santa Cruz202321113
Santa Cruz2022177under 3
Santa Cruz2021137under 3
Universitywide2025534315
Universitywide2024494025
Universitywide2023604124
Universitywide2022563516
Universitywide2021443216

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.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
2-D Art and Designthis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Physics 1this school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

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

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count12
AP enrollment (male/female)215
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections9
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)870

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 California2310%
California State University4218%
California community college9139%
In-state private21%
Out-of-state, 4-year10%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled7432%

233 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 68% · % 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$14,861 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 17,329 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$327 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 813

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,415 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 813

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,968 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.

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 62%Instruction support 12%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$188,580,38161.52%62%
Instruction support$38,126,56212.44%12%
Student services$25,109,0608.19%8%
Administration$21,485,9877.01%7%
Buildings & maintenance$31,274,63210.20%10%
Other$1,981,3460.65%1%
Total$306,557,967100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $306,557,967 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$14,861 per pupil
2020$13,454 per pupil
2019$13,372 per pupil
2018$12,585 per pupil
2017$12,642 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 91744 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91744 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$93,557
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population76,942
Median age37.6 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 91744 →

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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 · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · 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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