Charter school · Palmdale Elementary

Palmdale Academy Charter

Palmdale · K–12 · 989 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
51 / 100

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

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In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (209 of 219); across California, 89%. Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students in the four-year graduation cohort: 219
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students in the four-year cohort across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).
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Academic achievement

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

Learning

How are students doing in English and math?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
18%
Met standard
39%
Below standard
43%

57% met or exceeded · 206 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaPalmdale Elementary
Exceeded18%27%15%
Met39%30%35%
Nearly met24%20%29%
Not met19%23%21%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard
1%
Met standard
13%
Below standard
86%

14% met or exceeded · 207 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaPalmdale Elementary
Exceeded1%14%4%
Met13%16%12%
Nearly met29%21%22%
Not met57%49%62%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

What these tests tell you · what to ask

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

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

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence
In grade 11, 14% met or exceeded the standard in math, against 30% statewide.grade 11 · spring 2025
14%Math · met or exceeded the standard
Source
CDE CAASPP Smarter Balanced results, spring 2025
Students
all students tested in grade 11
Comparison
California: CDE’s statewide grade 11 rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 431,903 in math tested).

Comparisons & progress

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

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school57%
California57%

Tested: 206 here · 432,651 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school57%
Palmdale Elementary50%

Tested: 206 here · 570 in Palmdale Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaPalmdale Elementary
Exceeded18%27%15%
Met39%30%35%
Nearly met24%20%29%
Not met19%23%21%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%
California30%

Tested: 207 here · 431,903 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school14%
Palmdale Elementary16%

Tested: 207 here · 570 in Palmdale Elementary. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 3 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaPalmdale Elementary
Exceeded1%14%4%
Met13%16%12%
Nearly met29%21%22%
Not met57%49%62%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Life at school

Explore the available evidence about the school day and opportunities.

After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

Preparation · separate measures and cohorts

Graduated in four years

95%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 209 of 219 students in the four-year cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.

College / career Prepared

50%

Across California: 52%

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

Source and definition

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

Completed UC/CSU courses

64%

Average California high school: 56%

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

Source and definition

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

One destination in detail

University of California

UC fall 2025 entry · matched school records · counts, not a school rating

Applied
49
Admitted
29
Enrolled
6

Source: UC admissions by source school. “Masked” gives no numeric bound; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable.

UC years and campus records

UC reports fall first-year applicants, admits and enrollees separately. These records do not establish the school’s effect on admission. “+” is a partial SchoolScope sum across linked codes; missing contributions may be zero. A reported zero remains zero. Never assume zero or a positive hidden value for missing or masked counts.

  • Fall 2025Applied 49 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 6

Campus records · fall 2025

  • BerkeleyApplied 16 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • DavisApplied 15 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled Masked
  • IrvineApplied 36 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled Masked
  • Los AngelesApplied 36 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • MercedApplied 13 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled Masked
  • RiversideApplied 25 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled Masked
  • San DiegoApplied 22 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • Santa BarbaraApplied 25 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled Masked
  • Santa CruzApplied 7 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked

Do not add campus application or admission counts: a student may appear at multiple campuses.

Courses and opportunities

What could my child study here?

AP course authorizations

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025 - 2026. Authorization does not confirm this term’s schedule, access or enrollment.

Math & Computer Science 3
  • Calculus AB
  • Precalculus
  • Statistics
Sciences 1
  • Biology
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 3
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 2
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
AP Capstone 2
  • Research
  • Seminar

Courses, access and preparation

AP course or exam pathway qualifiers
40 of 109 Prepared students · 36.7%

2024–25

Source and what this counts

CDE CCI, all students · 220 eligible students. Cohort includes the current four-year graduation cohort and only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Qualifies through two AP exams scored 3+, two AP courses completed with C− or better, or a qualifying combination in different subjects. Share among Prepared students, not all exam takers or course authorizations.

