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What's the most underrated thing about Cerritos High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,996
High
DISTRICT 1,036 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABC UNIFIED·NCES 060162000010
Cerritos High
12500 East 183rd St., Cerritos, CA 90703 · (562) 229-7715 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,996 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
860 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 480 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 446 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 529 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 541 | 27% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
86.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.7pp since 2014
Math
57.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 87 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 11 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 | 53.5% | 33.2% | 9.7% | 3.6% |
| Math | 31.1% | 26.8% | 26.2% | 15.9% |
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 | 86.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.9% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.3% | 59.2% |
| 2021-22 | 81.4% | 57.0% |
| 2018-19 | 84.1% | 64.8% |
| 2017-18 | 84.6% | 63.3% |
| 2016-17 | 92.2% | 66.7% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 65.0% |
| 2014-15 | 76.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in California's top 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 Cerritos High
Cerritos High's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos High this school | 1,996 | 43.1% | 70.4% |
| Troy High Fullerton | 2,504 | 39.7% | 81.2% |
| Independence High San Jose | 2,289 | 47.0% | 46.6% |
| Washington High Fremont | 1,957 | 36.4% | 64.8% |
| Sunny Hills High Fullerton | 2,337 | 48.5% | 70.2% |
| Lowell High San Francisco | 2,571 | 42.5% | 77.3% |
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 Cerritos High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #78 of 1,052 | #19 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #103 of 1,056 ▲ 3 | #26 of 229 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #34 of 1,056 ▲ 57 | #12 of 229 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #456 of 1,044 | #129 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,996 | #291 of 2,093 | #58 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #1,102 of 1,352 | #301 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #317 of 1,351 | #42 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.1% | #1,247 of 1,575 | #340 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #498 of 802 | #163 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
1,996
-235 (-11%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 2,138
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
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 | 1,996 | 83.4 | 23.9:1 | 43% (860) |
| 2023-24 | 2,083 | 88.4 | 23.6:1 | 45% (939) |
| 2022-23 | 2,242 | 90.3 | 24.8:1 | 41% (926) |
| 2020-21 | 2,231 | 88 | 25.4:1 | 45% (998) |
| 2017-18 | 2,186 | 89.1 | 24.5:1 | 32% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 2,132 | 87 | 24.5:1 | 29% (625) |
| 2010-11 | 2,126 | N/A | N/A | 22% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 2,226 | 90 | 24.7:1 | 6% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 2,138 | 86 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cerritos High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (2,186 to 1,996); teachers down 6% (89.1 to 83.4).
About Cerritos High
Cerritos High is a high school in Cerritos, California, and it is part of ABC Unified. Total enrollment is 1,996 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in California enroll about 838 students on average.
Cerritos High is one of 30 schools in ABC Unified, which enrolls 17,570 students in total.
More than half of the students at Cerritos High are Asian (52%). The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. In Los Angeles County overall, about 15% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cerritos High scores 63%.
Its ratio of 23.9:1 is based on 83.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 43%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Cerritos High scores 16.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 70.4% actual versus 54.3% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cerritos High is closest to Elliott (William F) Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cerritos High is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Cerritos High's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell by 11% across 4 years, from 2,231 in 2020-21 to 1,996 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.4:1 in 2020-21 to 23.9:1 in 2024-25.
Cerritos High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
Other schools in ABC Unified
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
Other schools in Cerritos
- Gahr (Richard) HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Whitney (Gretchen) HighHigh · 1,024 students
- Leal (Frank C.) ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Nixon (Patricia) ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Carmenita MiddleMiddle · 639 students
- Cerritos ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Elliott (William F) Elementary0.3 mi · 425
- Kennedy (John F.) Elementary0.6 mi · 398
- Leal (Frank C.) Elementary0.6 mi · 774
- Carver (Charles J.) Elementary0.6 mi · 444
- Ross (Faye) Middle0.8 mi · 528
- Wittmann (Helen) Elementary1.0 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Cerritos HighHow large is Cerritos High?
Cerritos High enrolls approximately 1,996 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cerritos High serve?
Cerritos High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cerritos High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cerritos High is approximately 23.9:1 (83 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cerritos High?
Cerritos High reports a student body of 7% White, 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 52% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Cerritos High?
Cerritos High is overseen by ABC Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.