Public school · West Covina Unified · West Covina, California

West Covina High — Rating & test scores

West Covina · 9–12 · 1,756 students (2024–25)

1609 East Cameron Avenue, 91791wchs.wcusd.org ↗(626) 859-2900

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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

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

See this school’s score factors ↓

West Covina Highhigher than 65 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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West Covina Highhigher than 65 of the 100 California dots

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In 2024–25, 99% of the class graduated in four years (447 of 453); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 453
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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0.5% of students (10 of 1,879) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE suspension file, 2025–26. All students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 1,879. District and California figures are averages of school rates (4 West Covina Unified schools; 1,492 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask West Covina Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is West Covina High a good high school?

West Covina High scores higher than 65 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 65th percentile, Solid, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 11 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average West Covina Unified high school. 0.5% of students (10 of 1,879) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 26 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, 46% of low-income students in grade 11 at West Covina 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 27 AP courses in 7 subjects for 2025–26.

1 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?

71% 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?

Below California in both subjects.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 23% 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: 401 in English, 400 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 · 401 tested

Advanced: 18%
Proficient: 31%
Below the standard: 51%

This school49%

California57%

West Covina Unified54%

49% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 400 tested

Advanced: 11%
Proficient: 12%
Below the standard: 77%

This school23%

California32%

West Covina Unified34%

23% 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 26 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 lower than in 2025. English went from 63% to 49% and math from 29% to 23%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202563%435 tested

→

202649%401 tested

This school

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

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202529%434 tested

→

202623%400 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
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	18%	31%	26%	25%	401
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · West Covina Unified	22%	32%	23%	23%	1,109
Math, grade 11 · This school	11%	12%	23%	54%	400
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · West Covina Unified	22%	12%	19%	47%	1,114

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%20172022202623%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 57% in 2017 to 49% in 2026. In math, it went from 36% in 2017 to 23% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	57% 492 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	64% 503 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	65% 464 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	46% 443 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	43% 443 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	52% 410 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	63% 435 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	49% 401 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	36% 492 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	38% 506 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	36% 462 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	22% 443 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	29% 447 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	26% 409 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	29% 434 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	23% 400 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on West Covina High’s results?

West Covina Unified’s board decides West Covina High’s plan.

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

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving West Covina Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for West Covina Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

West Covina Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read West Covina Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Life at school

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

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

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

That compares with 89% across California. 53% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 71% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

99%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 447 of 453 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

53%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 238 of 453 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

46%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 208 of 447 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

71% enrolled in college within 12 months · 459 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓26 · 6%
California State University CSU detail ↓71 · 15%
California community college192 · 42%
In-state private25 · 5%
Out-of-state, 4-year8 · 2%
Out-of-state, 2-year3 · 1%
Not enrolled134 · 29%

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 27 AP courses in 7 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 Science6
Sciences4
English2
History & Social Science7
World Languages & Cultures3
Arts3
AP Capstone2

Every approved AP course27 courses in 7 subjects

Math & Computer Science 6

Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles
Precalculus
Statistics

Sciences 4

Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Physics 1

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 7

European History
Human Geography
Microeconomics
Psychology
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

World Languages & Cultures 3

Chinese Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture

Arts 3

2-D Art and Design
3-D Art and Design
Drawing

AP Capstone 2

Research
Seminar

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

1 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 · 447 of 453 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 · 238 of 453 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 · 208 of 447 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: 115
Admitted: 82
Enrolled: 42

