Public school · Walnut Valley Unified · Walnut, California

Walnut High — Rating & test scores

Walnut · 9–12 · 2,148 students (2024–25)

93rdpercentileStrong

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
80

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, 97% of the class graduated in four years (544 of 560); across California, 89%.

Source
Source
CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students
students who started 9th grade together: 560
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, 80% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing) and 62% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

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

Sources
The sentence above
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11: 521 in English, 522 in math. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English and 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Walnut Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Walnut High a good high school?

Walnut High scores higher than 93 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 93rd percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 10 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 9 in 100 at the average Walnut Valley Unified high school. 0.9% of students (19 of 2,184) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

More questions (5)

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 18 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, 70% of low-income students in grade 11 at Walnut High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 30 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

  • 162 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?

91% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

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

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 80% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 62% 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: 521 in English, 522 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 521 tested

Advanced
50%
Proficient
30%
Below the standard
20%
This school80%
California57%
Walnut Valley Unified79%

80% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 522 tested

Advanced
41%
Proficient
21%
Below the standard
38%
This school62%
California32%
Walnut Valley Unified65%

62% 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 18 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 79% to 80% and math from 64% to 62%.

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 school50%30%12%8%521
English, grade 11 · California27%30%21%22%414,559
English, grade 11 · Walnut Valley Unified50%29%12%9%1,122
Math, grade 11 · This school41%21%20%18%522
Math, grade 11 · California16%16%20%48%413,523
Math, grade 11 · Walnut Valley Unified44%21%18%17%1,121

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%20172022202680%57%
Math top two levels, grade 11
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20172022202662%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 was 80% in both 2017 and 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. In math, it went from 69% in 2017 to 62% 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
201780%
661 tested
60%
444,040 tested
201882%
656 tested
56%
439,134 tested
201982%
578 tested
57%
439,947 tested
202280%
511 tested
55%
427,007 tested
202377%
519 tested
55%
442,128 tested
202478%
533 tested
56%
435,296 tested
202579%
543 tested
57%
432,651 tested
202680%
521 tested
57%
414,559 tested
Math · top two levels · grade 11
YearThis schoolCalifornia
201769%
670 tested
32%
442,457 tested
201872%
646 tested
31%
437,883 tested
201971%
578 tested
32%
438,107 tested
202262%
501 tested
27%
424,390 tested
202361%
518 tested
27%
440,912 tested
202461%
535 tested
28%
434,711 tested
202564%
542 tested
30%
431,903 tested
202662%
522 tested
32%
413,523 tested

Life at school

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

97% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

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

That compares with 89% across California. 78% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 91% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

97%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 544 of 560 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

78%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 434 of 560 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

72%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 390 of 544 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

91% enrolled in college within 12 months · 530 students who finished high school

  • University of California UC detail ↓98 · 19%
  • California State University CSU detail ↓104 · 20%
  • California community college218 · 41%
  • In-state private27 · 5%
  • Out-of-state, 4-year34 · 6%
  • Out-of-state, 2-year1 · <1%
  • Not enrolled48 · 9%

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 30 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

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

  • Math & Computer Science5
  • Sciences7
  • English2
  • History & Social Science7
  • World Languages & Cultures4
  • Arts5
Every approved AP course30 courses in 6 subjects
Math & Computer Science 5
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Computer Science A
  • Computer Science Principles
  • Statistics
Sciences 7
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics 1
  • Physics 2
  • Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
  • Physics C: Mechanics
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 7
  • European History
  • Human Geography
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Psychology
  • U.S. Government and Politics
  • United States History
World Languages & Cultures 4
  • Chinese Language and Culture
  • French Language and Culture
  • German Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
Arts 5
  • 2-D Art and Design
  • 3-D Art and Design
  • Art History
  • Drawing
  • Music Theory

International Baccalaureate

  • Diploma Programme
  • Career-related Programme

Matched IB World Schools directory record · retrieved 2026-08-13. Confirm current programme availability with the school.

