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What's the biggest difference between Adrian Wilcox High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,614
High
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA CLARA UNIFIED·NCES 063543006055
Adrian Wilcox High
3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (408) 423-2400 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,614 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
420 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 375 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 362 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 396 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 481 | 30% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
74.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.4pp since 2014
Math
44.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.1% | 30.3% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| Math | 30.7% | 14.0% | 17.0% | 38.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 38.8% |
| 2022-23 | 69.8% | 41.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.6% | 43.3% |
| 2020-21 | 72.0% | 54.5% |
| 2018-19 | 65.7% | 47.8% |
| 2017-18 | 63.5% | 43.9% |
| 2016-17 | 75.0% | 47.1% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 42.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adrian Wilcox High
Adrian Wilcox High's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Wilcox High this school | 1,614 | 26.0% | 54.2% |
| Santa Clara High Santa Clara | 1,663 | 23.6% | 58.1% |
| Fremont High Sunnyvale | 2,060 | 23.7% | 54.4% |
| Santa Teresa High San Jose | 2,134 | 27.9% | 58.7% |
| West High Torrance | 1,775 | 24.7% | 66.2% |
| South High Torrance | 1,734 | 22.4% | 69.1% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adrian Wilcox High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #261 of 1,052 | #24 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #222 of 1,056 ▲ 50 | #25 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #174 of 1,056 ▲ 277 | #17 of 43 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #556 of 1,044 | #7 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,614 | #504 of 2,093 | #23 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #351 of 1,352 | #14 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #190 of 1,351 | #16 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #1,431 of 1,575 | #52 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #221 of 802 | #16 of 39 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,614
-367 (-19%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,601
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,614 | 86.8 | 18.6:1 | 26% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 1,695 | 89.7 | 18.9:1 | 28% (480) |
| 2022-23 | 1,859 | 92.5 | 20.1:1 | 40% (739) |
| 2020-21 | 1,981 | 95 | 20.9:1 | 37% (737) |
| 2017-18 | 1,966 | 82.6 | 23.8:1 | 46% (899) |
| 2015-16 | 1,977 | 85 | 23.3:1 | 42% (823) |
| 2010-11 | 1,887 | N/A | N/A | 40% (754) |
| 2000-01 | 1,924 | 90 | 21.4:1 | 30% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 1,601 | 71 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adrian Wilcox High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,966 to 1,614); teachers up 5% (82.6 to 86.8).
About Adrian Wilcox High
Adrian Wilcox High is a large high school that serves part of Santa Clara, California. The school's enrollment of 1,614 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in California average about 838 students each.
Adrian Wilcox High is part of Santa Clara Unified, where 30 schools serve 14,411 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Adrian Wilcox High, with 40% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 38% Asian, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. Santa Clara County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 15 points below the school's share. Adrian Wilcox High has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 86.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.6:1. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is about 18.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
Adrian Wilcox High is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Adrian Wilcox High scores 54.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 64.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Santa Clara County, median household income is about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Adrian Wilcox High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, which together enroll about 230,059 students.
Briarwood Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Adrian Wilcox High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 54.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Adrian Wilcox High inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Adrian Wilcox High went from 1,981 students to 1,614. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.9:1 in 2020-21, and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Clara Unified
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Kathleen MacDonald HighHigh · 683 students
- Dolores Huerta MiddleMiddle · 571 students
Other schools in Santa Clara
- Santa Clara HighHigh · 1,663 students
- Juan Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Buchser MiddleMiddle · 711 students
- Laurelwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Don CallejonElementary · 568 students
- Millikin ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Briarwood Elementary0.5 mi · 288
- Bracher Elementary0.6 mi · 269
- Bowers Elementary0.8 mi · 240
- New Valley Continuation High0.8 mi · 151
- Juan Cabrillo Middle1.0 mi · 796
- Ponderosa Elementary1.2 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Adrian Wilcox HighHow many students attend Adrian Wilcox High?
Adrian Wilcox High enrolls approximately 1,614 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Adrian Wilcox High serve?
Adrian Wilcox High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Adrian Wilcox High have?
Adrian Wilcox High employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Adrian Wilcox High?
At Adrian Wilcox High, the student body is approximately 15% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Black, 38% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Adrian Wilcox High public or private?
Adrian Wilcox High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Clara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.