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La Sierra High (Alternative)

Fullerton · 9–12 · 236 students (2024–25)

In 2024–25, 88% of the class graduated in four years (14 of 16); across California, 35%. Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students in the four-year graduation cohort: 16
Comparison: California: 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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How students scored

56%ready for college or career (state measure), 2024–2552% across California43%of graduates finished the UC/CSU course list, 2024–2556% at the average California high school

Where the class of 2023 went

48%enrolled in college within a year

25 completers, class of 2023

University of California2 (8%)
California State University1 (4%)
California community college7 (28%)
In-state private1 (4%)
Out-of-state, 4-year1 (4%)
Out-of-state, 2-year0 (0%)
Not enrolled13 (52%)

Source: CDE’s college-going rate for the class of 2023 (enrolled in college within 12 months). Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash means we have no figure for that row; it isn’t zero.

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La Sierra High (Alternative)California, same gradesthe standard

English18 tested · grade 11 · spring 2025

56% met or exceeded · California 57%

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Math18 tested · grade 11 · spring 2025

33% met or exceeded · California 30%

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Share of students tested.

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	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met
English, grade 11 · La Sierra High (Alternative)	17%	39%	22%	22%
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	20%	23%
Math, grade 11 · La Sierra High (Alternative)	22%	11%	23%	44%
Math, grade 11 · California	14%	16%	21%	49%

English · met or exceeded, grade 11

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tests0%20%40%60%80%20192022202515%57%56%This school57%California

Math · met or exceeded, grade 11

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tests0%20%40%60%80%2019202220251%32%33%This school30%California

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Met or exceeded	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025
English · This school	15%	39%	67%	50%	56%
English · California	57%	55%	55%	56%	57%
Math · This school	1%	25%	28%	36%	33%
Math · California	32%	27%	27%	28%	30%

English went from 15% in 2019 to 56% in 2025. Math went from 1% in 2019 to 33% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: Most students in grade 11 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

50 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

170 of 337 students missed 10% or more of school days.

4.2%of students were suspended at least once (15 of 360), 2024–25

Who goes here

Students and staff

Students, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	81%
White	9%
Asian	5%

7 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (70%, 166 of 236). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers29

Average experience17 years

First-year teachers0%

Getting in

Ask La Sierra High (Alternative) how students enroll.

951 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton 92831 · lvlshs.org

Nearby high schoolsStatewide percentile

Troy High0.1 mi97thStrong
Valencia High1.2 mi75thStrong

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Questions

Questions to ask

The questions from this page, in one place.

Most students in grade 11 haven’t yet met the state’s standard in math. What extra help do they get, and how do you know it’s working?

Call (714) 447-7821 to ask about a visit.

Common questions

Why does SchoolScope show no score for La Sierra High (Alternative)?

La Sierra High (Alternative) has no 2025 Scope Score or rank under SchoolScope's current high-school source rule. CDE's reported 2025 overall College/Career Indicator cohort for this school has 16 students; SchoolScope requires at least 30 for this score.

See the dated CDE results in the source record; a reported result does not by itself create a SchoolScope score.

Data and sources · For the data nerds

Explore the data

Available score factors, grade-level results, student-group measures, and nearby-school context, with source details.

CSV report issue methodology data updates CDE CAASPP research files

CDE CAASPP test year 2025 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subject	Students tested with scores	Met or exceeded	Exceeded	Met	Nearly met	Not met	Mean scale score
Grade 11 · ELA · 2025	18 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 55.56%	Exceeded 16.67%	Met 38.89%	Nearly met 22.22%	Not met 22.22%	Mean scale score 2589.7
All Grades · ELA · 2025	18 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 55.56%	Exceeded 16.67%	Met 38.89%	Nearly met 22.22%	Not met 22.22%	Mean scale score unavailable
Grade 11 · Math · 2025	18 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 33.33%	Exceeded 22.22%	Met 11.11%	Nearly met 22.22%	Not met 44.44%	Mean scale score 2586.4
All Grades · Math · 2025	18 tested with scores	Met or exceeded 33.33%	Exceeded 22.22%	Met 11.11%	Nearly met 22.22%	Not met 44.44%	Mean scale score unavailable

01By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

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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
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	18	17%	39%	22%	22%	56%	+7

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
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	18	22%	11%	22%	44%	33%	+10

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA	22	50.0%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	22	36.4%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA	24	66.7%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	25	28.0%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA	41	39.0%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	40	25.0%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA	46	15.2%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	68	1.5%

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)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	17	12%	24%	53%	12%

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.

