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The public high schools with the biggest test-score declines in California · page 21

Ranks 1,001–1,044 of the public schools with the biggest test-score declines in California. Back to page 1.

BIGGEST DECLINES · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1001	Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex	South Gate, CA	Los Angeles Unified	411	18.5%	33.1%	+14.7pp
1002	Henry J. Kaiser High	Fontana, CA	Fontana Unified	1,660	31.9%	46.8%	+14.9pp
1003	Orange Glen High	Escondido, CA	Escondido Union High	1,788	18.9%	33.9%	+15.0pp
1004	Pinole Valley High	Pinole, CA	West Contra Costa Unified	1,245	33.2%	48.2%	+15.0pp
1005	Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex	Grand Terrace, CA	Colton Joint Unified	1,647	23.4%	38.5%	+15.1pp
1006	Sierra High	Tollhouse, CA	Sierra Unified	367	43.0%	58.1%	+15.1pp
1007	Thomas Downey High	Modesto, CA	Modesto City High	2,192	19.1%	34.2%	+15.2pp
1008	Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Soc Just Humanitas Acad	San Fernando, CA	Los Angeles Unified	417	20.1%	35.4%	+15.3pp
1009	Grant Union High	Sacramento, CA	Twin Rivers Unified	1,987	19.9%	35.3%	+15.4pp
1010	Gardena Senior High	Gardena, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,343	25.0%	40.4%	+15.4pp
1011	Fairfax Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,495	23.2%	38.7%	+15.5pp
1012	Manteca High	Manteca, CA	Manteca Unified	1,907	23.0%	38.6%	+15.6pp
1013	Tranquillity High	Tranquillity, CA	Golden Plains Unified	370	15.7%	31.3%	+15.6pp
1014	Visalia Technical Early College	Visalia, CA	Visalia Unified	216	23.2%	39.1%	+15.9pp
1015	Big Bear High	Big Bear City, CA	Bear Valley Unified	630	27.1%	43.0%	+16.0pp
1016	Rialto High	Rialto, CA	Rialto Unified	2,623	26.6%	42.7%	+16.1pp
1017	Ambassador-Global Leadership	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	472	12.2%	28.4%	+16.2pp
1018	Fontana High	Fontana, CA	Fontana Unified	2,534	32.7%	49.3%	+16.6pp
1019	McLane High	Fresno, CA	Fresno Unified	2,056	14.2%	30.9%	+16.7pp
1020	San Pedro Senior High	San Pedro, CA	Los Angeles Unified	2,398	29.4%	46.2%	+16.8pp
1021	La Sierra High	Visalia, CA	Tulare County Office of Education	191	7.4%	24.7%	+17.3pp
1022	Wilmer Amina Carter High	Rialto, CA	Rialto Unified	1,951	30.3%	47.9%	+17.6pp
1023	Manuel Dominguez High	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	1,582	22.7%	40.5%	+17.7pp
1024	Pierce High	Arbuckle, CA	Pierce Joint Unified	463	24.8%	42.4%	+17.7pp
1025	Madison High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	780	17.0%	34.8%	+17.7pp
1026	Exeter Union High	Exeter, CA	Exeter Unified	909	35.1%	53.0%	+17.9pp
1027	Six Rivers Charter High	Arcata, CA	Northern Humboldt Union High	106	35.2%	53.5%	+18.3pp
1028	Carson Senior High	Carson, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,407	30.0%	48.6%	+18.5pp
1029	Washington Middle College High	West Sacramento, CA	Washington Unified	171	46.0%	65.3%	+19.3pp
1030	Corcoran High	Corcoran, CA	Corcoran Joint Unified	931	39.3%	58.8%	+19.5pp
1031	Compton High	Compton, CA	Compton Unified	1,438	22.3%	42.9%	+20.6pp
1032	Bear River High	Grass Valley, CA	Nevada Joint Union High	664	35.4%	56.7%	+21.3pp
1033	Mission Bay High	San Diego, CA	San Diego Unified	1,240	44.9%	66.2%	+21.4pp
1034	Liberty Ranch High	Galt, CA	Galt Joint Union High	899	37.2%	58.7%	+21.5pp
1035	Hollywood Senior High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	1,025	32.1%	54.4%	+22.3pp
1036	Communication and Tech at Diego Rivera Lrng Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	505	15.4%	39.8%	+24.3pp
1037	Eisenhower High	Rialto, CA	Rialto Unified	2,075	23.7%	48.5%	+24.7pp
1038	City Honors International Preparatory High	Inglewood, CA	Inglewood Unified	331	30.0%	55.1%	+25.1pp
1039	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	392	26.3%	51.5%	+25.2pp
1040	Middletown High	Middletown, CA	Middletown Unified	421	22.1%	48.3%	+26.2pp
1041	Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	317	8.1%	35.4%	+27.3pp
1042	Jordan High	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	797	11.1%	40.0%	+28.9pp
1043	Renaissance High School for the Arts	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Unified	396	19.8%	50.7%	+31.0pp
1044	Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento City Unified	156	7.6%	39.5%	+31.9pp

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