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
162 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 · 544 of 560 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 · 434 of 560 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 · 390 of 544 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went
CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

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

Applied
305
Admitted
251
Enrolled
132

By campus · fall 2025

  • UC IrvineApplied 259 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled 17
  • UC San DiegoApplied 244 · Admitted 60 · Enrolled 22
  • UC RiversideApplied 241 · Admitted 207 · Enrolled 42
  • UCLAApplied 223 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 14
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 200 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 4
  • UC DavisApplied 180 · Admitted 74 · Enrolled 11
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 179 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 15
  • UC MercedApplied 117 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa CruzApplied 102 · Admitted 69 · Enrolled 6

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. 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 305 · Admitted 251 · Enrolled 132
  • Fall 2024Applied 263 · Admitted 202 · Enrolled 113
  • Fall 2023Applied 260 · Admitted 189 · Enrolled 102
  • Fall 2022Applied 297 · Admitted 191 · Enrolled 106
  • Fall 2021Applied 308 · Admitted 207 · Enrolled 115
  • Fall 2020Applied 310 · Admitted 256 · Enrolled 151
  • Fall 2019Applied 357 · Admitted 276 · Enrolled 161
  • Fall 2018Applied 348 · Admitted 271 · Enrolled 161
  • Fall 2017Applied 361 · Admitted 266 · Enrolled 164
  • Fall 2016Applied 319 · Admitted 252 · Enrolled 155

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied
294
Admitted
289
Enrolled
97

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

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

  • Cal State FullertonApplied 1,037 · Admitted 888 · Enrolled 194
  • Cal Poly PomonaApplied 1,028 · Admitted 808 · Enrolled 211
  • Cal State Long BeachApplied 872 · Admitted 357 · Enrolled 45
  • San Diego StateApplied 606 · Admitted 104 · Enrolled 15
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 446 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 8
  • Cal State LAApplied 388 · Admitted 365 · Enrolled 25
  • Cal State NorthridgeApplied 149 · Admitted 143 · Enrolled under 6
  • San José StateApplied 129 · Admitted 105 · Enrolled 6
  • San Francisco StateApplied 120 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State San BernardinoApplied 119 · Admitted 111 · Enrolled 8
  • Cal State San MarcosApplied 104 · Admitted 101 · Enrolled 11
  • Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 70 · Admitted 67 · Enrolled —
  • CSU BakersfieldApplied 60 · Admitted 57 · Enrolled under 6
  • Chico StateApplied 60 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled under 6
  • CSU Channel IslandsApplied 49 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State East BayApplied 42 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled under 6
  • Cal State Monterey BayApplied 42 · Admitted 39 · Enrolled under 6
  • Sacramento StateApplied 42 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
  • Fresno StateApplied 36 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 36 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled —
  • Sonoma StateApplied 24 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled —
  • Stanislaus StateApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
  • Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

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

Each fall since 2021

  • Fall 2025Applied 294 · Admitted 289 · Enrolled 97
  • Fall 2024Applied 260 · Admitted 254 · Enrolled 91
  • Fall 2023Applied 296 · Admitted 280 · Enrolled 110
  • Fall 2022Applied 270 · Admitted 264 · Enrolled 110
  • Fall 2021Applied 314 · Admitted 294 · Enrolled 130

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

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

Context Close to the 9 in 100 at the average Walnut Valley Unified high school: a pattern across the district.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 222 of 2,167 students counted for it; suspension: 19 of 2,184 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 Walnut Valley Unified high school 0.7%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

10 in 100This school
9 in 100At the average Walnut Valley Unified high school
22 in 100At the average California high school

222 of 2,167 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.9%

of students were suspended at least once (19 of 2,184). 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 Walnut High

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

Questions for your visit ↓

Work here? Answer the staff questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 69% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 11, spring 2026), against 49% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Walnut HighSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students
  • Filipino46 tested93%Same group, California 77%
  • Asian275 tested83%Same group, California 79%
  • Low-income132 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 70%Same group, California 49%
  • Hispanic or Latino154 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 69%Same group, California 49%
  • Students with disabilities38 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 37%Same group, California 19%
  • English learners31 tested3%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 16% to 80%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Asian: 52%2. Hispanic or Latino: 30%3. Filipino: 7%4. White: 4%5. Two or more races: 4%6. Black or African American: 1%7. Pacific Islander: <1%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Asian52%
  2. Hispanic or Latino30%
  3. Filipino7%
  4. White4%
  5. Two or more races4%
  6. Black or African American1%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
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?

