Public school · Torrance Unified · Torrance, California

Torrance High — Rating & test scores

Torrance · 9–12 · 1,879 students (2024–25)

2200 Carson Street, 90501ths.tusd.org ↗(310) 533-4396
91stpercentileStrong

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
77

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

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Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 99% of the class graduated in four years (465 of 469); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 469
Comparison
California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).
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In grade 11, spring 2026, 77% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 54% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11: 446 in English, 439 in math. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Torrance Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Torrance High a good high school?

Torrance High scores higher than 91 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 91st percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average Torrance Unified high school. 0.9% of students (18 of 2,010) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

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How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 23 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 71% of low-income students in grade 11 at Torrance High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 20 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 294 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

76% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 77% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 54% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 446 in English, 439 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 446 tested

Advanced
38%
Proficient
39%
Below the standard
23%
This school77%
California57%
Torrance Unified77%

77% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 439 tested

Advanced
29%
Proficient
25%
Below the standard
46%
This school54%
California32%
Torrance Unified55%

54% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 23 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 80% to 77% and math from 51% to 54%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202580%480 tested
→
202677%446 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202551%485 tested
→
202654%439 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

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

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grade 11 · This school38%39%16%7%446
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Torrance Unified42%35%15%8%1,672
Math, grade 11 · This school29%25%23%23%439
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Torrance Unified30%25%21%24%1,660

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

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

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202677%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202654%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 74% in 2017 to 77% in 2026. In math, it went from 50% in 2017 to 54% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201774%
461 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201872%
482 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201960%
413 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202279%
469 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202379%
480 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202480%
442 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202580%
480 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202677%
446 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201750%
462 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201853%
484 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201950%
413 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202248%
468 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202343%
480 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202452%
444 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202551%
485 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202654%
439 tested		32%
413,523 tested

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

99% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 78% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 76% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

99%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 465 of 469 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

78%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 368 of 469 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

72%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 335 of 465 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

76% enrolled in college within 12 months · 528 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓50 · 10%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓95 · 18%
  • California community college202 · 38%
  • In-state private23 · 4%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year28 · 5%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year2 · 1%
  • Not enrolled128 · 24%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 20 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

  • Math & Computer Science5
  • Sciences4
  • English2
  • History & Social Science6
  • World Languages & Cultures2
  • Arts1
Every approved AP course20 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 5
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Precalculus
  • Statistics
Sciences 4
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics 1
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 6
  • Human Geography
  • Macroeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
  • World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures 2
  • Japanese Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
Arts 1
  • Music Theory

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
294 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition
Graduated in four years
2024–25 · 465 of 469 students who started 9th grade together. 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.
Ready for college or career (state measure)
2024–25 · 368 of 469 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list
2024–25 · 335 of 465 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
141
Admitted
112
Enrolled
60

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC IrvineApplied 124 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 16
  • UCLAApplied 109 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 10
  • UC San DiegoApplied 105 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 6
  • UC RiversideApplied 85 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled 12
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 84 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 74 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 3
  • UC DavisApplied 63 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled 9
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 38 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled 3
  • UC MercedApplied 35 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

  • Fall 2025Applied 141 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled 60
  • Fall 2024Applied 156 · Admitted 106 · Enrolled 53
  • Fall 2023Applied 181 · Admitted 117 · Enrolled 51
  • Fall 2022Applied 167 · Admitted 105 · Enrolled 51
  • Fall 2021Applied 119 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled 45
  • Fall 2020Applied 115 · Admitted 87 · Enrolled 58
  • Fall 2019Applied 145 · Admitted 85 · Enrolled 52
  • Fall 2018Applied 117 · Admitted 65 · Enrolled 43
  • Fall 2017Applied 138 · Admitted 83 · Enrolled 49
  • Fall 2016Applied 130 · Admitted 74 · Enrolled 49

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
185
Admitted
182
Enrolled
73

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 761 · Admitted 443 · Enrolled 116
  • Cal State FullertonApplied 479 · Admitted 405 · Enrolled 60
  • San Diego StateApplied 450 · Admitted 128 · Enrolled 22
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 355 · Admitted 285 · Enrolled 33
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 316 · Admitted 298 · Enrolled 71
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 315 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled 8
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 190 · Admitted 186 · Enrolled 17
  • Cal State LAApplied 156 · Admitted 149 · Enrolled 8
  • San Francisco StateApplied 104 · Admitted 100 · Enrolled 10
  • Chico StateApplied 66 · Admitted 61 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 65 · Admitted 53 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 55 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 46 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 45 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 44 · Admitted 42 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 42 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 41 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 38 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 37 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 32 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sonoma StateApplied 31 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled under 6
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 13 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 185 · Admitted 182 · Enrolled 73
  • Fall 2024Applied 208 · Admitted 202 · Enrolled 81
  • Fall 2023Applied 248 · Admitted 236 · Enrolled 95
  • Fall 2022Applied 199 · Admitted 190 · Enrolled 71
  • Fall 2021Applied 174 · Admitted 162 · Enrolled 58

