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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in California · page 7

Ranks 301–350 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in California. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
301	Southwest Senior High	San Diego, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	84.4%	1,563	31.6%
302	Jefferson High	Daly City, CA	Jefferson Union High	High	41.1%	1,072	31.6%
303	Western High	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Union High	High	89.9%	1,446	31.7%
304	Serrano High	Phelan, CA	Snowline Joint Unified	High	57.9%	2,163	31.7%
305	Montgomery High	Santa Rosa, CA	Santa Rosa High	High	49.6%	1,253	31.7%
306	Valley Center High	Valley Center, CA	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	High	61.7%	1,075	31.8%
307	North Salinas High	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	High	93.5%	2,106	31.8%
308	Ukiah High	Ukiah, CA	Ukiah Unified	High	76.5%	1,767	31.8%
309	Canyon Springs High	Moreno Valley, CA	Moreno Valley Unified	High	83.3%	2,251	31.8%
310	Andrew P. Hill High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	67.6%	1,564	31.9%
311	John H. Glenn High	Norwalk, CA	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	High	74.9%	882	31.9%
312	Rio Mesa High	Oxnard, CA	Oxnard Union High	High	72.6%	1,951	32.0%
313	Saddleback High	Santa Ana, CA	Santa Ana Unified	High	94.0%	1,451	32.0%
314	Mt. Pleasant High	San Jose, CA	East Side Union High	High	62.5%	998	32.0%
315	Academy of Careers and Exploration	Helendale, CA	Helendale Elementary	High	45.3%	285	32.1%
316	Bellflower High	Bellflower, CA	Bellflower Unified	High	84.2%	1,997	32.2%
317	Marco Antonio Firebaugh High	Lynwood, CA	Lynwood Unified	High	94.8%	1,633	32.2%
318	Fillmore Senior High	Fillmore, CA	Fillmore Unified	High	70.9%	1,007	32.3%
319	Everett Alvarez High	Salinas, CA	Salinas Union High	High	92.7%	1,978	32.3%
320	Porterville Military Academy	Porterville, CA	Porterville Unified	High	90.2%	255	32.3%
321	Yucca Valley High	Yucca Valley, CA	Morongo Unified	High	61.6%	1,168	32.3%
322	Patriot High	Jurupa Valley, CA	Jurupa Unified	High	74.4%	2,399	32.4%
323	Lakewood High	Lakewood, CA	Long Beach Unified	High	58.4%	2,305	32.4%
324	Biggs High	Biggs, CA	Biggs Unified	High	64.0%	161	32.4%
325	Hanford West High	Hanford, CA	Hanford Joint Union High	High	77.6%	1,331	32.4%
326	Willows High	Willows, CA	Willows Unified	High	70.4%	423	32.5%
327	John W. North High	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	High	87.9%	2,011	32.6%
328	East Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	90.2%	2,331	32.6%
329	Rim of the World High	Lake Arrowhead, CA	Rim of the World Unified	High	61.0%	860	32.6%
330	Valley High	Sacramento, CA	Elk Grove Unified	High	78.5%	1,622	32.7%
331	Citrus Hill High	Perris, CA	Val Verde Unified	High	91.6%	1,630	32.7%
332	Tomales High	Tomales, CA	Shoreline Unified	High	73.2%	127	32.7%
333	Buena Park High	Buena Park, CA	Fullerton Joint Union High	High	90.6%	1,682	32.8%
334	El Capitan High	Merced, CA	Merced Union High	High	76.2%	1,793	32.8%
335	Sylmar Charter High	Sylmar, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	87.1%	1,463	32.8%
336	Los Angeles High School of the Arts	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	96.1%	431	32.8%
337	John H. Francis Polytechnic	Sun Valley, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	93.5%	2,124	32.8%
338	Orestimba High	Newman, CA	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	High	60.9%	925	32.8%
339	Thomas Downey High	Modesto, CA	Modesto City High	High	76.0%	2,192	32.9%
340	Nogales High	La Puente, CA	Rowland Unified	High	82.8%	1,535	33.0%
341	Castle Park Senior High	Chula Vista, CA	Sweetwater Union High	High	82.3%	1,363	33.0%
342	Edward R. Roybal Learning Center	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Unified	High	93.9%	1,130	33.0%
343	Hawthorne High	Hawthorne, CA	Centinela Valley Union High	High	80.0%	1,675	33.0%
344	Desert Hot Springs High	Desert Hot Springs, CA	Palm Springs Unified	High	96.1%	1,687	33.1%
345	Ramona High	Riverside, CA	Riverside Unified	High	86.3%	2,142	33.1%
346	Emery Secondary	Emeryville, CA	Emery Unified	High	60.5%	162	33.1%
347	Santa Paula High	Santa Paula, CA	Santa Paula Unified	High	83.5%	1,494	33.3%
348	Elk Grove Charter	Elk Grove, CA	Elk Grove Unified	High	57.3%	262	33.3%
349	Paramount High	Paramount, CA	Paramount Unified	High	96.7%	3,400	33.3%
350	Granite Hills High	El Cajon, CA	Grossmont Union High	High	57.6%	2,331	33.3%

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