Redlands Senior High: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Redlands posts 61% meeting the standard, and 31.9% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61 | 32% | 61% | 94.1% | 61.8% | 22.2% | 3.2% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Redlands Senior High scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 86th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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💪 Strong All-Around — Ask about what we don't score — class size, electives, the feel of a classroom — strong numbers everywhere on paper don't mean every classroom feels the same.
Most rating sites would stop at “61% proficient” and call it done. Redlands deserves a closer read. The school sits in Redlands, where three in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Redlands's low-income kids hit 66.0% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 86th-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 61% meet the standard today, versus 64% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 76% | 69% | 77% | 77% | 72% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 51% | 43% | 44% | 52% | 49% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 61 are proficient by 11th grade → 94 graduate → 62 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
Redlands's most underrated number
66.0% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 7 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- 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 Redlands Senior High in Redlands, 66.0% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 41.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Redlands Senior High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 24.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (40.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (63.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 57.4 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 282 students tested.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$111 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 2,189 students, this school is well above the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 44% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 40
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 54
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 41
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 467 | 43% | 29% | 17% | 11% | 72% | +25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 460 | 21% | 28% | 21% | 31% | 49% | +25 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 452 | 14% | 30% | 51% | 5% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 282 | 66.0% | +25 | +28 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 221 | 63.4% | +21 | +25 |
| White | 100 | 79.0% | +14 | +17 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlands Senior High ← | — | 61 | 31.9% | 60.5% | — | 3.2% |
| Citrus Valley High | 2.1 mi | 54 | 25.5% | 56.8% | — | 2.6% |
| Orangewood High (Continuation) | 1.1 mi | 26 | 2.1% | 9.0% | — | 2.8% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66 | 89 | #224 | 37.9% | 63.7% | 12.2% | 2.9% | — |
| 2022 | 60 | 85 | #321 | 29.9% | 55.9% | 22.5% | 4.2% | — |
| 2023 | 61 | 87 | #279 | 33.3% | 60.6% | 24.5% | 4.5% | — |
| 2024 | 63 | 89 | #230 | 36.7% | 64.5% | 22.8% | 3.0% | — |
| 2025 | 61 | 86 | #308 | 31.9% | 60.5% | 22.2% | 3.2% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 11.8% | 23.5% | +11.7pp |
| Male | 11.8% | 20.3% | +8.5pp |
| Asian | 6.0% | 10.4% | +4.4pp |
| Black/African American | 14.5% | 29.5% | +15.0pp |
| White | 4.4% | 9.7% | +5.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.6% | 26.5% | +11.9pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 20.0% | — | — |
| Two or More Races | 8.2% | 16.9% | +8.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 19.7% | 39.2% | +19.5pp |
| English Learners | 14.7% | 24.8% | +10.1pp |
| Foster Youth | 36.4% | — | — |
| Homeless | 18.5% | 28.3% | +9.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 15.3% | 27.0% | +11.7pp |
| All Students | 11.8% | 21.9% | +10.1pp |
| Filipino | — | 17.2% | — |
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