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.9% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Context Close to the 10 in 100 at the average Torrance Unified high school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 152 of 1,978 students counted for it; suspension: 18 of 2,010 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Torrance Unified high school 1.0%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school
10 in 100At the average Torrance Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

152 of 1,978 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.9%

of students were suspended at least once (18 of 2,010). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Torrance High

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 47% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 23% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino students: 39% in math, against 21% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Torrance HighSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Asian72 tested86%Same group, California 67%
  • White51 tested63%Same group, California 44%
  • Filipino51 tested63%Same group, California 49%
  • Two or more races48 tested56%Same group, California 43%
  • Low-income150 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 47%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or Latino195 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 39%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 67% to 93%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 45%2. Asian: 17%3. White: 16%4. Filipino: 10%5. Two or more races: 7%6. Black or African American: 4%7. Not reported: <1%Unallocated share: <1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino45%
  2. Asian17%
  3. White16%
  4. Filipino10%
  5. Two or more races7%
  6. Black or African American4%
  7. Not reported<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Pacific Islander—
  10. Unallocated share<1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. “Not reported” is different: it is a category in the state’s own count of students. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

61% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 76 of 124 English learners61%
Torrance Unified · 1,130 of 1,95658%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

36%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 684 of 1,879. California: 63%.

84teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

1%in their first year, 2024–25

91%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income and Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Torrance Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 155 tested in English, 150 in math
English71%+368%+2249%
Math47%+542%+2423%
Hispanic or Latino · 197 tested in English, 195 in math
English67%067%+1849%
Math39%+336%+1821%
Asian · 72 tested
English93%+687%+1479%
Math86%+878%+1967%
White · 53 tested in English, 51 in math
English81%+279%+1368%
Math63%+261%+1944%
Filipino · 52 tested in English, 51 in math
English87%+483%+1077%
Math63%+459%+1449%
Two or more races · 48 tested
English85%+283%+1867%
Math56%056%+1343%

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

Black or African American students, English learners and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students 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.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino45%
Asian17%
White16%
Filipino10%
Two or more races7%
Black or African American4%
Not reported<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 91% of teaching positions, 76.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 83.6 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Torrance High, and how do I get in?

From Madrona Middle and J. H. Hull Middle.

Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

Middle · assigned
Madrona Middle 81st · Strong · 2026

Fed by 2 elementary schools

Middle · assigned
J. H. Hull Middle 69th · Solid · 2026

Fed by 3 elementary schools

High · this school
Torrance High

Both middle schools are assigned here.

From the district’s 2024 attendance boundaries. A boundary doesn’t guarantee placement: transfers, permits, magnets and other programs can change the path. Check your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All feeding elementary schools (5)Grouped by the middle school each one feeds, with each school’s standing

Into Madrona Middle

Into J. H. Hull Middle

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Middle-school links

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

How do I get in?

Ask Torrance Unified which school serves your address.

School website: ths.tusd.org ↗Office: (310) 533-4396Administrator: Karim Girgis

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2200 Carson Street, Torrance 90501

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Torrance Unified.

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  5. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (310) 533-43962200 Carson Street, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #126 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #2 of 4 in Torrance Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate99%6325%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math36%7222%
Ready for college or career (state measure)78%7120%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math66%7218%
Chronically absent11 in 100655%
Suspension rate1.9% (37 of 1,978)585%
English learners: top level42%925%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

School pattern · 2024–25 · What patterns mean

Broad baseMost students here met or exceeded the standard. The Met or exceeded row above gives the figure.
Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–257791#126California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspension
2018–1912 in 1003.2% (64 of 2,014)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–2410 in 1002.5% (51 of 2,066)
2024–2511 in 1001.9% (37 of 1,978)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series
Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1144638%39%16%7%77%57%+20

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or AdvancedCaliforniaDifference
Grade 1143929%25%23%23%54%32%+22

