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Saint Helena High

St. Helena, CA · Grades 9-12 · 416 students · Saint Helena Unified

English learners reach fluency faster than the state rate. But suspensions run the state rate.

67% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 28% in math. 93.9% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

28%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

67%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

416

Total enrollment

Graduation

93.9%

Four-year graduation rate

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The overall score is a starting point.

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 42%2022: 31%2023: 34%2024: 38%2025: 28%2019: 87%2022: 75%2023: 76%2024: 68%2025: 67%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 42%2022: 31%2023: 34%2024: 38%2025: 28%2019: 87%2022: 75%2023: 76%2024: 68%2025: 67%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
201942%87%
202231%75%
202334%76%
202438%68%
202528%67%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Slipped from the 85th to the 72nd percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “48% proficient” and call it done. Saint Helena deserves a closer read. One in three of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Saint Helena's low-income kids hit 55.9% 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.

95 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Saint Helena High scores 61 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 72nd percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 48% meet the standard today, versus 65% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 85th percentile · Scope Score 70 of 1002022 · 80th percentile · Scope Score 65 of 1002023 · 79th percentile · Scope Score 65 of 1002024 · 76th percentile · Scope Score 63 of 1002025 · 72nd percentile · Scope Score 61 of 100
ELAGreen(Declined Significantly)MathYellow(Declined)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1187%75%76%68%67%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1142%31%34%38%28%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

Two in five of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA67% met or exceeded
Exceeded 33%Met 35%Nearly Met 18%Not Met 15%
Math28% met or exceeded
Exceeded 12%Met 17%Nearly Met 33%Not Met 39%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school6122%48%93.9%65.7%14.2%7.1%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope6154
% Exceeded22%20%
% Met+48%43%
Grad rate93.9%92.5%
College readiness65.7%43.0%
Absence14.2%23.1%
Suspension7.1%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard ahead of the same group statewide.

55.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. This comparison does not tell us what caused the difference.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 48% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 48%, district —, state 43%48%
MaleMale: this school 41%, district 50%, state 42%41% · −7 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 41%, district 36%, state 32%41% · −7 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 58%, district 51%, state 44%58% · +10 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 58%, district 68%, state 56%58% · +10 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 38%, district 36%, state 32%38% · −10 vs school

6 of 12 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
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In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Hispanic students were 49% of Saint Helena's enrollment but 31% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic31.5% AP · 49.0% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.0% AP · 0.8% enroll.
Asian1.6% AP · 0.8% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.0% AP · 0.0% enroll.
Black0.0% AP · 0.2% enroll.
White65.3% AP · 48.5% enroll.
Two or more races1.6% AP · 0.6% enroll.
English learners0.8% AP · 9.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities1.6% AP · 10.2% 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)

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

74%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 78 of 105 completers · includes community colleges

105Completers
30%
Other colleges32 completers · Outside the California community college system
44%
California community colleges46 completers · Enrolled within a year
26%
Not recorded enrolled27 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
74%enrolled in college within a year
  • University of California6 (6%)
  • California State University10 (10%)
  • California community college46 (44%)
  • In-state private2 (2%)
  • Out-of-state, 4-year12 (11%)
  • Out-of-state, 2-year2 (2%)
  • Not enrolled27 (26%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 13 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher13 · district 14
Teaching staff36 teachers
Avg. experience17.4 years
Fully credentialed96%
PrincipalBen Scinto
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Teacher salary schedule$89,803 – $185,413
Principal salary$188,071 – $253,811
Superintendent salary$292,510

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP courses offered15 (CCI)
AP exam qualifiers46 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers45 students
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here show up more, and get suspended more, than the state average.

Ask on a visit

Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 14.2%, district 10.5%, state 23.1%14.2% · −8.9pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 7.1%, district —, state 3.3%7.1% · +3.8pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1211.4%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $42,764 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$621 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.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $42,764, CA average $14,491$42,764 · spent at this school
Federal share$621 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$39,536 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 63%Instruction support 11%Student services 6%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$31,620 per pupil
2019$28,918 per pupil
2018$28,073 per pupil
2017$27,432 per pupil
2016$25,270 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

One in three of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 416 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 39% 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.

