Public school · Milpitas Unified · Milpitas, California

Milpitas High — Rating & test scores

Milpitas · 9–12 · 2,926 students (2024–25)

1285 Escuela Parkway, 95035mhs.musd.org ↗(408) 635-2800

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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

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

See this school’s score factors ↓

Milpitas Highhigher than 85 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Milpitas Highhigher than 85 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (650 of 686); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 686
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, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 58% 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”).

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11: 635 in English, 639 in math. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Milpitas Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Milpitas High a good high school?

Milpitas High scores higher than 85 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 85th percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 22 in 100 at the average California high school. 2.5% of students (73 of 2,959) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 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, 54% of low-income students in grade 11 at Milpitas 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 21 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

83% 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 above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 58% 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: 635 in English, 639 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 · 635 tested

Advanced: 44%
Proficient: 26%
Below the standard: 30%

This school70%

California57%

Milpitas Unified68%

70% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 639 tested

Advanced: 34%
Proficient: 24%
Below the standard: 42%

This school58%

California32%

Milpitas Unified54%

58% 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 12 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 lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 78% to 70% and math from 57% to 58%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202578%673 tested

→

202670%635 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202557%676 tested

→

202658%639 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

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

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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	44%	26%	12%	18%	635
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · Milpitas Unified	41%	27%	13%	19%	708
Math, grade 11 · This school	34%	24%	15%	27%	639
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · Milpitas Unified	31%	23%	15%	31%	712

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 · English and math have stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

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Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202658%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 80% in 2017 to 70% in 2026. In math, it went from 56% in 2017 to 58% 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
Year	This school	California
2017	80% 805 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	75% 692 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	79% 627 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	78% 421 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	78% 692 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	73% 618 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	78% 673 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	70% 635 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	56% 804 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	58% 694 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	63% 627 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	61% 404 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	58% 694 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	55% 624 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	57% 676 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	58% 639 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Milpitas High’s results?

The state has Milpitas High in targeted support; Milpitas Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for students with disabilities. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

The state is giving Milpitas Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. The 2026 Dashboard flagged results for students with disabilities on two measures: English, and math. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Milpitas Unified: CDE’s assistance status files for the 2025 and 2026 California School Dashboards. Source

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

Milpitas 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 Milpitas Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Life at school

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

95% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 63% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 83% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

95%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 650 of 686 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

63%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 434 of 686 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

59%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 385 of 650 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

83% enrolled in college within 12 months · 711 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓95 · 13%
California State University CSU detail ↓106 · 15%
California community college328 · 46%
In-state private24 · 3%
Out-of-state, 4-year33 · 5%
Out-of-state, 2-year4 · 1%
Not enrolled121 · 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 21 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 Science4
Sciences5
English1
History & Social Science6
World Languages & Cultures2
Arts3

Every approved AP course21 courses in 6 subjects

Math & Computer Science 4

Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Computer Science A
Statistics

Sciences 5

Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Physics 1
Physics 2

English 1

English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 6

Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Psychology
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

World Languages & Cultures 2

Chinese Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture

Arts 3

2-D Art and Design
Drawing
Music Theory

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 · 650 of 686 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 · 434 of 686 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 · 385 of 650 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: 284
Admitted: 238
Enrolled: 104

By campus · fall 2025

UC DavisApplied 255 · Admitted 60 · Enrolled 14
UC IrvineApplied 239 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 10
UC San DiegoApplied 225 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 14
UC BerkeleyApplied 215 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled 14
UCLAApplied 208 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled 9
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 196 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled 8
UC RiversideApplied 189 · Admitted 173 · Enrolled 14
UC Santa CruzApplied 187 · Admitted 139 · Enrolled 16
UC MercedApplied 169 · Admitted 168 · Enrolled 5

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 284 · Admitted 238 · Enrolled 104
Fall 2024Applied 353 · Admitted 269 · Enrolled 146
Fall 2023Applied 297 · Admitted 219 · Enrolled 99
Fall 2022Applied 317 · Admitted 215 · Enrolled 122
Fall 2021Applied 322 · Admitted 212 · Enrolled 127
Fall 2020Applied 271 · Admitted 212 · Enrolled 124
Fall 2019Applied 261 · Admitted 157 · Enrolled 94
Fall 2018Applied 281 · Admitted 187 · Enrolled 111
Fall 2017Applied 207 · Admitted 139 · Enrolled 89
Fall 2016Applied 187 · Admitted 136 · Enrolled 85

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied: 316
Admitted: 297
Enrolled: 85

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.

