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Peter Johansen High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Peter Johansen posts 28% meeting the standard and 9.5% exceeding it, against 36% and 15.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

641 Norseman Drive, 95357 (opens in new tab)·Modesto City High·Modesto·Grades 9-12·2,029 students·82% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(209) 574-1760·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4647
% Exceeded9%16%
% Met+28%36%
Grad rate88.9%86.6%
College readiness45.9%33.9%
Absence32.3%30.2%
Suspension2.5%3.6%
Scope Score
46
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #1,208 statewide · #5 of 9 in Modesto City High

Peter Johansen High scores 46 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 44th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “28% proficient” and call it done. Peter Johansen deserves a closer read. The school sits in Modesto, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 44th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAOrange(Declined)MathRed(Declined)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 28% meet the standard today, versus 31% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1144%38%37%51%43%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1119%10%10%14%13%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
28%
State 36%
Graduate
89%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
46%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 28 are proficient by 11th grade → 89 graduate → 46 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
88.9%
State 86.6%
2.3pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
9.5%
State 15.8%
6.4pp below state avg
College readiness
45.9%
State 33.9%
AP course or exam readiness above state avg
Met or exceeded
28.1%
State 35.7%
7.6pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
32.3%
State 30.2%
2.1pp above state avg
Suspension rate
2.5%
State 3.6%
1.1pp below state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
18.8%
State 18.0%
0.8pp above state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Peter Johansen High in Modesto, 41.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Peter Johansen High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.1 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 410 students tested.

All students at this school: 28% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 28%, district —, state 36%28%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 27%, district 28%, state 32%27% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 26%, district 28%, state 32%26% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 27%, district 34%, state 44%27% · −1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 33%, state 42%29% · +1 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 8%, district 5%, state 11%8% · −21 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 5%, district 7%, state 15%5% · −23 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 29%, district 44%, state 56%29% · +1 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 41%, district 39%, state 56%41% · +13 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 50%, district 47%, state 72%50% · +22 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 32%, district 24%, state 26%32% · +4 vs school

5 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored

In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Students with disabilities students were 16% of Peter Johansen's enrollment but 0% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic67.9% AP · 74.1% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native1.3% AP · 0.3% enroll.
Asian2.6% AP · 1.6% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.4% enroll.
Black3.8% AP · 2.7% enroll.
White17.9% AP · 16.7% enroll.
Two or more races6.4% AP · 4.2% enroll.
English learners0.0% AP · 15.5% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.0% AP · 16.2% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 32.3%, district 29.6%, state 30.2%32.3% · +2.1pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.5%, district —, state 3.6%2.5% · −1.1pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1232.3%

Where the path goes

The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.

Estimated K-12 Path
Middle
Aspire Vanguard College P…
18
→
High
Peter Johansen High
46
This school

Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score
50%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Peter Johansen's class of 2023, 50% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 374 completers, 50% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 14 (4%)California State University 34 (9%)California community college 131 (35%)In-state private 5 (1%)Out-of-state, 4-year 4 (1%)Out-of-state, 2-year 0 (0%)Not enrolled 186 (50%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 32 of Peter Johansen's 447 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Merced the most common landing, with 12 enrollees.

Applied72fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted66
Enrolled32
Where they landed (fall 2025)

5 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 50% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (131) than at UC (14).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 23:1, district 23:123:1
Teaching staff123 teachers
Avg. experience14.4 years
Fully credentialed81%
Intern / emergency permit0.5%
Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers84 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers43 students
Advanced Coursework

Peter Johansen's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Physics 1.

AP subjects taught14
Math & Computer Science (3)Calculus AB · Calculus BC · Statistics
Sciences (2)Chemistry · Physics 1
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (5)European History · Human Geography · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture
Arts (1)Music Theory

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $19,586, CA average $14,491$19,586 · spent at this school
Federal share$670 per student

$670 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic72.7%
District 63.7% · CA 56.1%
White12.4%
District 16.9% · CA 19.9%
Other9.6%
District 11.7% · CA 9.0%
Asian2.8%
District 5.1% · CA 10.2%
Black2.6%
District 2.5% · CA 4.8%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 81.9% (18pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$96K · CA $85K
Median home value$445K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+18% · CA 35%
ZIP population13,599
Median age36 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 21% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Peter Johansen High a good high school?

Peter Johansen High has a Scope Score of 46 out of 100, placing it in the 44th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,208 statewide. 9.5% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 6.4 percentage points below the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Peter Johansen High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 28.1% of students at Peter Johansen High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 9.5% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 18.6% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 9.5% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 966 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Peter Johansen High rank in California?

Peter Johansen High ranks #1,208 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 44th percentile. 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 is the attendance and school culture like at Peter Johansen High?