Hispanic or Latino54.1% · district 54.1% · CA 56.1%
White41.6% · district 41.7% · CA 19.9%
Asian1.0% · district 1.6% · CA 10.2%
Black0.7% · district 0.7% · CA 4.8%
Other2.6% · district 2.0% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch36.8% · CA 64%
Median income$139K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.64M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+55% · CA 35%
ZIP population7,457
Median age50 years

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

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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A source-reviewed culture summary is not available for this profile yet. Ask how teaching, student support and family communication work day to day.

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

Ask a current family: “When your child needs help, how does the school respond?”

Educator voices

What should families understand about teaching, support and the school community?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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District public
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Charter
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Private
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Moving & enrollment

Which schools could serve my child?

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School location and nearby schools do not establish attendance eligibility. Confirm boundaries and permit requirements with Saint Helena Unified.

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Schools across the K–12 journey

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Plan your next step

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Worth a school visit

  • Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
  • 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.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Saint Helena High a good high school?
Saint Helena High has a Scope Score of 61 out of 100, placing it in the 72nd percentile of California high schools and ranked #454 statewide. 22.1% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 2.3 percentage points above the California average of 19.8%. 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 Saint Helena High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 47.9% of students at Saint Helena High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 22.1% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 25.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 22.1% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 190 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Saint Helena High rank in California?
Saint Helena High ranks #454 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 72nd 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 Saint Helena High?
14.2% of students at Saint Helena High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 7.1%. 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 Saint Helena High compare to other schools in St. Helena?
Saint Helena High scores 61/100 (72nd 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 416 students. Use the schools in St. Helena page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Saint Helena High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Saint Helena High in St. Helena, 55.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 43.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Saint Helena High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 12.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (20.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (59.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 11.5 percentage points for low-income students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 34 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.

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Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 7 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate93.9%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard22.1%19.8%22%
College readiness65.7%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded47.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism14.2%23.1%5%
Suspension rate7.1%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)30.0%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Saint Helena High: reading the evidence

Saint Helena has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

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.

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Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

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

Saint Helena High is ranked #454 statewide.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate93.9%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard22.1%19.8%22%
College readiness65.7%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded47.9%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism14.2%23.1%5%
Suspension rate7.1%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)30.0%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 58 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 19.8% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 68 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.2% · index 59 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 23.1% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 2.0pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↓ vs CA 3.3% · index 34 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 1.7pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↑ vs CA 18.0% · index 70 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 119533%35%18%15%67%+19
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 119512%17%33%39%28%+5

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.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide966%32%57%4%

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

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged3455.9%+12+18
Hispanic/Latino5459.3%+15+20
White3778.4%+2+17
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Saint Helena High ←6122.1%47.9%7.1%
California average5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
93.9%
AP Exam Prepared
65.7%
A-G Completion
60.2%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
74.3%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20197085#23235.1%64.7%11.5%5.1%
20226580#31626.4%52.7%12.5%4.4%
20236579#34625.4%55.0%14.0%5.6%
20246376#39023.4%53.0%16.2%5.4%
20256172#45422.1%47.9%14.2%7.1%
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
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Group20192025Δ
Female9.5%12.5%+3.0pp
Male9.6%10.4%+0.8pp
Hispanic/Latino8.5%9.4%+0.9pp
White9.3%11.8%+2.5pp
Students with Disabilities17.1%8.8%-8.3pp
English Learners14.8%14.7%-0.1pp
Military-Connected9.1%3.7%-5.4pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged12.4%13.4%+1.0pp
All Students9.5%11.4%+1.9pp
06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count13
AP enrollment124
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections2
Physics sections1
Chemistry sections10
Total enrollment (CRDC)480

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.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
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DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California65.7%
California State University109.5%
California community college4643.8%
In-state private21.9%
Out-of-state, 4-year1211.4%
Out-of-state, 2-year21.9%
Not enrolled2725.7%

105 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 74% · % 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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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-18

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