Public school · Anaheim Union High

Polaris High

Anaheim · 7–12 · 623 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score
38 / 100

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

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In 2024–25, 93% of the class graduated in four years (402 of 432); across California, 89%. Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students in the four-year graduation cohort: 432
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
6%
Met standard
14%
Below standard
80%

20% met or exceeded · 169 tested

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LevelHereCaliforniaAnaheim Union High
Exceeded6%27%24%
Met14%30%27%
Nearly met29%20%21%
Not met51%23%28%

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
4%
Met standard
4%
Below standard
92%

8% met or exceeded · 166 tested

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaAnaheim Union High
Exceeded4%14%13%
Met4%16%13%
Nearly met9%21%18%
Not met83%49%56%

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?

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 school20%
California57%

Tested: 169 here · 432,651 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school20%
Anaheim Union High51%

Tested: 169 here · 4,146 in Anaheim Union High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 12 schools.

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LevelHereCaliforniaAnaheim Union High
Exceeded6%27%24%
Met14%30%27%
Nearly met29%20%21%
Not met51%23%28%

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 school8%
California30%

Tested: 166 here · 431,903 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school8%
Anaheim Union High26%

Tested: 166 here · 4,132 in Anaheim Union High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 12 schools.

Explore the results & sources
LevelHereCaliforniaAnaheim Union High
Exceeded4%14%13%
Met4%16%13%
Nearly met9%21%18%
Not met83%49%56%

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.

Progress over time

How have results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201954%47 tested
→
202520%169 tested

Polaris

California, same grades57% → 57%2019 → 2025 · 439,947 → 432,651 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201914%31 tested
→
20258%166 tested

Polaris

California, same grades32% → 30%2019 → 2025 · 438,107 → 431,903 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grade 11
PolarisCalifornia
Math met or exceeded, grade 11
PolarisCalifornia

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 54% in 2019 to 20% in 2025. Math went from 14% in 2019 to 8% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearPolarisCalifornia
201954%
47 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202229%
198 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202345%
110 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202439%
148 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202520%
169 tested		57%
432,651 tested
Math · met or exceeded · grade 11
YearPolarisCalifornia
201914%
31 tested		32%
438,107 tested
20224%
198 tested		27%
424,390 tested
20239%
107 tested		27%
440,912 tested
20244%
144 tested		28%
434,711 tested
20258%
166 tested		30%
431,903 tested

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (54% to 20%), while across California it was 57% in both years. How does the school check what’s working in English?

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

93%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 402 of 432 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

12%

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

23%

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.

Destinations · class of 2023

Where graduates went

38% enrolled in college within 12 months · 272 high-school completers

  • University of California2 · 1%
  • California State University7 · 3%
  • California community college80 · 29%
  • In-state private10 · 4%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year3 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · 0%
  • Not enrolled169 · 62%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash is unavailable, not zero. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

One destination in detail

University of California

UC fall 2022 entry · matched school records · counts, not a school rating

Applied
8
Admitted
3
Enrolled
Masked

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 2022Applied 8 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled Masked

Campus records · fall 2022

  • DavisApplied 5 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • IrvineApplied 7 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • Los AngelesApplied 6 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • RiversideApplied 6 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
  • San DiegoApplied 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?

Courses, access and preparation

AP courses offered (SARC)
5

2024–25

Source and what this counts

SARC reported offering count; not an authorization list or current-term schedule.

AP course or exam pathway qualifiers
8 of 51 Prepared students · 15.7%

2024–25

Source and what this counts

CDE CCI, all students · 433 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
12 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.

Dual enrollment (historical)
33 students · offered

2020-21

Source and what this counts

Federal Civil Rights Data Collection historical snapshot, not confirmation of current availability.

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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

0 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25
20in 100 at the average Anaheim Union High school22in 100 at the average California high school

0 of 893 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school0 in 100
at the average Anaheim Union High school20 in 100
at the average California high school22 in 100
0.5%of students were suspended at least once (5 of 923), 2024–25
2.0%at the average Anaheim Union High school3.2%at the average California high school
Attendance by grade
Chronically absent, 2024–25Per 100 studentsStudents
Grades 7–800 of 24
Grades 9–1200 of 869

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

157 English · 154 math tested

English18% / 49%
Math8% / 21%

Hispanic or Latino

141 English · 140 math tested

English16% / 49%
Math8% / 19%

English learners

53 tested per subject

English4% / 8%
Math13% / 6%
All group results, district comparisons and sources
Met or exceeded the standardgrade 11 · spring 2025
Group and subjectHerevs Anaheim Union Highvs California
Low-income · 157 tested in English, 154 in math
English18%−2947%−3149%
Math8%−1321%−1321%
Hispanic or Latino · 141 tested in English, 140 in math
English16%−2541%−3349%
Math8%−513%−1119%
English learners · 53 tested
English4%−711%−48%
Math13%+85%+76%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Anaheim Union High, and across California. None is green: no group that is behind statewide does 10 or more points better here than the same group statewide.

