Independent charter school · Oakland Unified · Oakland, California

Lighthouse Community Charter High — Rating & test scores

Oakland · 9–12 · 281 students (2024–25)

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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
56

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

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 89% of the class graduated in four years (67 of 75); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 75
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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In grade 11, spring 2026, 42% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing), against 57% across California.

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

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Lighthouse Community Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Lighthouse Community Charter a good high school?

Lighthouse Community Charter High scores higher than 50 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 50th percentile, Solid, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 35 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 34 in 100 at the average Oakland Unified high school. 10.6% of students (30 of 282) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (6)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 28 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 Lighthouse Community Charter High in Oakland 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 3 AP courses in 3 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 78 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

84% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2025–26 plan, $2.7 million is planned for 32 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 39% of its $7.0 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 42% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 14% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 65 in English, 66 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 · 65 tested

Advanced
11%
Proficient
31%
Below the standard
58%
This school42%
California57%
Oakland Unified44%

42% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 66 tested

Advanced
5%
Proficient
9%
Below the standard
86%
This school14%
California32%
Oakland Unified22%

14% 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 28 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were lower than in 2025. English went from 47% to 42% and math from 24% to 14%.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in math?

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 school11%31%24%34%65
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Oakland Unified17%27%22%34%2,457
Math, grade 11 · This school5%9%18%68%66
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Oakland Unified9%13%17%61%2,499

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%20172022202642%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202614%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 90% in 2017 to 42% in 2026. In math, it went from 47% in 2017 to 14% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201790%
60 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201860%
65 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201941%
66 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202237%
71 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202358%
73 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202438%
71 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202547%
59 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202642%
65 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201747%
59 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201836%
66 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201921%
66 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202213%
70 tested
27%
424,390 tested
20231%
73 tested
27%
440,912 tested
20247%
71 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202524%
59 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202614%
66 tested
32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Lighthouse Community Charter’s results?

Lighthouse Community Charter’s own board decides its plan.

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

Where is its yearly plan?

Oakland Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2028.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

89% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 83% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 84% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

89%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 67 of 75 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

83%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 64 of 77 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

91%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 61 of 67 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

84% enrolled in college within 12 months · 73 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓14 · 19%
  • California State University30 · 41%
  • California community college14 · 19%
  • In-state private1 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year2 · 3%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled12 · 17%

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 3 AP courses in 3 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.

  • Sciences1
  • History & Social Science1
  • World Languages & Cultures1
Every approved AP course3 courses in 3 subjects
Sciences 1
  • Environmental Science
History & Social Science 1
  • United States History
World Languages & Cultures 1
  • Spanish Language and Culture

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
78 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 67 of 75 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 · 64 of 77 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 · 61 of 67 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 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
34
Admitted
28
Enrolled
6

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC BerkeleyApplied 29 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC DavisApplied 25 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 23 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 21 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 14 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled under 3
  • UCLAApplied 13 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 11 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 10 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC IrvineApplied 8 · 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 34 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2024Applied 31 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 5
  • Fall 2023Applied 36 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2022Applied 21 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 7
  • Fall 2021Applied 24 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2020Applied 22 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled 8
  • Fall 2019Applied 32 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled 8
  • Fall 2018Applied 30 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 10
  • Fall 2017Applied 37 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2016Applied 36 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled 17

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

35 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 10.6% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Context Close to the 34 in 100 at the average Oakland Unified high school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 98 of 279 students counted for it; suspension: 30 of 282 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 Oakland Unified high school 6.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

35 in 100This school
34 in 100At the average Oakland Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

98 of 279 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

10.6%

of students were suspended at least once (30 of 282). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Lighthouse Community Charter

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 ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Lighthouse Community CharterSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 60 tested40%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 61 tested13%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 60 tested42%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 61 tested13%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 91%2. Black or African American: 5%Unallocated share: 4%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino91%
  2. Black or African American5%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share4%
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?

41% 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 · 32 of 79 English learners41%
Oakland Unified · 3,379 of 8,21541%
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?

93%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 261 of 281. California: 63%.

21teachers, 2024–25

8 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

29%in their first year, 2024–25

58%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

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

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Oakland Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 60 tested in English, 61 in math
English40%+634%−949%
Math13%−316%−1023%
Hispanic or Latino · 60 tested in English, 61 in math
English42%+933%−749%
Math13%013%−821%

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

English learners and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless 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%
Black or African American5%
White—
Asian—
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: 58% of teaching positions, 11.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 19.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Lighthouse Community Charter, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

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

  1. Elementary
    10th · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle
    7th · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High · this school
    Lighthouse Community Charter High
    Grades 9–12

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

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Brookfield Elementary

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

    10th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • EnCompass Academy Elementary

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

    14th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • ACORN Woodland Elementary

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

    45th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

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 Lighthouse Community Charter how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: lighthousecharter.org ↗Office: (510) 562-8225Administrator: Rich Harrison
444 Hegenberger Road, Oakland 94621

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

Questions for your visit

  1. Do families get each child’s absence count during the year, and what happens once a child starts missing school? 35 in 100 chronically absent, 2025–26 (98 of 279 students); average California high school: 22 in 100
  2. What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 10.6% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (30 of 282 students); average California high school: 2.9%
  3. How does the school check what’s working in math? Math: 24% in 2025 to 14% in 2026 here; California: 30% to 32%
  4. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  5. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (510) 562-8225444 Hegenberger Road, 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.