Career pathway: CCI CTE+ qualifiers
18 students

2024–25

Source and what this counts

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

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

What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

21 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
18in 100 at the average Palmdale Elementary school22in 100 at the average California high school

222 of 1,038 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school21 in 100
at the average Palmdale Elementary school18 in 100
at the average California high school22 in 100
3.1%of students were suspended at least once (33 of 1,069), 2024–25
3.7%at the average Palmdale Elementary school3.2%at the average California high school

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

158 English · 159 math tested

English56% / 49%
Math11% / 21%

Hispanic or Latino

162 English · 163 math tested

English60% / 49%
Math13% / 19%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrade 11 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Palmdale Elementaryvs California
Low-income · 158 tested in English, 159 in math
English56%056%+749%
Math11%011%−1021%
Hispanic or Latino · 162 tested in English, 163 in math
English60%060%+1149%
Math13%013%−619%

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

Black or African American and American Indian or Alaska Native students, English learners and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, White, 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.

Low-income students did worse than the same group statewide in math.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Palmdale Academy Charter in Palmdale, 55.7% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 55.7% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Palmdale Academy Charter’s rate for low-income students matches its district average in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (11.3% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (60.5% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 56.8 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 158 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 79%2. Black or African American: 8%3. American Indian or Alaska Native: 5%4. White: 3%5. Two or more races: 2%6. Filipino: 1%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino79%
  2. Black or African American8%
  3. American Indian or Alaska Native5%
  4. White3%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. Filipino1%
  7. Asian—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
Dashed remainder = 100% minus available shares, not a separate student group. Missing categories remain unavailable. Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.
Full student mix, comparisons & sources
Eligible enrollment, 2024–25Here
Hispanic or Latino79%
Black or African American8%
American Indian or Alaska Native5%
White3%
Two or more races2%
Filipino1%
Asian—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

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

About 7 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (72%, 713 of 989). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers52
Average experience9 years
First-year teachers8%
87% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 87.25%: 12.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 14.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Questions & evidence

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Schools on the path into this high school

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

  1. ElementaryPalmdale Academy CharterThis campus · grades K-12
  2. MiddlePalmdale Academy CharterThis campus · grades K-12
  3. High schoolPalmdale Academy CharterThis campus · grades K-12
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Tamarisk Elementary

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

    bottom percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Ocotillo Elementary

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

    14th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Yucca Elementary

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

    6th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Joshua Hills Elementary

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

    11th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Chaparral Prep Academy

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

    25th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2025

  • Mesquite Elementary

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

    12th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Summerwind Elementary

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

    21st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Barrel Springs Elementary

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

    71st percentile · Solid · elementary · 2025

  • Cimarron Elementary

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

    21st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Quail Valley Elementary

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

    17th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

  • Golden Poppy Elementary

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

    8th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2025

Middle-school links

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Getting in

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Location and visiting

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3838 East Avenue R, Palmdale 93550

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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?

Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. 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?
  2. Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
  3. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  4. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

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Nearby high schoolsStatewide percentile

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar high schools2025 statewide percentile
How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 64.1–80.1% meal eligibility and 495–1,978 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Palmdale Academy Charter a good high school?
Palmdale Academy Charter is in the 34th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 51 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (209 of 219); across California, 89%. The Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Palmdale Academy Charter's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 57% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 14% the math standard; 18% and 1% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 206 students were tested in English and 207 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Palmdale Academy Charter rank in California?
Palmdale Academy Charter is in the 34th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Developing, 2025). Palmdale Academy Charter ranks #976 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What do attendance and suspension records show for Palmdale Academy Charter?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 21.4% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 222 chronically absent of 1,038 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 3.1%; 33 unduplicated suspended students of 1,069 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 22.1%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 3.1%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.
How does Palmdale Academy Charter compare to other schools in Palmdale?
Palmdale Academy Charter is in the 34th percentile (Developing) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 989 students. Use the schools in Palmdale page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Palmdale Academy Charter?
At Palmdale Academy Charter in Palmdale, 55.7% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 55.7% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Palmdale Academy Charter’s rate for low-income students matches its district average in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (11.3% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (60.5% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 56.8 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 158 ELA grade test records. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Palmdale Academy Charter?
Palmdale Academy Charter had own-school AP authorizations for 13 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: Biology, Calculus AB, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Precalculus, Research, Seminar, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. The audit records authorization, not whether a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.
How many students from Palmdale Academy Charter go to UC?
In fall 2025, 6 Palmdale Academy Charter graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.
Source records