02Nearest high schoolsnearest by distance

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School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Susp
La Sierra High (Alternative) ←	—	—	19.4%	44.5%	4.0%
Troy High	0.1 mi	8697th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	64.8%	82.6%	1.1%
Valencia High	1.2 mi	6675th percentile · Strong · statewide · 2025	32.8%	57.1%	2.1%
California average	—	57School average · no percentile	20.3%	43.8%	3.3%
La Vista High (Continuation)scored within its class, not statewide	0 mi	2032nd percentile · Developing · within class · 2025	0.3%	8.6%	4.2%

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

03More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score

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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.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$64,405 – $138,566

Average high school principal salary$192,785

Superintendent salary$357,179

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: not published. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 56.3% · numerator 9 students classified Prepared · denominator 16 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 33.3% · AP-pathway numerator 3 · denominator 9 (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.

SchoolScope withholds the high-school score and rank because the CDE CCI cohort has fewer than 30 students. A CDE-reported rate, including a true 0%, remains source evidence; it is not a zero score. 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.

English proficiency (ELPAC)

Measure	School	California reference
Level 4	15.0%20 English learners tested	17.8%7,349 reporting public schools

2024–25 · English learners · All grades. California reference: equal-school average across reporting public schools in SchoolScope at all grade levels; not student weighted. The tested count is reported separately from the percentage. Source: CDE Summative ELPAC research files.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	35/100	90	#10	California alternative high schools · 110 schools
2022	45/100	94	#6	California alternative high schools · 106 schools
2023	50/100	96	#4	California alternative high schools · 108 schools
2024	48/100	97	#3	California 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 · 50.1% → 2025 · 50.4% · +0.3pp
Suspension rate2024 · 4.2% → 2025 · 4.2% · +0.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	18	16.7%	55.6%
2025 · Math	18	22.2%	33.3%
2024 · ELA	22	22.7%	50.0%
2024 · Math	22	13.6%	36.4%
2023 · ELA	24	33.3%	66.7%
2023 · Math	25	8.0%	28.0%
2022 · ELA	41	21.9%	39.0%
2022 · Math	40	12.5%	25.0%
2019 · ELA	46	4.3%	15.2%
2019 · Math	68	0.0%	1.5%

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

87.5%

AP pathway among Prepared

33.3%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings

A-G Completion

42.9%

A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-Going Rate

48.0%

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.

Year	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp
2019	2.2%	8.3%	46.2%	5.4%
2022	17.2%	32.0%	50.5%	5.0%
2023	20.7%	47.3%	48.4%	6.1%
2024	18.2%	43.2%	42.7%	4.2%
2025	19.4%	44.5%	41.9%	4.0%

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

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— No 2025 SchoolScope score, band or rank is published under this high-school source rule.

04Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

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Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	66.3%	51.4%	-14.9pp
Male	40.9%	49.7%	+8.8pp
Asian	42.5%	41.2%	-1.3pp
Black/African American	87.5%	—	—
Hispanic/Latino	49.5%	48.5%	-1.0pp
White	62.7%	62.5%	-0.2pp
Students with Disabilities	48.6%	45.0%	-3.6pp
English Learners	28.6%	55.4%	+26.8pp
Foster Youth	92.1%	—	—
Homeless	82.9%	71.4%	-11.5pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	50.2%	51.5%	+1.3pp
All Students	51.4%	50.4%	-1.0pp

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

05AP course catalog2025 - 2026

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Subject	Authorization recorded for
Calculus AB	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Macroeconomics	this school
Psychology	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school

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

06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotdated historical snapshot

ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	not offered
AP course count	not reported
AP enrollment	not reported
IB participation	not offered
Dual enrollment	not offered
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	0
Physics sections	0
Chemistry sections	0
Total enrollment (CRDC)	280

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.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate

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Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	2	8.0%
California State University	1	4.0%
California community college	7	28.0%
In-state private	1	4.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year	1	4.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year	0	0.0%
Not enrolled	13	52.0%

25 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 48% · % 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.

08Funding source detailCDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

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Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,487 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,473 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$3,011 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 236

Central federal expenditures attributed here$603 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 236

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,258 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.

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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 57%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

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$13,487 per pupil

2020$12,294 per pupil

2019$12,063 per pupil

2018$11,514 per pupil

2017$11,827 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

09ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92831

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92831
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$89,278
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	44.69%
ZCTA population	35,618
Median age	32.4 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 · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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