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English44638%77%
2026 · Math43929%54%
2025 · English48045%80%
2025 · Math48526%51%
2024 · English44241%80%
2024 · Math44423%52%
2023 · English48037%79%
2023 · Math48019%43%
2022 · English46940%79%
2022 · Math46819%48%
2019 · English41323%60%
2019 · Math41320%50%
2018 · English48235%72%
2018 · Math48422%53%
2017 · English46134%74%
2017 · Math46219%50%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English48080%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math48551%
2024 · Grade 11 · English44280%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math44452%
2023 · Grade 11 · English48079%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math48043%
2022 · Grade 11 · English46979%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math46848%
2019 · Grade 11 · English41360%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math41350%
2018 · Grade 11 · English48272%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math48453%
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English46174%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math46250%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide51011%33%51%5%

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

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income15571%+3+22
Hispanic or Latino19767%0+18
Asian7293%+6+14
Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 11 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · −3 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.9% (37 of 1,978) → 2025–26 · 0.9% (18 of 2,010) · −1.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female11 in 1009 in 100−2 in 100
Male12 in 1006 in 100−6 in 100
Asian9 in 1004 in 100−5 in 100
Black or African American8 in 1005 in 100−3 in 100
Filipino5 in 1003 in 100−2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino14 in 1009 in 100−5 in 100
Pacific Islander18 in 100——
Two or more races7 in 10010 in 100+3 in 100
White17 in 1009 in 100−8 in 100
Students with disabilities23 in 10014 in 100−9 in 100
English learners13 in 10010 in 100−3 in 100
Homeless54 in 10025 in 100−29 in 100
Low-income15 in 10011 in 100−4 in 100
All students12 in 1008 in 100−4 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · 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 78% · numerator 368 students classified Prepared · denominator 469 CCI students.
California · CCI overall PreparedCDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.
AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 58% · AP-pathway numerator 213 · denominator 368 (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 the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 368 of 469 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.

Graduation rate
99%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
58%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
72%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
76%

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.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025141112603.994.044.13
2024156106533.934.004.09
2023181117513.883.974.05
2022167105513.974.114.17
202111979453.994.104.16
202011587583.964.084.15
201914585523.864.084.14
201811765433.834.094.11
201713883493.753.974.06
201613074493.743.944.01

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. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. 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 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202574103
Berkeley20247585
Berkeley202378137
Berkeley2022867under 3
Berkeley20216593
Davis202563289
Davis20244618under 3
Davis20236219under 3
Davis202264234
Davis20215019under 3
Irvine20251243216
Irvine20241373310
Irvine2023138248
Irvine20221383211
Irvine20211073612
Los Angeles20251091010
Los Angeles2024126108
Los Angeles20231381211
Los Angeles2022137139
Los Angeles202198117
Merced20253534under 3
Merced2024109under 3
Merced202326244
Merced20221817under 3
Merced20211010under 3
Riverside2025858212
Riverside2024796915
Riverside2023735513
Riverside2022625211
Riverside202149418
San Diego2025105256
San Diego2024114228
San Diego2023132254
San Diego2022115308
San Diego202197325
Santa Barbara20258425under 3
Santa Barbara202484254
Santa Barbara202311128under 3
Santa Barbara2022106254
Santa Barbara202172216
Santa Cruz202538303
Santa Cruz20244838under 3
Santa Cruz20236342under 3
Santa Cruz202252273
Santa Cruz20212213under 3
Universitywide202514111260
Universitywide202415610653
Universitywide202318111751
Universitywide202216710551
Universitywide20211197945

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. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations
SubjectAuthorization recorded for
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Human Geographythis school
Japanese Language and Culturethis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Music Theorythis school
Physics 1this school
Precalculusthis school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

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

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count18
AP enrollment (male/female)641
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 294 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not offered
Calculus sections3
Physics sections7
Chemistry sections14
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)1,968

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California5010%
California State University9518%
California community college20238%
In-state private234%
Out-of-state, 4-year285%
Out-of-state, 2-year21%
Not enrolled12824%

528 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 76% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them 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 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,441 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 22,490 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$14 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,879

Central federal expenditures attributed here$448 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,879

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,002 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.

How the California mean was selected

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 63%Instruction support 11%Student services 9%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$211,444,00663.12%63%
Instruction support$36,021,80210.75%11%
Student services$31,008,8689.26%9%
Administration$22,985,4286.86%7%
Buildings & maintenance$28,623,5218.54%9%
Other$4,893,5841.46%1%
Total$334,977,209100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $334,977,209 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. 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.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$11,441 per pupil
2020$11,279 per pupil
2019$11,194 per pupil
2018$10,632 per pupil
2017$10,442 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.2%

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.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90501 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90501 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$92,923
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)40%
ZIP-area population41,787
Median age38.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 90501 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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