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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Canoga Park Senior High this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,389
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271002890
Canoga Park Senior High
6850 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, CA 91303 · (818) 673-1300 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,389 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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.
- AThree-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
17.5:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,283 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 366 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 399 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 299 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 325 | 23% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
52.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
22.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.8% | 31.7% | 20.8% | 26.8% |
| Math | 7.1% | 15.0% | 24.8% | 53.0% |
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 | 52.5% | 22.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 17.3% |
| 2022-23 | 53.2% | 14.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.2% | 11.6% |
| 2020-21 | 50.8% | 20.2% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 11.3% |
| 2017-18 | 52.2% | 14.8% |
| 2016-17 | 57.3% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Canoga Park Senior High
Canoga Park Senior High's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canoga Park Senior High this school | 1,389 | 92.4% | 35.1% |
| Rancho Mirage High Rancho Mirage | 1,401 | 95.2% | 36.3% |
| Robert Fulton College Preparatory Van Nuys | 1,229 | 95.7% | 20.0% |
| Cathedral City High Cathedral City | 1,334 | 95.5% | 37.2% |
| Buena Park High Buena Park | 1,682 | 90.6% | 32.8% |
| Garey High Pomona | 1,567 | 91.4% | 35.0% |
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 Canoga Park Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #657 of 1,052 | #141 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #613 of 1,056 ▲ 78 | #143 of 229 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #653 of 1,056 ▲ 33 | #142 of 229 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.9pp | #114 of 1,044 | #42 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,389 | #611 of 2,093 | #123 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #244 of 1,352 | #86 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.5% | #1,042 of 1,351 | #204 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #220 of 1,575 | #126 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #746 of 802 | #215 of 227 |
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
1,389
-52 (-4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,848
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 1,389 | 79.2 | 17.5:1 | 92% (1,283) |
| 2023-24 | 1,456 | 80 | 18.2:1 | 91% (1,332) |
| 2022-23 | 1,436 | 78.2 | 18.4:1 | 92% (1,317) |
| 2020-21 | 1,441 | 79 | 18.2:1 | 88% (1,267) |
| 2017-18 | 1,415 | 67 | 21.1:1 | 88% (1,250) |
| 2015-16 | 1,434 | 66 | 21.7:1 | 82% (1,175) |
| 2010-11 | 1,825 | N/A | N/A | 72% (1,311) |
| 2000-01 | 2,195 | 90 | 24.4:1 | 76% (1,663) |
| 1990-91 | 1,848 | 80 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canoga Park Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,415 to 1,389); teachers up 18% (67 to 79.2).
About Canoga Park Senior High
Canoga Park Senior High is a high-enrollment high school in California, with an address in Canoga Park. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,389 students in 2024-25. The school is 66% bigger than the average for high schools in California.
Los Angeles Unified is responsible for 784 schools, Canoga Park Senior High included, with 406,887 students in all.
Hispanic students are 87% of those enrolled at Canoga Park Senior High. The rest of enrollment is 6% White, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Los Angeles County's population at about 48%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Canoga Park Senior High lists 79.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.5 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 92% of the student body. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
On the allk12 Grade, Canoga Park Senior High lands at B, ahead of 64% of California public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Canoga Park Senior High, the prediction is 25.4% and the result is 35.1%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Canoga Park Senior High shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Owensmouth Continuation, is the closest to Canoga Park Senior High. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.0%, lower than Canoga Park Senior High's 35.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,389, down from 1,441 in 2020-21.
People who know Canoga Park Senior High can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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- John A. Sutter MiddleMiddle · 763 students
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- Canoga Park MiddleMiddle · 579 students
- Multicultural Learning CenterElementary · 496 students
- Canoga Park ElementaryElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- Owensmouth Continuation0.1 mi · 79
- Village Charter Academy0.6 mi · 307
- Hart Street Elementary0.7 mi · 699
- Canoga Park Elementary0.7 mi · 462
- N.E.W. Academy Canoga Park0.9 mi · 399
- Hamlin Charter Academy1.0 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Canoga Park Senior HighHow many students attend Canoga Park Senior High?
Canoga Park Senior High enrolls approximately 1,389 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Canoga Park Senior High serve?
Canoga Park Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Canoga Park Senior High?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Canoga Park Senior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Canoga Park Senior High?
At Canoga Park Senior High, the student body is approximately 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Canoga Park Senior High in?
Canoga Park Senior High is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.