Independent charter school · Fresno Unified · Fresno, California

University High — Rating & test scores

Fresno · 9–12 · 498 students (2024–25)

2611 East Matoian M/S UH134, 93740uhsfresno.com ↗(559) 278-8263
98thpercentileStrong

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
91

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of six of the seven high school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
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, 98% of the class graduated in four years (117 of 119); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 119
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, 84% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 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. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask University how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is University a good high school?

University High scores higher than 98 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 98th percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 4 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 23 in 100 at the average Fresno Unified high school. 0 of 503 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (6)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 12 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, 91% of Hispanic or Latino students in grade 11 at University High in Fresno 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 10 AP courses in 4 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 358 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?

96% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $7.5 million is planned for 7 funded actions in 2 goals. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. 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, 96% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 84% 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: 114
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 · 114 tested

Advanced
76%
Proficient
20%
Below the standard
4%
This school96%
California57%
Fresno Unified52%

96% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 114 tested

Advanced
47%
Proficient
37%
Below the standard
16%
This school84%
California32%
Fresno Unified22%

84% 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 12 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?

English results were similar to 2025; math results were higher. English went from 98% to 96% and math from 76% to 84%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202598%121 tested
→
202696%114 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202576%120 tested
→
202684%114 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 school76%20%4%0%114
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Fresno Unified21%31%22%26%4,382
Math, grade 11 · This school47%37%11%5%114
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Fresno Unified9%13%21%57%4,354

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 stayed well above California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202696%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202684%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 100% in 2017 to 96% in 2026. In math, it went from 82% in 2017 to 84% 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
2017100%
114 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201899%
119 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201998%
117 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202297%
122 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202398%
112 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202499%
123 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202598%
121 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202696%
114 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201782%
114 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201892%
118 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201987%
117 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202284%
122 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202387%
112 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202479%
123 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202576%
120 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202684%
114 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on University’s results?

University’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed University in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Fresno Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2030.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Life at school

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

98% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 98% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 96% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

98%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 117 of 119 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

98%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 117 of 119 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

98%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 115 of 117 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

96% enrolled in college within 12 months · 113 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓22 · 19%
  • California State University50 · 44%
  • California community college18 · 16%
  • In-state private7 · 6%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year12 · 11%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled4 · 4%

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 10 AP courses in 4 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 Science3
  • English2
  • History & Social Science4
  • Arts1
Every approved AP course10 courses in 4 subjects
Math & Computer Science 3
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Statistics
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 4
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
Arts 1
  • Music Theory

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
358 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 · 117 of 119 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 · 117 of 119 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 · 115 of 117 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 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
72
Admitted
59
Enrolled
37

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC San DiegoApplied 53 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 5
  • UCLAApplied 52 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled 5
  • UC IrvineApplied 51 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 5
  • UC DavisApplied 50 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 8
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 48 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 5
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 33 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 30 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled 4
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 28 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 19 · Admitted 18 · 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 72 · Admitted 59 · Enrolled 37
  • Fall 2024Applied 70 · Admitted 57 · Enrolled 27
  • Fall 2023Applied 72 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled 25
  • Fall 2022Applied 58 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 24
  • Fall 2021Applied 58 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled 22
  • Fall 2020Applied 64 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 22
  • Fall 2019Applied 77 · Admitted 52 · Enrolled 31
  • Fall 2018Applied 64 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 28
  • Fall 2017Applied 69 · Admitted 50 · Enrolled 23
  • Fall 2016Applied 60 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 29

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

4 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Fresno Unified high school, 23 in 100 were. 0 of 503 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 21 of 501 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 503 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 Fresno Unified high school 4.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

4 in 100This school
23 in 100At the average Fresno Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

21 of 501 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 503

students were suspended at least once. 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 University

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?

Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same group across California.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

91% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 67% in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% and 21% for the same group across California.

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).
UniversitySame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 33 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 91%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 33 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 67%Same group, California 21%
  • WhiteEnglish · 33 tested100%Same group, California 68%
  • WhiteMath · 33 tested100%Same group, California 44%
  • AsianEnglish · 32 tested97%Same group, California 79%
  • AsianMath · 32 tested81%Same group, California 67%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 30%2. Asian: 26%3. White: 26%4. Filipino: 8%5. Two or more races: 7%6. Black or African American: 3%Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino30%
  2. Asian26%
  3. White26%
  4. Filipino8%
  5. Two or more races7%
  6. Black or African American3%
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Who are the families and teachers?

21%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 106 of 498. California: 63%.

20teachers, 2024–25

22 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

89%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep 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 Fresno Unifiedvs California
Hispanic or Latino · 33 tested
English91%+4150%+4249%
Math67%+4720%+4621%
White · 33 tested
English100%+3565%+3268%
Math100%+6931%+5644%
Asian · 32 tested
English97%+3760%+1879%
Math81%+5526%+1467%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Fresno 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.

Low-income students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino30%
Asian26%
White26%
Filipino8%
Two or more races7%
Black or African American3%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

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: 89% of teaching positions, 18.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 20.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

No assigned next school.