White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities 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 and Hispanic or Latino students did worse than the same groups statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Polaris High in Anaheim, 18.5% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 46.8% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Polaris High’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 28.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (8.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (16.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 15.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 157 ELA grade test records.

Who goes here

Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Incomplete category detail

1. Hispanic or Latino: 82%2. White: 9%3. Black or African American: 2%4. Asian: 2%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 Latino82%
  2. White9%
  3. Black or African American2%
  4. Asian2%
  5. Two or more races2%
  6. Filipino1%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
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 Latino82%
White9%
Black or African American2%
Asian2%
Two or more races2%
Filipino1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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 9 in 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (88%, 548 of 623). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers46
Average experience19 years
First-year teachers0%
35% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 35.23%: 9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 25.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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Schools on the path into this high school

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  3. High schoolPolaris HighThis campus · grades 7-12
All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Ball Junior High

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

  • Brookhurst Junior High

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

  • Dale Junior High

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

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares its own level and peer class; the stages are not one ranking.

Getting in

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polaris.auhsd.us

Location and visiting

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1800 West Ball Road, Anaheim 92804

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Questions

Questions to ask

A short list for your school visit.

  1. English is lower than in 2019 here (54% to 20%), while across California it was 57% in both years. How does the school check what’s working in English?
  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?

Call (714) 220-3077 to ask about a visit.

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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 80–96% meal eligibility and 312–1,246 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 Polaris High a good high school?
Polaris High is in the 7th percentile (Needs Support) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 38 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 93% of the class graduated in four years (402 of 432); 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 Polaris High's CAASPP test scores?
In spring 2025, 20% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 8% the math standard; 6% and 4% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 169 students were tested in English and 166 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).
How does Polaris High rank in California?
Polaris High is in the 7th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Needs Support, 2025). Polaris High ranks #1,383 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 Polaris High?
CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 0.0% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 0 chronically absent of 893 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 0.5%; 5 unduplicated suspended students of 923 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 2.6%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 0.8%. 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 Polaris High compare to other schools in Anaheim?
Polaris High is in the 7th percentile (Needs Support) 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 623 students. Use the schools in Anaheim page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.
What do reported student-group results show at Polaris High?
At Polaris High in Anaheim, 18.5% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 46.8% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Polaris High’s rate for low-income students trails its district average by 28.4 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (8.4% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (16.3% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 15.9 percentage points: English learners in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 157 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.
How many students from Polaris High go to UC?
UC masks this number for Polaris High — fewer than three enrollees in fall 2022 — a privacy protection for small cohorts, not a signal about the school. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center).
Source records

Explore the data

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

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Polaris High is ranked #1,383 statewide · #11 of 11 in Anaheim Union High.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate93.1%92.9%25%
Exceeded standard5.1%20.3%22%
CCI overall Prepared11.8%51.7%20%
Met or exceeded13.7%43.8%18%
Chronic absenteeism2.6%22.7%5%
Suspension rate0.8%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)7.8%17.8%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.9% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 20.3% · index 38 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared
↓ vs CA 51.7% · index 30 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 34 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 22.7% · index 73 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.4pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 17.8% · index 37 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint

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 70——————
Grade 8———————
Grade 111696%14%29%51%20%−29

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

State grade 7 ELA equal-school mean: 47.6%; n=2631 reporting schools

State grade 8 ELA equal-school mean: 46.2%; n=2658 reporting schools

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 70——————
Grade 8———————
Grade 111664%4%9%83%8%−16