San José StateApplied 1,510 · Admitted 1,271 · Enrolled 414
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 893 · Admitted 102 · Enrolled 16
San Diego StateApplied 883 · Admitted 187 · Enrolled 19
Cal State Long BeachApplied 637 · Admitted 207 · Enrolled 8
San Francisco StateApplied 631 · Admitted 594 · Enrolled 44
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 473 · Admitted 315 · Enrolled 17
Cal State East BayApplied 371 · Admitted 343 · Enrolled 21
Cal State FullertonApplied 298 · Admitted 238 · Enrolled 13
Sacramento StateApplied 295 · Admitted 280 · Enrolled 20
Cal State LAApplied 153 · Admitted 144 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 146 · Admitted 141 · Enrolled under 6
Chico StateApplied 141 · Admitted 127 · Enrolled under 6
Fresno StateApplied 111 · Admitted 107 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 90 · Admitted 84 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 87 · Admitted 80 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 82 · Admitted 76 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied 70 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled under 6
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 42 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
Stanislaus StateApplied 42 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled —
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 34 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled —
Cal State San MarcosApplied 31 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled —
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 26 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled —
Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied 9 · 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 316 · Admitted 297 · Enrolled 85
Fall 2024Applied 392 · Admitted 381 · Enrolled 122
Fall 2023Applied 343 · Admitted 333 · Enrolled 112
Fall 2022Applied 348 · Admitted 340 · Enrolled 121
Fall 2021Applied 398 · Admitted 375 · Enrolled 152

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California high school, 22 in 100 were. 2.5% 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: 233 of 2,929 students counted for it; suspension: 73 of 2,959 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school

22 in 100At the average California high school

233 of 2,929 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

No district average: Milpitas High is the only regular high school we rank in the Milpitas Unified district with an attendance record.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.5%

of students were suspended at least once (73 of 2,959). 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 Milpitas 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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

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

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students here scored well above the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

38% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 23% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students scored below the same group across California in math. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

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).

Milpitas HighSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

Two or more races39 tested77%Same group, California 43%
Asian377 tested73%Same group, California 67%
Filipino79 tested42%Same group, California 49%
Low-income270 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 38%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or Latino106 tested12%Same group, California 21%
Students with disabilities46 tested9%Same group, California 8%
English learners57 tested5%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 5% to 82%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Asian55%
Hispanic or Latino19%
Filipino13%
Two or more races6%
White4%
Black or African American2%
Not reported<1%
Pacific Islander<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Unallocated share<1%

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. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. 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 · 101 of 248 English learners41%

Milpitas Unified · 686 of 1,30952%

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?

44%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,286 of 2,926. California: 63%.

145teachers, 2024–25

13 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

4%in their first year, 2024–25

87%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Milpitas Unified	vs California
Low-income · 268 tested in English, 270 in math
English	54%	+351%	+549%
Math	38%	+434%	+1523%
Asian · 375 tested in English, 377 in math
English	82%	+181%	+379%
Math	73%	+172%	+667%
Hispanic or Latino · 105 tested in English, 106 in math
English	27%	−330%	−2249%
Math	12%	012%	−921%
Filipino · 78 tested in English, 79 in math
English	67%	+166%	−1077%
Math	42%	+438%	−749%
Two or more races · 39 tested
English	82%	+577%	+1567%
Math	77%	+572%	+3443%
English learners · 57 tested
English	5%	−49%	−38%
Math	5%	−16%	−38%
Students with disabilities · 43 tested in English, 46 in math
English	14%	−216%	−519%
Math	9%	−110%	+18%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Milpitas Unified, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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, 2025–26	Here
Asian	55%
Hispanic or Latino	19%
Filipino	13%
Two or more races	6%
White	4%
Black or African American	2%
Not reported	<1%
Pacific Islander	<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—