University is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary
    Vinland Elementary
    1st · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle
    Tioga Middle
    23rd · Needs Support · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High · this school
    University High
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Vinland Elementary

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

    1st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Thomas Elementary

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

    22nd percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

  • Viking Elementary

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

    27th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Tioga Middle

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

    23rd percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2026

  • Ahwahnee Middle

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

    8th percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2026

  • Scandinavian Middle

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

    17th percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2026

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 University how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: uhsfresno.com ↗Office: (559) 278-8263Administrator: Jeffie Esparza Hickman

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
2611 East Matoian M/S UH134, Fresno 93740

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

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. How do you stretch students who are already ahead? 76% scored Advanced in English, grade 11, spring 2026 (114 students tested); California: 27%
  5. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  6. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (559) 278-82632611 East Matoian M/S UH134, 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 #18 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #1 of 14 in Fresno Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate98%6325%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math56%9322%
Ready for college or career (state measure)98%8320%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math87%8718%
Chronically absent2 in 100705%
Suspension rate0 of 500655%

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. The weights above add to 95%: English learners reaching the top level of the state’s English test has no value for this school, so its 5% weight is shared out among the measures above.

School patterns · 2024–25 · What patterns mean

High ceilingA high share of students here exceeded the standard, the state’s top level. The Exceeded standard row above gives the figure.
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
2024–259198#18California 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
2018–19not on filenot on file
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–244 in 1000 of 484
2024–252 in 1000 of 500

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 1111476%20%4%0%96%57%+39

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 1111447%37%11%5%84%32%+52

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 · English11476%96%
2026 · Math11447%84%
2025 · English12169%98%
2025 · Math12042%76%
2024 · English12382%99%
2024 · Math12349%79%
2023 · English11291%98%
2023 · Math11249%87%
2022 · English12272%97%
2022 · Math12250%84%
2019 · English11781%98%
2019 · Math11738%87%
2018 · English11992%99%
2018 · Math11854%92%
2017 · English11482%100%
2017 · Math11445%82%

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 · English12198%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math12076%
2024 · Grade 11 · English12399%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math12379%
2023 · Grade 11 · English11298%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math11287%
2022 · Grade 11 · English12297%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math12284%
2019 · Grade 11 · English11798%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math11787%
2018 · Grade 11 · English11999%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math11892%
2017 · Grade 11 · English114100%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math11482%

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
Schoolwide11360%35%4%0%

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
Hispanic or Latino3391%+41+42
White33100%+35+32
Asian3297%+37+18
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 · 2 in 100 → 2025–26 · 4 in 100 · +2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 500 → 2025–26 · 0 of 503 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—5 in 100—
Male—3 in 100—
Asian—3 in 100—
Black or African American—8 in 100—
Filipino—0 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—3 in 100—
Two or more races—11 in 100—
White—5 in 100—
Low-income—6 in 100—
All students—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 98% · numerator 117 students classified Prepared · denominator 119 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 91% · AP-pathway numerator 106 · denominator 117 (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 117 of 119 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
98%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
91%
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)
98%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
96%

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)
20257259373.994.074.08
20247057273.974.044.05
20237249253.934.064.02
20225851244.064.094.08
20215845223.943.983.95
20206451223.954.004.00
20197752313.964.024.08
20186451283.994.064.09
20176950233.964.084.10
20166051293.913.964.01

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
Berkeley202548145
Berkeley202454104
Berkeley20234410under 3
Berkeley202241123
Berkeley20212785
Davis202550298
Davis202453235
Davis202343124
Davis20223619under 3
Davis202136134
Irvine202551335
Irvine202451185
Irvine20235211under 3
Irvine20224025under 3
Irvine2021319under 3
Los Angeles20255295
Los Angeles2024519under 3
Los Angeles20235243
Los Angeles202244127
Los Angeles2021364under 3
Merced202530304
Merced202424235
Merced202325227
Merced202288under 3
Merced202118183
Riverside20251918under 3
Riverside2024119under 3
Riverside2023149under 3
Riverside20221212under 3
Riverside202118163
San Diego202553205
San Diego20244211under 3
San Diego2023373under 3
San Diego20223610under 3
San Diego2021348under 3
Santa Barbara20253311under 3
Santa Barbara20244013under 3
Santa Barbara2023339under 3
Santa Barbara202235113
Santa Barbara2021255under 3
Santa Cruz202528243
Santa Cruz202423193
Santa Cruz202329175
Santa Cruz202221155
Santa Cruz202119153
Universitywide2025725937
Universitywide2024705727
Universitywide2023724925
Universitywide2022585124
Universitywide2021584522

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
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Music Theorythis 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.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count9
AP enrollment (male/female)233
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 358 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections3
Physics sections5
Chemistry sections5
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)483

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 California2219%
California State University5044%
California community college1816%
In-state private76%
Out-of-state, 4-year1211%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled44%

113 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 97% · % 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$12,375 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 42,790 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

District current expense · FY 2024–25$24,938 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

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 55%Instruction support 12%Student services 10%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 7%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$834,242,74354.36%55%
Instruction support$187,171,33212.20%12%
Student services$158,855,03610.35%10%
Administration$78,231,1965.10%5%
Buildings & maintenance$165,807,33610.80%11%
Other$110,455,8397.20%7%
Total$1,534,763,483100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,534,763,483 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$12,375 per pupil
2020$11,575 per pupil
2019$11,404 per pupil
2018$11,038 per pupil
2017$10,611 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 holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93740 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93740 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income—
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37%
ZIP-area population1,179
Median age19.8 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 93740 →

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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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