32.3% of students at Peter Johansen High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 2.5%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Peter Johansen High compare to other schools in Modesto?

Peter Johansen High scores 46/100 (44th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,029 students. Use the schools in Modesto page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Peter Johansen High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Peter Johansen High in Modesto, 41.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.1% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Peter Johansen High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 1.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.4% Math proficient); Hispanic students (39.8% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 33.1 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 410 students tested. 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 Peter Johansen High?

Peter Johansen High's teachers are authorized to teach 14 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, Human Geography, Music Theory, Physics 1, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Peter Johansen High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 32 Peter Johansen High 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.

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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
88.9%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 52th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
9.5%
↓ vs CA 15.8% · 43th pctile
College readiness · 20%
45.9%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 57th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
28.1%
↓ vs CA 35.7% · 44th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
32.3%
↓ vs CA 30.2% · 48th pctile
▲ 1.4pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
2.5%
↑ vs CA 3.6% · 55th pctile
▼ 2.0pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
18.8%
↑ vs CA 18.0% · 54th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1148615%28%27%30%43%−6
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 114804%9%18%69%13%−11

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide4923%18%65%14%

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 Disadvantaged41041.5%+1+3
Hispanic/Latino35439.8%−2+1
English Learners8812.5%+6+2
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = the same students tracked across grades, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Peter Johansen High ←—469.5%28.1%——2.5%
Modesto High1.1 mi4214.1%32.6%——3.4%
California average—4715.8%35.7%——3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
88.9%
AP Exam Prepared
45.9%
A-G Completion
39.6%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
50.3%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20194746#110710.7%31.4%23.1%6.5%—
20224340#12566.6%23.7%49.0%4.5%—
20234340#13016.5%23.5%37.8%7.1%—
20244748#11089.8%32.2%30.9%4.5%—
20254644#12089.5%28.1%32.3%2.5%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female24.1%36.8%+12.7pp
Male21.9%28.0%+6.1pp
Asian12.8%25.4%+12.6pp
Black/African American38.3%28.8%-9.5pp
Filipino28.6%28.0%-0.6pp
Hispanic/Latino20.7%31.9%+11.2pp
Pacific Islander42.9%53.3%+10.4pp
Two or More Races17.9%34.3%+16.4pp
Students with Disabilities36.3%36.2%-0.1pp
English Learners30.7%34.1%+3.4pp
Foster Youth31.3%71.4%+40.1pp
Homeless75.0%70.0%-5.0pp
Military-Connected25.9%29.0%+3.1pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged24.2%34.2%+10.0pp
All Students23.0%32.3%+9.3pp
White—7.7%—
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20257266323.813.873.88
20244238193.924.024.12
20233731143.763.873.95
20223432193.833.873.89
20214637193.633.743.86
20204234153.833.904.03
2019322293.713.974.06
20183930183.824.014.07
20173624123.553.884.00
2016332393.623.753.73
20153622143.623.843.92
20143731193.713.803.82

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley2025333‹3
Berkeley2024173‹3
Berkeley2023193‹3
Berkeley202217‹3‹3
Berkeley2021275‹3
Davis202546175
Davis202426197
Davis202326123
Davis20222210‹3
Davis202128107
Irvine20252711‹3
Irvine202413‹3‹3
Irvine202313‹3‹3
Irvine2022103‹3
Irvine202110‹3‹3
Los Angeles202520‹3‹3
Los Angeles202422‹3‹3
Los Angeles202317‹3‹3
Los Angeles202219‹3‹3
Los Angeles2021233‹3
Merced2025575412
Merced2024302810
Merced202325217
Merced202225258
Merced202132288
Riverside202520193
Riverside202463‹3
San Diego2025153‹3
San Diego2024138‹3
San Diego2023136‹3
San Diego2022137‹3
San Diego2021163‹3
Santa Barbara202522113
Santa Barbara20241511‹3
Santa Barbara2023128‹3
Santa Barbara202212114
Santa Barbara20211310‹3
Santa Cruz20252917‹3
Santa Cruz20241610‹3
Santa Cruz2023189‹3
Santa Cruz2022126‹3
Santa Cruz20212214‹3
Universitywide2025726632
Universitywide2024423819
Universitywide2023373114
Universitywide2022343219
Universitywide2021463719

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
European Historythis school
Human Geographythis school
Music Theorythis school
Physics 1this school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school

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

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count6
AP enrollment78
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 23 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections14
Chemistry sections18
Total enrollment (CRDC)1,764

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California143.7%
California State University349.1%
California community college13135.0%
In-state private51.3%
Out-of-state, 4-year41.1%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled18649.7%

374 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 50% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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