Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified · North Hills, California

Valor Academy High — Rating & test scores

North Hills · 9–12 · 492 students (2024–25)

9356 Lemona Avenue, 91343brightstarschools.org ↗(818) 934-8910

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Applying for 2027–28. From the school’s site ↗, read October 27, 2026.

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70thpercentileSolid

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
63

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, 100% of the class graduated in four years (108 of 108); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 108
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, 19% of students tested in English (reading and writing) scored Advanced, against 27% across California. Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

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; 414,559 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Valor Academy is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices. Its site gives these dates: application deadline, December 30, 2026; lottery, January 14, 2027 at 5:00 pm (read October 27, 2026). Confirm them with the office. Evidence ↓

Is Valor Academy a good high school?

Valor Academy High scores higher than 70 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 70th percentile, Solid, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 21 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 28 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified high school. 0.8% of students (4 of 518) 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 20 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, 48% of low-income students in grade 11 at Valor Academy High in North Hills 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 11 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26. Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

56% 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, $10.8 million is planned for 23 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s nearly all of its general fund budget. 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?

Below California in English; near it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 29% 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”).

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grade 11: 129
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 · 129 tested

Advanced
19%
Proficient
30%
Below the standard
51%
This school49%
California57%
Los Angeles Unified59%

49% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 129 tested

Advanced
17%
Proficient
12%
Below the standard
71%
This school29%
California32%
Los Angeles Unified31%

29% 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 20 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 lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 59% to 49% and math from 27% to 29%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202559%101 tested
→
202649%129 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202527%101 tested
→
202629%129 tested

This school

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

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

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 school19%30%26%25%129
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Los Angeles Unified26%33%21%20%34,143
Math, grade 11 · This school17%12%19%52%129
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Los Angeles Unified14%17%22%47%34,113

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

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202649%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202629%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 62% in 2017 to 49% in 2026. In math, it went from 16% in 2017 to 29% 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
201762%
102 tested		60%
444,040 tested
201836%
122 tested		56%
439,134 tested
201940%
115 tested		57%
439,947 tested
202249%
126 tested		55%
427,007 tested
202358%
119 tested		55%
442,128 tested
202458%
108 tested		56%
435,296 tested
202559%
101 tested		57%
432,651 tested
202649%
129 tested		57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201716%
103 tested		32%
442,457 tested
201821%
121 tested		31%
437,883 tested
201918%
116 tested		32%
438,107 tested
202217%
126 tested		27%
424,390 tested
202322%
116 tested		27%
440,912 tested
202425%
107 tested		28%
434,711 tested
202527%
101 tested		30%
431,903 tested
202629%
129 tested		32%
413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Valor Academy’s results?

Valor Academy’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Valor Academy 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 ↓

Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2031.

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?

100% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 87% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 56% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

100%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 108 of 108 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

87%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 94 of 108 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

100%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 108 of 108 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

56% enrolled in college within 12 months · 109 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓6 · 5%
  • California State University37 · 34%
  • California community college13 · 12%
  • In-state private4 · 4%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year1 · 1%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year0 · 0%
  • Not enrolled48 · 44%

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 11 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 Science2
  • Sciences2
  • English2
  • History & Social Science2
  • World Languages & Cultures2
  • AP Capstone1
Every approved AP course11 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 2
  • Calculus AB
  • Precalculus
Sciences 2
  • Biology
  • Environmental Science
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 2
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
World Languages & Cultures 2
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Spanish Literature and Culture
AP Capstone 1
  • Seminar

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 · 108 of 108 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 · 94 of 108 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 · 108 of 108 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
67
Admitted
41
Enrolled
10

By campus · fall 2025

  • UCLAApplied 42 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC IrvineApplied 40 · Admitted 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 36 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 36 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC RiversideApplied 33 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 29 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 27 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC DavisApplied 21 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC MercedApplied 21 · Admitted 17 · 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 2017

  • Fall 2025Applied 67 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 10
  • Fall 2024Applied 52 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 14
  • Fall 2023Applied 35 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2022Applied 45 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 10
  • Fall 2021Applied 24 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2020Applied 41 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled 7
  • Fall 2019Applied 32 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 12
  • Fall 2018Applied 40 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2017Applied 29 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 5

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

21 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Los Angeles Unified high school, 28 in 100 were. 0.8% of 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: 106 of 509 students counted for it; suspension: 4 of 518 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 Los Angeles Unified high school 0.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

21 in 100This school
28 in 100At the average Los Angeles Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

106 of 509 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.8%

of students were suspended at least once (4 of 518). 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 Valor Academy

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?

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

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).
Valor AcademySame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 124 tested48%Same group, California 49%
  • Low-incomeMath · 124 tested29%Same group, California 23%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 122 tested47%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 122 tested28%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 94%2. Filipino: 3%Unallocated share: 3%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino94%
  2. Filipino3%
  3. White—
  4. Asian—
  5. Black or African American—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share3%
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. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

26% 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 · 18 of 70 English learners26%
Los Angeles Unified · 24,781 of 47,33052%
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?

95%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 465 of 492. California: 63%.

31teachers, 2024–25

8 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

3%in their first year, 2024–25

76%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 124 tested
English48%−654%−149%
Math29%+326%+623%
Hispanic or Latino · 122 tested
English47%−653%−249%
Math28%+325%+721%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Los Angeles Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

English learners and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races 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 Latino94%
Filipino3%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Two or more races—
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: 76% of teaching positions, 18.8 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 24.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

No assigned next school.

Valor Academy 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
    Plummer Elementary
    47th · Developing · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  2. Middle
    Valor Academy Middle
    64th · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
  3. High · this school
    Valor Academy 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

  • Plummer Elementary

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

    47th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

  • Lassen Elementary

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

    52nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

  • Carlos Santana Arts Academy

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

    54th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Valor Academy Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    64th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • Francisco Sepulveda Middle

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

    35th percentile · Developing · middle · 2026

  • Vista Middle

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

    43rd percentile · Developing · 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.

