California High

California High is a secondary school of sprawling scale in San Ramon, California, run under San Ramon Valley Unified, educateing 2,894 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 245% larger than typical.

Across the 36 schools in San Ramon Valley Unified (28,554 students total), California High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, California High shows that the largest single group is Asian at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Contra Costa County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 117 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting California High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, California High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.3%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Contra Costa County put median household income runs about $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which California High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Neil A. Armstrong Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, California High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 74.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. California High's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 2,763 (now 2,894). The White share of enrollment shrank from 45% to 29% over that span.

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