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What tradition at Berkeley High should never be changed?
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Enrollment
3,218
High
DISTRICT 1,636 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474000432
Berkeley High
1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 · (510) 644-6120 · Alameda County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL3,218 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
175 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
798 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 766 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 812 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 841 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 799 | 25% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Berkeley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.7pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 41.2% | 29.6% | 16.7% | 12.6% |
| Math | 35.3% | 22.3% | 19.1% | 23.3% |
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 | 70.7% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 54.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 49.8% |
| 2021-22 | 66.2% | 44.7% |
| 2020-21 | 96.0% | 73.2% |
| 2018-19 | 75.3% | 52.1% |
| 2017-18 | 67.5% | 54.0% |
| 2016-17 | 58.5% | 41.1% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 51.0% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Berkeley High
Berkeley High's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley High this school | 3,218 | 24.8% | 62.5% |
| Palisades Charter High Pacific Palisades | 2,920 | 21.5% | N/A |
| Redondo Union High Redondo Beach | 2,921 | 18.4% | 65.9% |
| Liberty High Brentwood | 2,836 | 35.7% | 45.0% |
| Santa Monica High Santa Monica | 2,588 | 35.4% | 70.1% |
| Great Oak High Temecula | 2,946 | 24.6% | 63.3% |
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 Berkeley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #154 of 1,052 | #11 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #104 of 1,056 ▲ 15 | #10 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #231 of 1,056 ▲ 56 | #12 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.7pp | #179 of 1,044 | #2 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,218 | #17 of 2,093 | #1 of 85 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #332 of 1,352 | #21 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #45 of 1,351 | #9 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #1,446 of 1,575 | #59 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #238 of 327 | #6 of 9 |
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
3,218
-39 (-1%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 2,413
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 3,218 | 174.6 | 18.4:1 | 25% (798) |
| 2023-24 | 3,220 | 172.4 | 18.7:1 | 23% (753) |
| 2022-23 | 3,204 | 179.4 | 17.9:1 | 23% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 3,257 | 169 | 19.3:1 | 24% (795) |
| 2017-18 | 3,117 | 153.4 | 20.3:1 | 28% (884) |
| 2015-16 | 3,113 | 168 | 18.5:1 | 28% (861) |
| 2010-11 | 3,417 | N/A | N/A | 32% (1,093) |
| 2000-01 | 3,453 | 167 | 20.7:1 | 5% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 2,413 | 131 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkeley High.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (3,117 to 3,218); teachers up 14% (153.4 to 174.6).
About Berkeley High
Berkeley High is a high-enrollment high school located in Berkeley, California. It has an enrollment of 3,218 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 284% larger than average.
Berkeley Unified is responsible for 17 schools, Berkeley High included, with 9,116 students in all.
White students account for 41% of enrollment at Berkeley High, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, and 9% Asian. County-wide, 30% of Alameda County residents are White. The diversity index for Berkeley High is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 174.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is close to this figure. Berkeley High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 25%. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Berkeley High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 62.5% actual against 65.0% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Alameda County, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Berkeley High, Alameda County has 394 public schools.
Washington Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Berkeley High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Berkeley High is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 3,257 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 3,218.
The Berkeley High discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley Unified
- Martin Luther King MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at WhittierElementary · 407 students
Other schools in Berkeley
- Martin Luther King MiddleMiddle · 851 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at WhittierElementary · 407 students
Other Berkeley High schools
One other US public school is named Berkeley High. Berkeley High is the largest of the 2.
- Berkeley HighMoncks Corner, SC · 2,047 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary0.1 mi · 401
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier0.6 mi · 407
- Berkeley Independent Study K-80.6 mi · 19
- Berkeley Technology Academy0.6 mi · 54
- Sylvia Mendez Elementary0.9 mi · 379
- Oxford Elementary at West Campus0.9 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Berkeley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Berkeley High?
Berkeley High enrolls approximately 3,218 students in grades 09-12.
Is Berkeley High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Berkeley High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Berkeley High?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Berkeley High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Berkeley High?
At Berkeley High, the student body is approximately 41% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Berkeley High public or private?
Berkeley High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Berkeley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.