Anzar High
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Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Anzar High
As a rural-scale high school in San Juan Bautista, California, Anzar High caters to 267 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Aromas - San Juan Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 838.
Within Aromas - San Juan Unified, which oversees 3 schools and 964 students, Anzar High is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Anzar High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at Anzar High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Anzar High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 45.4%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Benito County indicate median household earnings sit near $114,394, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across San Benito County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,633 students), Anzar High is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is San Juan, roughly 3.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Anzar High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Anzar High's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 267). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 26% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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