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Twelve Bridges High

Lincoln, CA · Grades 9-12 · 1,317 students · Western Placer Unified

Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

62% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 40% in math. 96.5% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

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Math

40%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

62%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

1,317

Total enrollment

Graduation

96.5%

Four-year graduation rate

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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 →

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0%25%50%75%100%2023: 38%2024: 33%2025: 40%2023: 72%2024: 49%2025: 62%2023202420250%25%50%75%100%2023: 38%2024: 33%2025: 40%2023: 72%2024: 49%2025: 62%202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
202338%72%
202433%49%
202540%62%

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 2023 to 2025

Has stayed near the 72nd percentile since 2023.

Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Twelve Bridges deserves a closer read. It sits at the 72nd percentile of 1,647 California high schools — but the ranking is the least interesting thing on this page.

325 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

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

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2023 · 80th percentile · Scope Score 65 of 1002024 · 63rd percentile · Scope Score 57 of 1002025 · 72nd percentile · Scope Score 61 of 100
ELAGreen(Increased Significantly)MathGreen(Increased Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade202320242025
Grade 1172%49%62%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade202320242025
Grade 1138%33%40%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

More than half of students here meet the standard. One in five clear it by a lot.

ELA62% met or exceeded
Exceeded 30%Met 32%Nearly Met 20%Not Met 18%
Math40% met or exceeded
Exceeded 14%Met 26%Nearly Met 27%Not Met 33%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2023–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school6122%51%96.5%56.3%18.2%2.0%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope6154
% Exceeded22%20%
% Met+51%43%
Grad rate96.5%92.5%
College readiness56.3%43.0%
Absence18.2%23.1%
Suspension2.0%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.

At Twelve Bridges High in Lincoln, 46.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Twelve Bridges High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.2% Math proficient); White students (67.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 29.7 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 71 students tested.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 51% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 51%, district —, state 43%51%
WhiteWhite: this school 56%, district 58%, state 56%56% · +5 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 59%, district 53%, state 44%59% · +8 vs school
MaleMale: this school 42%, district 49%, state 42%42% · −9 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 37%, district 35%, state 32%37% · −14 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 36%, district 39%, state 32%36% · −15 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 45%, district 56%, state 56%45% · −6 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 21%, district 16%, state 15%21% · −30 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 59%, district 56%, state 72%59% · +8 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 65%, district 75%, state 65%65% · +14 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: too few students to report‹11
HomelessHomeless: too few students to report‹11
English LearnersEnglish Learners: too few students to report‹11
Pacific IslanderPacific Islander: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

See the published graduate records below. Missing destination counts are not treated as zero.

College destinations and the full graduate record
Where graduates go · 2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

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

In fall 2025, 18 of Twelve Bridges's 274 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Davis the most common landing, with 11 enrollees.

Applied41fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted29
Enrolled18
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Where they landed (fall 2025)

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

Campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several.

UC is one road of many — this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private, or an out-of-state campus. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom.

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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 22 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Twelve Bridges's teachers are authorized to teach 11 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, and Statistics.

Students per teacher22 · district 24
Teaching staff61 teachers
Avg. experience11.8 years
Fully credentialed94%
First-year teachers2%
PrincipalHeather Pierce
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Teacher salary schedule$46,308 – $114,443
Principal salary$130,008 – $163,083
Superintendent salary$273,204

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers98 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers68 students
Advanced coursework
AP subjects taught11
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Math & Computer Science (4)Calculus AB · Computer Science Principles · Precalculus · Statistics
Sciences (2)Biology · Chemistry
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (3)European History · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched

Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

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

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 18.2%, district 14.0%, state 23.1%18.2% · −4.8pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.0%, district —, state 3.3%2.0% · −1.3pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1217.6%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $14,803 per student, about the same as the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$828 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: $14,803, CA average $14,491$14,803 · spent at this school
Federal share$828 per student
District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,873 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 62%Instruction support 11%Student services 8%Administration 8%Buildings & maintenance 9%Other 2%

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

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district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,000 per pupil
2019$10,699 per pupil
2018$11,111 per pupil
2017$10,671 per pupil
2016$10,494 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

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

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 24% 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 Latino20.3% · district 30.3% · CA 56.1%
White57.1% · district 51.2% · CA 19.9%
Asian5.8% · district 3.8% · CA 10.2%
Black1.8% · district 2.3% · CA 4.8%
Other15.0% · district 12.4% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch20.4% · CA 64%
Median income$112K · CA $85K
Median home value$658K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+40% · CA 35%
ZIP population57,459
Median age43 years

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

Culture & philosophy

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School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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What are the alternatives?