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: 87% of teaching positions, 116.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 134 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

Elementary
Robert Randall World Languages
73rd · Solid · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
Middle
Rancho Milpitas Middle
93rd · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
High · this school
Milpitas 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

Robert Randall World Languages
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
73rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Alexander Rose Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
51st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
John Sinnott Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
85th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Pearl Zanker Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
93rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Curtner Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
92nd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Marshall Pomeroy Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
91st percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Anthony Spangler Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
96th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Joseph Weller Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
86th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
William Burnett Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
81st percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
72% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Mabel Mattos Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
95th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

Rancho Milpitas Middle
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
93rd percentile · Strong · middle · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Thomas Russell Middle
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
95th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Robert Randall World Languages
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

How do I get in?

Ask Milpitas Unified which school serves your address.

School website: mhs.musd.org ↗Office: (408) 635-2800Administrator: Greg Wohlman

Location and visiting

Get directions

1285 Escuela Parkway, Milpitas 95035

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

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 78% in 2025 to 70% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (408) 635-28001285 Escuela Parkway, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #218 of 1,498 California high schools we score

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	95%	59	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	40%	77	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	63%	62	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	67%	73	18%
Chronically absent	9 in 100	67	5%
Suspension rate	2.4% (73 of 3,004)	55	5%
English learners: top level	19%	55	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.

School pattern · 2024–25 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here met or exceeded the standard. The Met or exceeded row above gives the figure.

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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	72	85	#218	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	8 in 100	2.5% (80 of 3,255)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	10 in 100	3.3% (102 of 3,124)
2024–25	9 in 100	2.4% (73 of 3,004)

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
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	635	44%	26%	12%	18%	70%	57%	+13

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
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	639	34%	24%	15%	27%	58%	32%	+26

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	635	44%	70%
2026 · Math	639	34%	58%
2025 · English	673	47%	78%
2025 · Math	676	33%	57%
2024 · English	618	43%	73%
2024 · Math	624	29%	55%
2023 · English	692	50%	78%
2023 · Math	694	36%	58%
2022 · English	421	49%	78%
2022 · Math	404	38%	61%
2019 · English	627	52%	79%
2019 · Math	627	38%	63%
2018 · English	692	44%	75%
2018 · Math	694	32%	58%
2017 · English	805	49%	80%
2017 · Math	804	32%	56%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	673	78%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	676	57%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	618	73%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	624	55%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	692	78%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	694	58%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	421	78%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	404	61%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	627	79%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	627	63%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	692	75%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	694	58%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	805	80%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	804	56%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	643	24%	36%	36%	4%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	268	54%	+3	+5
Asian	375	82%	+1	+3
Hispanic or Latino	105	27%	−3	−22

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 · 9 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · −1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.4% (73 of 3,004) → 2025–26 · 2.5% (73 of 2,959) · +0.1 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100
Male	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100
Asian	4 in 100	4 in 100	0 in 100
Black or African American	17 in 100	13 in 100	−4 in 100
Filipino	6 in 100	7 in 100	+1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	16 in 100	17 in 100	+1 in 100
Pacific Islander	30 in 100	15 in 100	−15 in 100
Two or more races	14 in 100	11 in 100	−3 in 100
White	13 in 100	8 in 100	−5 in 100
Students with disabilities	18 in 100	23 in 100	+5 in 100
English learners	8 in 100	15 in 100	+7 in 100
Homeless	24 in 100	19 in 100	−5 in 100
Low-income	12 in 100	12 in 100	0 in 100
All students	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 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