By campus · fall 2025

UC IrvineApplied 96 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
UCLAApplied 89 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 7
UC San DiegoApplied 83 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 11
UC RiversideApplied 65 · Admitted 59 · Enrolled 13
UC BerkeleyApplied 52 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 52 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled under 3
UC MercedApplied 36 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled under 3
UC DavisApplied 35 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 6
UC Santa CruzApplied 15 · Admitted 10 · 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 115 · Admitted 82 · Enrolled 42
Fall 2024Applied 114 · Admitted 67 · Enrolled 28
Fall 2023Applied 92 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 27
Fall 2022Applied 135 · Admitted 84 · Enrolled 40
Fall 2021Applied 97 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2020Applied 119 · Admitted 79 · Enrolled 36
Fall 2019Applied 126 · Admitted 80 · Enrolled 34
Fall 2018Applied 96 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 32
Fall 2017Applied 106 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled 45
Fall 2016Applied 93 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled 39

CSU’s own records

California State University

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

Applied: 184
Admitted: 180
Enrolled: 72

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 Poly PomonaApplied 684 · Admitted 517 · Enrolled 147
Cal State FullertonApplied 624 · Admitted 474 · Enrolled 108
Cal State Long BeachApplied 551 · Admitted 230 · Enrolled 34
Cal State LAApplied 380 · Admitted 357 · Enrolled 43
San Diego StateApplied 341 · Admitted 71 · Enrolled 13
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 157 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 14
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 94 · Admitted 89 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 88 · Admitted 84 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 83 · Admitted 76 · Enrolled 6
San Francisco StateApplied 69 · Admitted 64 · Enrolled under 6
San José StateApplied 50 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled 6
Cal State San MarcosApplied 48 · Admitted 48 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied 38 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled —
Chico StateApplied 35 · Admitted 27 · Enrolled —
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 31 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled under 6
Sacramento StateApplied 28 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled —
Cal State East BayApplied 26 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 26 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled —
Fresno StateApplied 23 · Admitted 22 · Enrolled —
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 16 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 10 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
Stanislaus StateApplied 6 · Admitted under 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 184 · Admitted 180 · Enrolled 72
Fall 2024Applied 191 · Admitted 183 · Enrolled 82
Fall 2023Applied 167 · Admitted 156 · Enrolled 71
Fall 2022Applied 213 · Admitted 207 · Enrolled 91
Fall 2021Applied 172 · Admitted 163 · Enrolled 73

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

11 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 0.5% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

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

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 210 of 1,856 students counted for it; suspension: 10 of 1,879 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 West Covina Unified high school 0.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

11 in 100This school

10 in 100At the average West Covina Unified high school

22 in 100At the average California high school

210 of 1,856 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0.5%

of students were suspended at least once (10 of 1,879). 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 West Covina 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 ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us West Covina Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Hispanic or Latino students scored below the same group across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

16% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 21% for the same group across California. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

West Covina HighSame group, California

Asian55 tested60%Same group, California 67%
Low-income332 tested20%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or Latino309 tested16%Same group, California 21%
Homeless44 tested11%Same group, California 15%
Students with disabilities44 tested2%Same group, California 8%

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

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino75%
Asian15%
Filipino4%
White3%
Black or African American2%
Two or more races1%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

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

38% 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 · 32 of 84 English learners38%

West Covina Unified · 308 of 63648%

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?

82%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,438 of 1,756. California: 63%.

87teachers, 2024–25

17 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

87%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for Hispanic or Latino students, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs West Covina Unified	vs California
Low-income · 333 tested in English, 332 in math
English	46%	+244%	−349%
Math	20%	020%	−323%
Hispanic or Latino · 310 tested in English, 309 in math
English	45%	+342%	−449%
Math	16%	+214%	−521%
Asian · 55 tested
English	67%	−471%	−1279%
Math	60%	−767%	−767%
Students with disabilities · 44 tested
English	11%	+110%	−819%
Math	2%	−13%	−68%
Homeless · 44 tested
English	30%	+228%	−535%
Math	11%	−314%	−415%

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

Filipino, White and military-family students and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander 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, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	75%
Asian	15%
Filipino	4%
White	3%
Black or African American	2%
Two or more races	1%
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: 87% of teaching positions, 76.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 88.7 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

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

Elementary
Cameron Elementary
29th · Developing · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
Middle
Hollencrest Middle
57th · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
High · this school
West Covina 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

Cameron Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
29th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026
Merced Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
83rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
Vine Elementary
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
66th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

Hollencrest Middle
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
57th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026
Walnut Grove Intermediate
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
58th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026
Edgewood Middle
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
42nd 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.