59% 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 · 92 of 156 English learners59%
Walnut Valley Unified · 1,020 of 1,60064%
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?

24%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 508 of 2,148. California: 63%.

94teachers, 2024–25

15 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

10%in their first year, 2024–25

93%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups 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 Walnut Valley Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 132 tested
English70%+268%+2149%
Math60%−161%+3723%
Asian · 275 tested in English, 276 in math
English83%+281%+479%
Math80%+278%+1367%
Hispanic or Latino · 154 tested
English69%069%+2049%
Math27%−532%+621%
Filipino · 46 tested
English93%+687%+1677%
Math72%+1161%+2349%
English learners · 31 tested in English, 32 in math
English3%+21%−58%
Math44%+638%+368%
Students with disabilities · 38 tested
English37%+433%+1819%
Math16%+412%+88%

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

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

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Asian52%
Hispanic or Latino30%
Filipino7%
White4%
Two or more races4%
Black or African American1%
Pacific Islander<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
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: 93% of teaching positions, 87.6 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 94.3 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

  1. Elementary
    93rd · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  2. Middle
    93rd · Strong · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
  3. High · this school
    Walnut High
    Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

  • Walnut Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    93rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Collegewood Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    91st percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Vejar Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    72nd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    97th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Castle Rock Elementary

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    89th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

    92% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • Cyrus J. Morris Elementary

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    88th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

  • Suzanne Middle

    Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    93rd percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

  • South Pointe Middle

    Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)

    97th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

    20% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

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. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

How do I get in?

Ask Walnut Valley Unified which school serves your address.

Office: (909) 594-1333Administrator: Jamie Norell
400 North Pierre Road, Walnut 91789

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

Questions for your visit

  1. How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?
  2. How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
  3. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
  4. How do you stretch students who are already ahead? 50% scored Advanced in English, grade 11, spring 2026 (521 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 (909) 594-1333400 North Pierre Road, 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.

Source records

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

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #91 of 1,498 California high schools we score
Score factors, 2024–25
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Graduation rate97%6125%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math47%8422%
Ready for college or career (state measure)78%7120%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math72%7618%
Chronically absent10 in 100665%
Suspension rate1.2% (26 of 2,198)615%
English learners: top level32%765%

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

School pattern · 2024–25 · What patterns mean

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

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

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2024–258093#91California 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
2018–196 in 1002.9% (70 of 2,421)
2021–22not on filenot on file
2022–23not on filenot on file
2023–249 in 1001.2% (26 of 2,187)
2024–2510 in 1001.2% (26 of 2,198)

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 1152150%30%12%8%80%57%+23

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 1152241%21%20%18%62%32%+30

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 · English52150%80%
2026 · Math52241%62%
2025 · English54351%79%
2025 · Math54243%64%
2024 · English53346%78%
2024 · Math53540%61%
2023 · English51950%77%
2023 · Math51837%61%
2022 · English51150%80%
2022 · Math50136%62%
2019 · English57855%82%
2019 · Math57846%71%
2018 · English65651%82%
2018 · Math64647%72%
2017 · English66154%80%
2017 · Math67042%69%

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 · English54379%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math54264%
2024 · Grade 11 · English53378%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math53561%
2023 · Grade 11 · English51977%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math51861%
2022 · Grade 11 · English51180%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math50162%
2019 · Grade 11 · English57882%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math57871%
2018 · Grade 11 · English65682%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math64672%
2017 · Grade 11 · English66180%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math67069%