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 63% · numerator 434 students classified Prepared · denominator 686 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 69% · AP-pathway numerator 298 · denominator 434 (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 434 of 686 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

95%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

69%

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)

59%

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

College-going rate

83%

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

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	284	238	104	3.84	3.88	3.98
2024	353	269	146	3.85	3.94	4.03
2023	297	219	99	3.85	3.93	4.03
2022	317	215	122	3.92	4.01	4.04
2021	322	212	127	3.81	3.96	4.08
2020	271	212	124	3.81	3.90	3.97
2019	261	157	94	3.77	3.90	3.97
2018	281	187	111	3.79	3.92	3.98
2017	207	139	89	3.75	3.87	3.94
2016	187	136	85	3.75	3.87	3.93

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

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	215	19	14
Berkeley	2024	268	36	24
Berkeley	2023	208	23	12
Berkeley	2022	231	23	17
Berkeley	2021	213	30	24
Davis	2025	255	60	14
Davis	2024	307	93	29
Davis	2023	241	73	24
Davis	2022	281	78	26
Davis	2021	262	96	39
Irvine	2025	239	31	10
Irvine	2024	290	46	12
Irvine	2023	239	24	7
Irvine	2022	268	22	4
Irvine	2021	257	19	7
Los Angeles	2025	208	17	9
Los Angeles	2024	254	20	12
Los Angeles	2023	198	15	9
Los Angeles	2022	244	20	14
Los Angeles	2021	225	17	10
Merced	2025	169	168	5
Merced	2024	131	128	13
Merced	2023	100	94	7
Merced	2022	100	96	13
Merced	2021	78	68	5
Riverside	2025	189	173	14
Riverside	2024	180	140	19
Riverside	2023	146	101	16
Riverside	2022	142	103	20
Riverside	2021	122	78	16
San Diego	2025	225	33	14
San Diego	2024	275	57	15
San Diego	2023	213	25	6
San Diego	2022	256	37	13
San Diego	2021	229	41	11
Santa Barbara	2025	196	43	8
Santa Barbara	2024	243	65	5
Santa Barbara	2023	196	41	6
Santa Barbara	2022	217	31	3
Santa Barbara	2021	209	36	under 3
Santa Cruz	2025	187	139	16
Santa Cruz	2024	245	129	17
Santa Cruz	2023	183	98	12
Santa Cruz	2022	194	78	12
Santa Cruz	2021	186	82	14
Universitywide	2025	284	238	104
Universitywide	2024	353	269	146
Universitywide	2023	297	219	99
Universitywide	2022	317	215	122
Universitywide	2021	322	212	127

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

Subject	Authorization recorded for
2-D Art and Design	this school
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Calculus BC	this school
Chemistry	this school
Chinese Language and Culture	this school
Computer Science A	this school
Drawing	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
Macroeconomics	this school
Microeconomics	this school
Music Theory	this school
Physics 1	this school
Physics 2	this school
Psychology	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this 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

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	19
AP enrollment (male/female)	948
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	not offered
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	7
Physics sections	12
Chemistry sections	27
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	3,013

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

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	95	13%
California State University	106	15%
California community college	328	46%
In-state private	24	3%
Out-of-state, 4-year	33	5%
Out-of-state, 2-year	4	1%
Not enrolled	121	17%

711 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 83% · % 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$12,354 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 10,413 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$216 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,926

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,025 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,926

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,174 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 64%Instruction support 16%Student services 6%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 9%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$112,937,501	64.42%	64%
Instruction support	$27,378,531	15.62%	16%
Student services	$10,907,245	6.22%	6%
Administration	$8,701,589	4.96%	5%
Buildings & maintenance	$14,845,074	8.47%	9%
Total	$175,320,260	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $175,320,260 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$12,354 per pupil

2020$12,118 per pupil

2019$12,280 per pupil

2018$11,069 per pupil

2017$10,472 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 95035 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 95035 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$178,654
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	58%
ZIP-area population	78,810
Median age	36.8 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 95035 →

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