Apply on Valor Academy’s own application, by the dates its site lists.

Applying to Valor Academy for 2027–28

  1. Valor Academy is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices.

  2. Its site gives these dates: application deadline, December 30, 2026; lottery, January 14, 2027 at 5:00 pm (read October 27, 2026). Confirm them with the office.

    brightstarschools.org ↗

Compare with other schools

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

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: brightstarschools.org ↗Office: (818) 934-8910Administrator: Jennifer Anaya Sanchez

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
9356 Lemona Avenue, North Hills 91343

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How much of each day do English learners spend learning English, and how do families see their progress? 26% of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (18 of 70 students); California: 47%
  2. How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 59% in 2025 to 49% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
  3. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  4. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  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 (818) 934-89109356 Lemona Avenue, 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 #441 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #55 of 191 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate100%6425%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math12%4522%
Ready for college or career (state measure)87%7620%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math43%5518%
Chronically absent20 in 100575%
Suspension rate0.4% (2 of 534)635%
English learners: top level16%—5%

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.

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
2024–256370#441California 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
2023–2420 in 1002.3% (12 of 529)
2024–2520 in 1000.4% (2 of 534)

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 1112919%30%26%25%49%57%−8

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 1112917%12%19%52%29%32%−3

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 · English12919%49%
2026 · Math12917%29%
2025 · English10118%59%
2025 · Math1016%27%
2024 · English10822%58%
2024 · Math1078%25%
2023 · English11920%58%
2023 · Math1163%22%
2022 · English12615%49%
2022 · Math1263%17%
2019 · English11513%40%
2019 · Math1164%18%
2018 · English1228%36%
2018 · Math1213%21%
2017 · English10224%62%
2017 · Math1032%16%

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 · English10159%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math10127%
2024 · Grade 11 · English10858%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math10725%
2023 · Grade 11 · English11958%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math11622%
2022 · Grade 11 · English12649%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math12617%
2019 · Grade 11 · English11540%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math11618%
2018 · Grade 11 · English12236%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math12121%
2017 · Grade 11 · English10262%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math10316%

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
Schoolwide1289%20%60%10%

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-income12448%−6−1
Hispanic or Latino12247%−6−2
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 · 20 in 100 → 2025–26 · 21 in 100 · +1 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.4% (2 of 534) → 2025–26 · 0.8% (4 of 518) · +0.4 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—24 in 100—
Male—18 in 100—
Filipino—7 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—21 in 100—
Students with disabilities—27 in 100—
English learners—29 in 100—
Homeless—53 in 100—
Low-income—21 in 100—
All students—21 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 87% · numerator 94 students classified Prepared · denominator 108 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 78% · AP-pathway numerator 73 · denominator 94 (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 94 of 108 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
100%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
78%
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)
100%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
56%

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 2017–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledMean GPA (applied)Mean GPA (admitted)Mean GPA (enrolled)
20256741103.433.683.89
20245231143.473.803.94
2023352563.653.713.89
20224531103.793.944.05
2021241963.623.763.89
2020412273.343.593.98
20193221123.573.713.84
2018401263.523.874.02
2017291053.393.643.74

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 2017.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202527under 3under 3
Berkeley202423under 3under 3
Berkeley202314under 3under 3
Berkeley20222763
Davis2025216under 3
Davis202463under 3
Davis20235under 3under 3
Davis2022147under 3
Davis202154under 3
Irvine2025403under 3
Irvine2024324under 3
Irvine202320under 3under 3
Irvine202222under 3under 3
Irvine202115under 3under 3
Los Angeles2025423under 3
Los Angeles202436under 3under 3
Los Angeles202329under 3under 3
Los Angeles2022363under 3
Los Angeles202116under 3under 3
Merced20252117under 3
Merced2024106under 3
Merced20231514under 3
Merced202277under 3
Merced202166under 3
Riverside20253320under 3
Riverside202428183
Riverside2023148under 3
Riverside2022148under 3
Riverside2021169under 3
San Diego202536113
San Diego20242886
San Diego2023148under 3
San Diego20221911under 3
San Diego2021138under 3
Santa Barbara2025367under 3
Santa Barbara20241953
Santa Barbara2023194under 3
Santa Barbara2022235under 3
Santa Barbara2021113under 3
Santa Cruz20252913under 3
Santa Cruz2024238under 3
Santa Cruz2023155under 3
Santa Cruz2022136under 3
Santa Cruz202185under 3
Universitywide2025674110
Universitywide2024523114
Universitywide202335256
Universitywide2022453110
Universitywide202124196

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
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
Precalculusthis school
Seminarthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
Spanish Literature and Culturethis 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 count11
AP enrollment (male/female)211
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections2
Chemistry sections6
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)491

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 California65%
California State University3734%
California community college1312%
In-state private44%
Out-of-state, 4-year11%
Out-of-state, 2-year00%
Not enrolled4844%

109 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 56% · % 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$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 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$29,292 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 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,655,379,38451.81%52%
Instruction support$1,791,152,34816.41%17%
Student services$1,344,873,23212.32%12%
Administration$763,652,7807.00%7%
Buildings & maintenance$1,099,649,06210.07%10%
Other$260,356,5952.39%2%
Total$10,915,063,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 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$18,180 per pupil
2020$16,355 per pupil
2019$15,793 per pupil
2018$13,247 per pupil
2017$13,549 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 holders6.7%

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 91343 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91343 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$81,430
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26%
ZIP-area population60,783
Median age36.7 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 91343 →

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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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