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

State grade 7 Math equal-school mean: 33.7%; n=2630 reporting schools

State grade 8 Math equal-school mean: 32.1%; n=2658 reporting schools

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 7 · ELA6—
2024 · Grade 8 · ELA1520.0%
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA14838.5%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math6—
2024 · Grade 8 · Math147.1%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math1444.2%
2023 · Grade 7 · ELA137.7%
2023 · Grade 8 · ELA2119.1%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA11045.5%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math10—
2023 · Grade 8 · Math219.5%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math1079.3%
2022 · Grade 7 · ELA19831.6%
2022 · Grade 8 · ELA19848.0%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA19829.2%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math19816.7%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math19818.5%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math1983.9%
2019 · Grade 7 · ELA47—
2019 · Grade 8 · ELA4738.5%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA4753.6%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math31—
2019 · Grade 8 · Math3118.2%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math3114.3%

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
Schoolwide1951%5%71%23%

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 Disadvantaged15718.5%−28−30
Hispanic/Latino14116.3%−25−33
English Learners533.8%−8−5
Nearest high schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance

SchoolDistScope · percentile · bandEXCMET+Susp
Polaris High ←—387th percentile · Needs Support · statewide · 20255.1%13.7%0.8%
Loara High0.5 mi4825th percentile · Developing · statewide · 20257.2%21.9%3.5%
California average—57School average · no percentile20.3%43.8%3.3%
Gilbert High (Continuation)scored within its class, not statewide0 mi2351st percentile · Solid · within class · 20250.0%5.0%0.7%
Orange County Workforce Innovation Highscored within its class, not statewide1.4 mi1117th percentile · Needs Support · within class · 20253.0%15.1%1.7%

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$63,781 – $139,964
Average middle school principal salary$149,574
Average high school principal salary$163,653
Superintendent salary$328,935

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: 38/100. 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 11.8% · numerator 51 students classified Prepared · denominator 433 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 15.7% · AP-pathway numerator 8 · denominator 51 (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 51 of 433 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
201947/10027#1099California comprehensive high schools · 1,512 schools
202241/10017#1327California comprehensive high schools · 1,599 schools
202346/10029#1147California comprehensive high schools · 1,633 schools
202443/10021#1289California 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 · 0.0% → 2025 · 0.0% · +0.0pp
Suspension rate2024 · 0.5% → 2025 · 0.5% · +0.0pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresExcMet+
2025 · ELA1725.8%19.8%
2025 · Math1684.2%7.7%
2024 · ELA16911.2%35.5%
2024 · Math1641.8%4.3%
2023 · ELA14415.3%38.2%
2023 · Math1383.6%9.4%
2022 · ELA19810.1%31.8%
2022 · Math1981.5%7.1%
2019 · ELA4721.3%42.5%
2019 · Math313.2%12.9%

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
93.1%
AP pathway among Prepared
15.7%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings
A-G Completion
22.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
37.9%

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
201914.3%33.9%11.0%2.2%
20223.9%16.6%3.3%0.6%
202311.4%27.4%4.2%0.7%
20247.1%21.3%3.0%0.9%
20255.1%13.7%2.6%0.8%

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

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES
What we can't show
  • — Students classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged here trail the state average for their group by 30 points in ELA in grade 11 — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years
Group2018–192024–25Δ
Female0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Male0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Asian0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Hispanic/Latino0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
White0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
English Learners0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Homeless0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
All Students0.0%0.0%+0.0pp
Black/African American—0.0%—
Filipino—0.0%—
Two or More Races—0.0%—
Students with Disabilities—0.0%—

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.2022–2022 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
202283masked3.67——

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 2011.

UC admissions by campusInspect campus records without adding overlapping populations.latest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Davis20225maskedmasked
Irvine20227maskedmasked
Los Angeles20226maskedmasked
Riverside20226maskedmasked
San Diego20227maskedmasked
Universitywide202283masked

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.

Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotInspect the dated federal advanced-coursework snapshot.dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count13
AP enrollment22
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 33 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8offered · 3 enrolled
Calculus sections0
Physics sections1
Chemistry sections4
Total enrollment (CRDC)613

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.

College destinationsRead the completion cohort and its reported college destinations.class of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California20.7%
California State University72.6%
California community college8029.4%
In-state private103.7%
Out-of-state, 4-year31.1%
Out-of-state, 2-year10.4%
Not enrolled16962.1%

272 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 38% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2022 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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$14,929 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 29,183 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$159 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 623

Central federal expenditures attributed here$342 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 623

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,601 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 61%Instruction support 8%Student services 11%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%

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

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$14,929 per pupil
2020$13,642 per pupil
2019$13,449 per pupil
2018$12,615 per pupil
2017$12,441 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

11ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 92804
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 92804
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,141
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.45%
ZCTA population83,537
Median age37.1 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 · CRDC 2020-21 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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