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What's the most underrated thing about Bear Creek High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,925
High
DISTRICT 1,170 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LODI UNIFIED·NCES 062223010314
Bear Creek High
10555 Thornton Rd., Stockton, CA 95209 · (209) 953-8234 · San Joaquin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,925 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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.
- CBeats 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
18.8:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
1,266 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 538 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 474 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 477 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 436 | 23% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.1pp 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 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 27.7% | 20.6% | 29.7% |
| Math | 6.2% | 12.7% | 16.9% | 64.2% |
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 | 49.7% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 18.3% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 22.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.1% | 19.3% |
| 2020-21 | 44.4% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.3% | 32.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.2% | 32.4% |
| 2016-17 | 59.4% | 34.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Bear Creek High
Bear Creek High's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek High this school | 1,925 | 65.8% | 34.8% |
| John F. Kennedy High Sacramento | 1,652 | 59.4% | 27.9% |
| Luther Burbank High Sacramento | 1,535 | 74.1% | 21.3% |
| Pinole Valley High Pinole | 1,245 | 61.8% | 43.4% |
| Gahr (Richard) High Cerritos | 1,631 | 61.2% | 52.8% |
| San Leandro High San Leandro | 2,510 | 75.3% | 30.1% |
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 Bear Creek High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #669 of 1,052 | #16 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #709 of 1,056 ▼ 51 | #17 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #716 of 1,056 ▼ 108 | #16 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #558 of 1,044 | #10 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,925 | #331 of 2,093 | #8 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #383 of 1,352 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #62 of 1,351 | #1 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #937 of 1,575 | #25 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #424 of 802 | #7 of 17 |
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
1,925
-172 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 2,559
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 1,925 | 102.2 | 18.8:1 | 66% (1,266) |
| 2023-24 | 1,880 | 100.5 | 18.7:1 | 68% (1,273) |
| 2022-23 | 1,937 | 96.6 | 20.1:1 | 75% (1,459) |
| 2020-21 | 2,097 | 106 | 19.8:1 | 64% (1,338) |
| 2017-18 | 2,161 | 94.9 | 22.8:1 | 59% (1,279) |
| 2015-16 | 1,975 | 90 | 21.9:1 | 60% (1,180) |
| 2010-11 | 1,987 | N/A | N/A | 52% (1,035) |
| 2000-01 | 2,559 | 111 | 23.1:1 | 36% (916) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Creek High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (2,161 to 1,925); teachers up 8% (94.9 to 102.2).
About Bear Creek High
Stockton, California, is home to Bear Creek High, a high-enrollment high school. The school counted 1,925 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 130% above the average for high schools in California.
Lodi Unified oversees Bear Creek High and 45 other schools, with 27,047 students in total.
Hispanic students make up 42% of enrollment at Bear Creek High, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 26% Asian, 16% Black, 10% White, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with San Joaquin County, where about 43% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Based on 102.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bear Creek High has a ratio of 18.8:1. It is about the same as the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Income data for the school show 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 66% average for public schools in San Joaquin County.
Bear Creek High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of California public high schools.
Test results at Bear Creek High are 6.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.8% actual, 41.0% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for San Joaquin County show that the median household earns about $92,179 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. San Joaquin County has 251 public schools with about 153,026 students, including Bear Creek High.
Julia Morgan Elementary is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Bear Creek High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bear Creek High's average proficiency of 34.8% compares with 39.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school shrank from 2,097 students in 2020-21 to 1,925 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lodi Unified
- Tokay HighHigh · 2,058 students
- Lodi HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Ronald E. McNair HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Lodi MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- Ellerth E. Larson ElementaryElementary · 890 students
- Millswood MiddleMiddle · 843 students
Other schools in Stockton
- Lincoln HighHigh · 2,801 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,355 students
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,065 students
- Cesar Chavez HighHigh · 2,021 students
- Stagg Senior HighHigh · 1,677 students
- Venture AcademyCombined · 1,657 students
Other Bear Creek High schools
One other US public school is named Bear Creek High. Bear Creek High is the largest of the 2.
- Bear Creek High SchoolLAKEWOOD, CO · 1,344 students
Nearby schools
- Julia Morgan Elementary0.3 mi · 407
- John Muir Elementary0.6 mi · 559
- Creekside Elementary0.6 mi · 501
- Christa McAuliffe Middle0.8 mi · 734
- Elkhorn1.1 mi · 263
- Delta Sierra Middle1.2 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Creek HighHow large is Bear Creek High?
Bear Creek High enrolls approximately 1,925 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bear Creek High serve?
Bear Creek High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bear Creek High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bear Creek High is approximately 18.8:1 (102 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bear Creek High?
Student demographics at Bear Creek High are roughly 10% White, 42% Hispanic, 16% Black, 26% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bear Creek High public or private?
Bear Creek High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lodi Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.