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

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Palmdale Academy Charter is ranked #976 statewide.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate95.4%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard9.9%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared49.5%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded35.4%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism22.1%22.7%5%
Suspension rate3.1%3.3%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.9% · index 59 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 20.3% · index 43 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared
↓ vs CA 51.7% · index 53 on SchoolScope's high-school calibration scale; the state rate above is CDE's statewide student rate, not this school-model index
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.8% · index 50 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 22.7% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 5.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 52 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 2.9pp lower vs 2024

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

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

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

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1120618%38%24%19%57%+8

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

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

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 112071%13%29%57%14%−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 · subjectStudents with scoresMet+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA21558.6%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math21315.5%

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)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide2053%21%70%5%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged15855.7%+0+7
Hispanic/Latino16260.5%+0+12
Students with Disabilities2825.0%+0+7
Nearest high schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Susp
Palmdale Academy Charter ←—5134th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20259.9%35.4%3.1%
Palmdale High1.8 mi323rd percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20255.3%21.0%9.5%
California average—57School average · no percentile20.3%43.8%3.3%

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

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential 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$58,752 – $131,333
Average elementary principal salary$148,872
Average middle school principal salary$151,470
Average high school principal salary$157,080
Superintendent salary$334,851

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: 51/100. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 49.5% · numerator 109 students classified Prepared · denominator 220 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · overall Prepared rate 51.7% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) ·AP pathway rate 36.7% · AP-pathway numerator 40 · denominator 109 (CCI Prepared students).This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is this version's 20% high-school college-readiness score factor. The school rate is 109 of 220 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
202449/10040#975California comprehensive high schools · 1,641 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 · 26.8% → 2025 · 21.4% · −5.4pp
Suspension rate2024 · 6.2% → 2025 · 3.1% · −3.1pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA20618.4%56.8%
2025 · Math2071.4%14.0%
2024 · ELA21520.5%58.6%
2024 · Math2133.3%15.5%

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
95.4%
AP pathway among Prepared
36.7%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings
A-G Completion
64.1%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A-G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

YearExcMet+AbsentSusp
202411.9%37.0%27.1%6.1%
20259.9%35.4%22.1%3.1%

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

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  • — Scored here as a high school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female—24.1%—
Male—18.2%—
Black/African American—36.8%—
Hispanic/Latino—19.8%—
American Indian/Alaska Native—16.4%—
Two or More Races—41.7%—
White—20.0%—
Students with Disabilities—26.4%—
English Learners—15.7%—
Homeless—17.9%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged—23.5%—
All Students—21.4%—
Filipino—9.1%—

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

UC admissions, universitywideFollow separately reported UC application, admission and enrollment counts.2025–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025492963.713.914.07

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. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. 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 2014.

UC admissions by campusInspect campus records without adding overlapping populations.latest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202516maskedmasked
Davis2025155masked
Irvine2025368masked
Los Angeles202536maskedmasked
Merced20251313masked
Riverside20252518masked
San Diego202522maskedmasked
Santa Barbara2025258masked
Santa Cruz20257maskedmasked
Universitywide202549296

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. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. 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 catalogCheck course authorizations and distinguish outside providers.2025 - 2026
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Precalculusthis school
Researchthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

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

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

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,361 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 17,525 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$506 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 989

Central federal expenditures attributed here$438 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 989

District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,456 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 59%Instruction support 11%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$15,361 per pupil
2020$14,286 per pupil
2019$13,697 per pupil
2018$12,106 per pupil
2017$11,281 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

10ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93550
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93550
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$62,078
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.96%
ZCTA population80,645
Median age30.7 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 · UC fall first-year source records — masked = no numeric bound; + = partial observed count; Universitywide separately reported · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · Data updated 2026-09-27

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