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Enrollment
593
High
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 060245008787
Argonaut High
501 Argonaut Ln., Jackson, CA 95642 · (209) 257-7700 · Amador County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of California public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
19.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
204 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 174 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 125 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 132 | 22% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
50.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.5pp since 2014
Math
14.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.8% | 32.7% | 30.8% | 18.7% |
| Math | 7.5% | 7.5% | 13.1% | 72.0% |
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 | 50.5% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 20.2% |
| 2022-23 | 55.2% | 18.1% |
| 2021-22 | 63.5% | 20.8% |
| 2020-21 | 50.8% | 21.3% |
| 2018-19 | 66.0% | 31.2% |
| 2017-18 | 49.4% | 26.1% |
| 2016-17 | 72.5% | 34.1% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 49.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Argonaut High
Argonaut High's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argonaut High this school | 593 | 34.4% | 37.4% |
| Amador High Sutter Creek | 615 | 34.3% | 45.0% |
| Lassen High Susanville | 816 | 34.2% | 33.9% |
| Sonora High Sonora | 880 | 38.3% | 47.1% |
| Templeton High Templeton | 725 | 28.4% | 54.2% |
| Sierra High Tollhouse | 367 | 35.1% | 52.0% |
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 Argonaut High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #597 of 1,052 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #834 of 1,056 ▼ 229 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #700 of 1,056 ▼ 340 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.4pp | #48 of 1,044 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #950 of 2,093 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #416 of 1,352 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #545 of 1,351 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #1,363 of 1,575 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #36 of 327 |
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
593
+61 (+11%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 593 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 34% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 30.6 | 19.4:1 | 39% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 30.9 | 17.4:1 | 42% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 37% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 20.2 | 23.5:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 37% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | N/A | N/A | 31% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 25 | 23.8:1 | 11% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 425 | 21 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Argonaut High.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (475 to 593); teachers up 53% (20.2 to 31).
About Argonaut High
Argonaut High is a low-enrollment high school in Jackson, California, (ZIP code 95642). Enrollment totals 593 students across grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
The Amador County Unified system has 12 schools and 4,027 students.
More than half of the students at Argonaut High are White (61%). Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That compares with about 76% White among all Amador County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
A staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.1:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among California public high schools, Argonaut High outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Argonaut High would score about 59.4%. It scores 37.4%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Amador County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $88,044 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Argonaut High, Amador County has 15 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Jackson Junior High, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Argonaut High ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Argonaut High the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment increased by 11% across 4 years, from 532 in 2020-21 to 593 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.5:1 in 2020-21, and 19.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Argonaut High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Amador County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,428
Census ACS
Median income
$88,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,050 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amador County Unified
- Amador HighHigh · 615 students
- Ione ElementaryElementary · 564 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Ione Junior HighMiddle · 387 students
- Sutter Creek ElementaryElementary · 387 students
- Jackson Junior HighMiddle · 270 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Jackson Junior HighMiddle · 270 students
- Pine Grove Elementary STEM MagnetElementary · 259 students
- Amador County Special EducationCombined · 13 students
- Amador County ROPHigh
Nearby schools
- Jackson Junior High0.8 mi · 270
- Amador County Special Education0.8 mi · 13
- Jackson Elementary1.1 mi · 479
- County Community1.7 mi · 10
- North Star Academy1.7 mi · 44
- Independence High (Continuation)1.7 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Argonaut HighHow many students attend Argonaut High?
Argonaut High enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 09-12.
Is Argonaut High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Argonaut High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Argonaut High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Argonaut High is approximately 19.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Argonaut High?
Student demographics at Argonaut High are roughly 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Argonaut High public or private?
Argonaut High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Amador County Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.