How do I get in?

Ask West Covina Unified which school serves your address.

School website: wchs.wcusd.org ↗Office: (626) 859-2900Administrator: Charles Park

Location and visiting

Get directions

1609 East Cameron Avenue, West Covina 91791

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

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 63% in 2025 to 49% in 2026 here; California: 57% to 57%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (626) 859-29001609 East Cameron 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

Mt. SAC Early College Academy at West Covina1.0 mi · Check how it admits students.
85thStrongScope Score 72
Covina HighCovina-Valley Unified · 1.6 mi
56thSolidScope Score 58
South Hills HighCovina-Valley Unified · 1.8 mi
69thSolidScope Score 63
Edgewood High2.2 mi
58thSolidScope Score 58

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 #524 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #2 of 4 in West Covina Unified

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	99%	63	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	21%	55	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	53%	55	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	46%	57	18%
Chronically absent	13 in 100	64	5%
Suspension rate	0.4% (8 of 1,838)	64	5%
English learners: top level	25%	65	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 year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	61	65	#524	California 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 year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	9 in 100	1.5% (32 of 2,146)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	16 in 100	1.1% (21 of 1,924)
2024–25	13 in 100	0.4% (8 of 1,838)

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
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	401	18%	31%	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
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	400	11%	12%	23%	54%	23%	32%	−9

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 · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	401	18%	49%
2026 · Math	400	11%	23%
2025 · English	435	28%	63%
2025 · Math	434	14%	29%
2024 · English	410	20%	52%
2024 · Math	409	11%	26%
2023 · English	443	15%	43%
2023 · Math	447	8%	29%
2022 · English	443	18%	46%
2022 · Math	443	8%	22%
2019 · English	464	27%	65%
2019 · Math	462	13%	36%
2018 · English	503	25%	64%
2018 · Math	506	15%	38%
2017 · English	492	19%	57%
2017 · Math	492	10%	36%

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 · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	435	63%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	434	29%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	410	52%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	409	26%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	443	43%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	447	29%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	443	46%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	443	22%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	464	65%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	462	36%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	503	64%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	506	38%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	492	57%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	492	36%

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)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	404	7%	22%	65%	7%

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 · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	333	46%	+2	−3
Hispanic or Latino	310	45%	+3	−4
Asian	55	67%	−4	−12

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 · 13 in 100 → 2025–26 · 11 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0.4% (8 of 1,838) → 2025–26 · 0.5% (10 of 1,879) · +0.1 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	9 in 100	12 in 100	+3 in 100
Male	9 in 100	11 in 100	+2 in 100
Asian	2 in 100	7 in 100	+5 in 100
Black or African American	6 in 100	24 in 100	+18 in 100
Filipino	10 in 100	8 in 100	−2 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	10 in 100	12 in 100	+2 in 100
White	8 in 100	15 in 100	+7 in 100
Students with disabilities	13 in 100	19 in 100	+6 in 100
English learners	14 in 100	8 in 100	−6 in 100
Foster youth	30 in 100	27 in 100	−3 in 100
Homeless	10 in 100	15 in 100	+5 in 100
Low-income	10 in 100	12 in 100	+2 in 100
All students	9 in 100	11 in 100	+2 in 100
Two or more races	—	18 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

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 53% · numerator 238 students classified Prepared · denominator 453 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE 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 80% · AP-pathway numerator 191 · denominator 238 (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 238 of 453 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate

99%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

80%

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)