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
Schoolwide53024%36%36%4%

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

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income13270%+2+21
Asian27583%+2+4
Hispanic or Latino15469%0+20
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 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 10 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 1.2% (26 of 2,198) → 2025–26 · 0.9% (19 of 2,184) · −0.3 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female5 in 10010 in 100+5 in 100
Male6 in 10011 in 100+5 in 100
Asian4 in 1008 in 100+4 in 100
Black or African American16 in 10021 in 100+5 in 100
Filipino3 in 1002 in 100−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino9 in 10016 in 100+7 in 100
Two or more races4 in 10010 in 100+6 in 100
White12 in 10017 in 100+5 in 100
Students with disabilities16 in 10020 in 100+4 in 100
English learners9 in 10013 in 100+4 in 100
Low-income8 in 10016 in 100+8 in 100
All students6 in 10010 in 100+4 in 100
Pacific Islander—9 in 100—
Foster youth—36 in 100—

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

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students
MeasureSource record
This school · CCI overall PreparedCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 78% · numerator 434 students classified Prepared · denominator 560 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 70% · AP-pathway numerator 305 · denominator 434 (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 434 of 560 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
97%
AP route, among those ready for college or career
70%
2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings
Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)
72%
A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-going rate
91%

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)
20253052511323.833.903.97
20242632021133.813.893.97
20232601891023.833.913.96
20222971911063.854.004.06
20213082071153.773.913.98
20203102561513.823.873.89
20193572761613.843.943.99
20183482711613.813.913.96
20173612661643.783.913.92
20163192521553.753.873.90

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
Berkeley20251792015
Berkeley2024151167
Berkeley20231471811
Berkeley20221612819
Berkeley20211502214
Davis20251807411
Davis20241585410
Davis20231384612
Davis2022138406
Davis20211364610
Irvine20252594417
Irvine20242413810
Irvine2023230259
Irvine2022265205
Irvine2021276175
Los Angeles20252232014
Los Angeles20242171813
Los Angeles2023197144
Los Angeles20222371510
Los Angeles20212271310
Merced2025117112under 3
Merced202454513
Merced202360566
Merced20225146under 3
Merced20215548under 3
Riverside202524120742
Riverside202419615542
Riverside202319714637
Riverside202219714042
Riverside202120314045
San Diego20252446022
San Diego20242114719
San Diego2023209368
San Diego20222354012
San Diego2021229338
Santa Barbara2025200634
Santa Barbara2024196498
Santa Barbara20231844514
Santa Barbara2022187327
Santa Barbara20211964717
Santa Cruz2025102696
Santa Cruz202412786under 3
Santa Cruz202311473under 3
Santa Cruz202295465
Santa Cruz202199444
Universitywide2025305251132
Universitywide2024263202113
Universitywide2023260189102
Universitywide2022297191106
Universitywide2021308207115

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
2-D Art and Designthis school
3-D Art and Designthis school
Art Historythis school
Biologythis school
Calculus ABthis school
Calculus BCthis school
Chemistrythis school
Chinese Language and Culturethis school
Computer Science Athis school
Computer Science Principlesthis school
Drawingthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
European Historythis school
French Language and Culturethis school
German Language and Culturethis school
Human Geographythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Microeconomicsthis school
Music Theorythis school
Physics 1this school
Physics 2this school
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetismthis school
Physics C: Mechanicsthis school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis 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 count27
AP enrollment (male/female)822
IB participationoffered · 172 enrolled
Dual enrollmentoffered · 162 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections11
Physics sections7
Chemistry sections17
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)2,130

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 California9819%
California State University10420%
California community college21841%
In-state private275%
Out-of-state, 4-year346%
Out-of-state, 2-year10%
Not enrolled489%

530 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 91% · % 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$12,119 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 13,493 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$281 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,148

Central federal expenditures attributed here$268 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,148

District current expense · FY 2024–25$15,388 per ADA

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

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 59%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$124,569,60159.48%59%
Instruction support$20,594,5529.83%10%
Student services$26,319,89212.57%13%
Administration$12,178,5495.81%6%
Buildings & maintenance$22,956,51710.96%11%
Other$2,817,2961.35%1%
Total$209,436,407100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $209,436,407 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$12,119 per pupil
2020$11,315 per pupil
2019$11,162 per pupil
2018$10,783 per pupil
2017$10,280 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

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

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.1%

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 91789 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91789 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$125,720
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)54%
ZIP-area population40,298
Median age46.3 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 91789 →

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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 · IB World Schools directory (matched by name at a 0.90 similarity cutoff) · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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