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

Private options →
SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Twelve Bridges HighPublicSolid22%51%School being viewed
Western Sierra Collegiate AcademyCharterStrong51%79%2.7 mi
Rocklin HighPublicStrong35%68%3.0 mi
Whitney HighPublicStrong27%57%1.0 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Twelve Bridges High a good high school?
Twelve Bridges High has a Scope Score of 61 out of 100, placing it in the 72nd percentile of California high schools and ranked #466 statewide. 21.8% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 2.0 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 Twelve Bridges High's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 51.0% of students at Twelve Bridges High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 21.8% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 29.2% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 21.8% 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. 651 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Twelve Bridges High rank in California?
Twelve Bridges High ranks #466 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 Twelve Bridges High?
18.2% of students at Twelve Bridges 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 2.0%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. 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 Twelve Bridges High compare to other schools in Lincoln?
Twelve Bridges 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 1,317 students. Use the schools in Lincoln page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Twelve Bridges High serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Twelve Bridges High in Lincoln, 46.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Twelve Bridges High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 6.2 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.2% Math proficient); White students (67.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 29.7 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 71 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.
What AP courses are offered at Twelve Bridges High?
Twelve Bridges High's teachers are authorized to teach 11 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, European History, Precalculus, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.
How many students from Twelve Bridges High go to UC?
In fall 2025, 18 Twelve Bridges High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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How the Scope Score is calculated

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What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 7 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate96.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard21.8%19.8%22%
College readiness56.3%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded51.0%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism18.2%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.0%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.3%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

Twelve Bridges High: reading the evidence

Twelve Bridges posts 51% meeting the standard, and 21.8% 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.

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

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

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

Twelve Bridges High is ranked #466 statewide · #1 of 5 in Western Placer Unified.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate96.5%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard21.8%19.8%22%
College readiness56.3%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded51.0%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism18.2%23.1%5%
Suspension rate2.0%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)14.3%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↑ vs CA 92.5% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↑ vs CA 19.8% · index 56 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↑ vs CA 43.0% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↑ vs CA 43.2% · index 61 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↑ vs CA 23.1% · index 60 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.9pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 57 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 0.3pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 47 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1132530%32%20%18%62%+13
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1132614%26%27%33%40%+16

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
Schoolwide293%21%52%24%

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 Disadvantaged7146.5%+6+8
White17767.2%+4+5
Hispanic/Latino6848.5%+4+10
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Twelve Bridges High ←—6121.8%51.0%2.0%
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy2.7 mi8851.1%79.2%1.1%
Rocklin High3 mi7234.9%67.7%4.3%
Whitney High1 mi6627.1%56.8%3.8%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
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Graduation Rate
96.5%
AP Exam Prepared
56.3%
A-G Completion
66.4%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
20236580#33425.6%55.2%18.0%2.8%
20245763#60314.8%40.9%19.1%2.3%
20256172#46621.8%51.0%18.2%2.0%
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female—17.7%—
Male—17.5%—
Asian—14.1%—
Black/African American—8.0%—
Filipino—14.0%—
Hispanic/Latino—14.8%—
Two or More Races—17.7%—
White—19.5%—
Students with Disabilities—34.5%—
English Learners—13.0%—
Homeless—28.6%—
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged—28.6%—
All Students—17.6%—
06UC admissions, universitywide2024–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
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YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20254129184.024.164.16
2024472593.904.043.97

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

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
ShowHide table 07 — UC admissions by campus
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202517‹3‹3
Berkeley202417‹3‹3
Davis2025342111
Davis202432124
Irvine202519‹3‹3
Irvine2024293‹3
Los Angeles202516‹3‹3
Los Angeles202426‹3‹3
Merced202588‹3
Merced202464‹3
Riverside2025108‹3
Riverside202484‹3
San Diego202525156
San Diego202427‹3‹3
Santa Barbara2025217‹3
Santa Barbara2024308‹3
Santa Cruz20251311‹3
Santa Cruz20241510‹3
Universitywide2025412918
Universitywide202447259

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

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
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SubjectTaught by
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Chemistrythis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
European Historythis school
Precalculusthis school
Statisticsthis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school

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

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