46%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

71%

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

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	115	82	42	3.83	3.90	4.02
2024	114	67	28	3.77	3.83	3.96
2023	92	63	27	3.86	3.98	4.04
2022	135	84	40	3.89	4.03	4.16
2021	97	55	29	3.80	4.00	4.03
2020	119	79	36	3.76	3.93	4.01
2019	126	80	34	3.71	3.88	3.97
2018	96	63	32	3.71	3.83	3.95
2017	106	66	45	3.77	3.96	4.03
2016	93	63	39	3.65	3.83	3.85

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

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	52	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2024	51	6	under 3
Berkeley	2023	42	6	under 3
Berkeley	2022	52	11	7
Berkeley	2021	42	4	under 3
Davis	2025	35	20	6
Davis	2024	35	11	3
Davis	2023	29	12	4
Davis	2022	24	6	under 3
Davis	2021	26	16	under 3
Irvine	2025	96	6	under 3
Irvine	2024	90	6	under 3
Irvine	2023	77	12	under 3
Irvine	2022	105	10	4
Irvine	2021	77	6	3
Los Angeles	2025	89	8	7
Los Angeles	2024	88	8	7
Los Angeles	2023	68	8	4
Los Angeles	2022	96	6	6
Los Angeles	2021	76	4	3
Merced	2025	36	36	under 3
Merced	2024	12	12	under 3
Merced	2023	10	10	under 3
Merced	2022	11	11	under 3
Merced	2021	5	4	under 3
Riverside	2025	65	59	13
Riverside	2024	53	38	7
Riverside	2023	52	40	6
Riverside	2022	60	43	6
Riverside	2021	30	21	6
San Diego	2025	83	26	11
San Diego	2024	80	14	5
San Diego	2023	75	13	3
San Diego	2022	81	21	11
San Diego	2021	58	17	9
Santa Barbara	2025	52	17	under 3
Santa Barbara	2024	52	17	5
Santa Barbara	2023	51	16	4
Santa Barbara	2022	59	14	3
Santa Barbara	2021	35	15	4
Santa Cruz	2025	15	10	under 3
Santa Cruz	2024	16	8	under 3
Santa Cruz	2023	20	14	under 3
Santa Cruz	2022	24	12	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	20	13	under 3
Universitywide	2025	115	82	42
Universitywide	2024	114	67	28
Universitywide	2023	92	63	27
Universitywide	2022	135	84	40
Universitywide	2021	97	55	29

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

Subject	Authorization recorded for
2-D Art and Design	this school
3-D Art and Design	this school
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Calculus BC	this school
Chemistry	this school
Chinese Language and Culture	this school
Computer Science A	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
Drawing	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
European History	this school
Human Geography	this school
Microeconomics	this school
Physics 1	this school
Precalculus	this school
Psychology	this school
Research	this school
Seminar	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Spanish Literature and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this 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

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	27
AP enrollment (male/female)	653
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 1 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	3
Physics sections	1
Chemistry sections	7
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	1,805

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

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	26	6%
California State University	71	15%
California community college	192	42%
In-state private	25	5%
Out-of-state, 4-year	8	2%
Out-of-state, 2-year	3	1%
Not enrolled	134	29%

459 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 71% · % 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$15,130 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,227 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$1,146 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,756

Central federal expenditures attributed here$551 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,756

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,897 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 55%Instruction support 16%Student services 8%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 11%Other 1%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$89,187,629	54.90%	55%
Instruction support	$26,687,117	16.43%	16%
Student services	$13,063,017	8.04%	8%
Administration	$14,080,312	8.67%	9%
Buildings & maintenance	$17,945,440	11.05%	11%
Other	$1,505,686	0.93%	1%
Total	$162,469,201	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $162,469,201 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$15,130 per pupil

2020$13,872 per pupil

2019$14,780 per pupil

2018$10,578 per pupil

2017$10,234 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 91791 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 91791 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$102,266
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	33%
ZIP-area population	33,028
Median age	43.4 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 91791 →

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