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How has Cajon High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,748
High
DISTRICT 1,382 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005351
Cajon High
1200 Hill Dr., San Bernardino, CA 92407 · (909) 881-8120 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,748 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
24.6:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
2,380 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 842 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 629 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 702 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 575 | 21% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
64.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.4pp since 2014
Math
24.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.6% | 35.8% | 19.1% | 16.6% |
| Math | 7.7% | 16.6% | 25.9% | 49.8% |
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 | 64.4% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 21.4% |
| 2021-22 | 57.4% | 18.1% |
| 2018-19 | 54.7% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 57.9% | 18.6% |
| 2015-16 | 66.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Cajon High
Cajon High's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cajon High this school | 2,748 | 86.6% | 37.8% |
| Orange Vista High Perris | 2,396 | 86.6% | 34.8% |
| San Jacinto High San Jacinto | 2,388 | 89.9% | 22.9% |
| John W. North High Riverside | 2,011 | 87.9% | 32.6% |
| Valley View High Moreno Valley | 2,699 | 81.5% | 33.8% |
| West High Bakersfield | 2,159 | 91.1% | 29.8% |
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 Cajon High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #583 of 1,052 | #28 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #555 of 1,056 ▲ 174 | #25 of 56 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #372 of 1,056 ▲ 361 | #18 of 56 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #281 of 1,044 | #23 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,748 | #53 of 2,093 | #9 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #1,170 of 1,352 | #64 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #813 of 1,351 | #42 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #425 of 1,575 | #23 of 84 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #590 of 802 | #31 of 46 |
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
2,748
-195 (-7%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 2,258
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 2,748 | 111.6 | 24.6:1 | 87% (2,380) |
| 2023-24 | 2,662 | 112 | 23.8:1 | 84% (2,244) |
| 2022-23 | 2,750 | 111.9 | 24.6:1 | 80% (2,196) |
| 2020-21 | 2,943 | 116 | 25.4:1 | 81% (2,392) |
| 2017-18 | 2,928 | 102 | 28.7:1 | 76% (2,217) |
| 2015-16 | 2,836 | 105 | 27.0:1 | 74% (2,096) |
| 2010-11 | 2,859 | N/A | N/A | 66% (1,899) |
| 2000-01 | 3,000 | 123 | 24.4:1 | 43% (1,280) |
| 1990-91 | 2,258 | 88 | 25.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cajon High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,928 to 2,748); teachers up 9% (102 to 111.6).
About Cajon High
The public high school Cajon High is located in San Bernardino, California. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 2,748 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in California average about 838 students.
Cajon High is run by San Bernardino City Unified, whose 72 schools enroll 44,080 students.
Roughly 75% of students at Cajon High are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 10% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 111.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 24.6:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 13 points.
Measured against California public high schools, Cajon High receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cajon High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.8%) and its predicted rate (28.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
In San Bernardino County (population about 2,197,104), the median household income is $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, enrolling about 393,648 students in all.
The nearest other public school, North Park Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cajon High is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
2024-25 enrollment was 2,748, a 7% decrease from 2,943 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Cajon High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Bernardino City Unified
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
- Cesar E. Chavez MiddleMiddle · 1,107 students
Other schools in San Bernardino
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- San Bernardino County Special EducationCombined · 1,860 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Norton Science and Language AcademyCombined · 1,249 students
Nearby schools
- North Park Elementary0.5 mi · 514
- Bob Holcomb Elementary0.5 mi · 598
- Newmark Elementary0.5 mi · 392
- Shandin Hills Middle0.8 mi · 709
- Hillside Elementary1.1 mi · 586
- Kendall Elementary1.3 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Cajon HighHow many students attend Cajon High?
Cajon High enrolls approximately 2,748 students in grades 09-12.
Is Cajon High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cajon High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cajon High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cajon High is approximately 24.6:1 (112 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cajon High?
Student demographics at Cajon High are roughly 8% White, 75% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cajon High public or private?
Cajon High is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.