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #747 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #9 of 23 in Oakland Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate89%5325%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math13%4622%
Ready for college or career (state measure)83%7420%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math36%5018%
Chronically absent27 in 100525%
Suspension rate3.1% (9 of 294)525%
English learners: top level16%—5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–255650#747California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2432 in 1004.4% (14 of 316)
2024–2527 in 1003.1% (9 of 294)

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 116511%31%24%34%42%57%−15

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 11665%9%18%68%14%32%−18

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 · English6511%42%
2026 · Math665%14%
2025 · English5919%47%
2025 · Math597%24%
2024 · English7113%38%
2024 · Math711%7%
2023 · English7319%58%
2023 · Math730%1%
2022 · English7113%37%
2022 · Math701%13%
2019 · English6611%41%
2019 · Math665%21%
2018 · English6517%60%
2018 · Math665%36%
2017 · English6045%90%
2017 · Math5920%47%

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 · English5947%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math5924%
2024 · Grade 11 · English7138%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math717%
2023 · Grade 11 · English7358%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math731%
2022 · Grade 11 · English7137%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math7013%
2019 · Grade 11 · English6641%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math6621%
2018 · Grade 11 · English6560%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math6636%
2017 · Grade 11 · English6090%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math5947%

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
Schoolwide650%25%69%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.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income6040%+6−9
Hispanic or Latino6042%+9−7
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 · 27 in 100 → 2025–26 · 35 in 100 · +8 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 3.1% (9 of 294) → 2025–26 · 10.6% (30 of 282) · +7.5 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—36 in 100—
Male—34 in 100—
Black or African American—64 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—34 in 100—
Students with disabilities—51 in 100—
English learners—34 in 100—
Low-income—36 in 100—
All students—35 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 83% · numerator 64 students classified Prepared · denominator 77 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 2% · AP-pathway numerator 1 · denominator 64 (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 64 of 77 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
89%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
2%
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)
91%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
84%

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)
2025342863.593.663.65
2024312653.563.634.11
20233628143.843.944.06
2022211573.663.693.93
20212420143.763.913.93
2020221783.643.773.93
2019321583.653.874.03
20183014103.613.843.90
20173719143.523.874.00
20163622173.703.933.99

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
Berkeley202529under 3under 3
Berkeley20242033
Berkeley202325under 3under 3
Berkeley202216under 3under 3
Berkeley202119under 3under 3
Davis2025257under 3
Davis2024249under 3
Davis202331188
Davis2022174under 3
Davis202117103
Irvine20258under 3under 3
Irvine20246under 3under 3
Irvine202316under 3under 3
Irvine20229under 3under 3
Irvine202110under 3under 3
Los Angeles202513under 3under 3
Los Angeles202410under 3under 3
Los Angeles20231954
Los Angeles20229under 3under 3
Los Angeles202113under 3under 3
Merced20252322under 3
Merced20242017under 3
Merced20231313under 3
Merced20221313under 3
Merced20211513under 3
Riverside20251411under 3
Riverside20241310under 3
Riverside2021106under 3
San Diego2025103under 3
San Diego2024114under 3
San Diego2023154under 3
San Diego202164under 3
Santa Barbara202511under 3under 3
Santa Barbara202373under 3
Santa Barbara202183under 3
Santa Cruz2025217under 3
Santa Cruz2024237under 3
Santa Cruz20232214under 3
Santa Cruz2022177under 3
Santa Cruz2021118under 3
Universitywide202534286
Universitywide202431265
Universitywide2023362814
Universitywide202221157
Universitywide2021242014

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
Environmental Sciencethis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
United States Historythis 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 count5
AP enrollment (male/female)225
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 78 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections4
Chemistry sections3
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)299

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 California1419%
California State University3041%
California community college1419%
In-state private11%
Out-of-state, 4-year23%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled1217%

73 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 84% · % 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$18,173 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 35,489 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$28,286 per ADA

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

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 57%Instruction support 19%Student services 7%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$491,255,72157.08%57%
Instruction support$164,121,98719.07%19%
Student services$55,003,2496.39%7%
Administration$54,466,8586.33%6%
Buildings & maintenance$76,415,9438.88%9%
Other$19,349,7682.25%2%
Total$860,613,526100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $860,613,526 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$18,173 per pupil
2020$16,594 per pupil
2019$15,652 per pupil
2018$11,195 per pupil
2017$11,617 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 holders10.3%

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 94621 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94621 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$52,049
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14%
ZIP-area population33,840
Median age33.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 94621 →

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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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