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Enrollment
999
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORONADO UNIFIED·NCES 060987001071
Coronado High
650 D Ave., Coronado, CA 92118 · (619) 522-8907 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL999 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
18.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
146 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 248 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 231 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 257 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 263 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Coronado Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.0pp since 2014
Math
54.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.1% | 30.9% | 12.0% | 6.0% |
| Math | 29.7% | 24.9% | 19.2% | 26.2% |
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 | 82.0% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 85.3% | 52.2% |
| 2021-22 | 82.9% | 55.4% |
| 2020-21 | 88.8% | 66.5% |
| 2018-19 | 83.5% | 61.7% |
| 2017-18 | 66.7% | 56.3% |
| 2016-17 | 77.3% | 60.0% |
| 2015-16 | 71.0% | 54.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Coronado High
Coronado High's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coronado High this school | 999 | 14.6% | 64.0% |
| Santa Cruz High Santa Cruz | 1,093 | 22.7% | 63.1% |
| New West Charter Los Angeles | 980 | 18.5% | N/A |
| Carmel High Carmel | 780 | 15.1% | 68.2% |
| El Segundo High El Segundo | 1,232 | 12.7% | 72.5% |
| Twelve Bridges High Lincoln | 1,317 | 20.3% | 46.0% |
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 Coronado High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #140 of 1,052 | #11 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #126 of 1,056 ▲ 70 | #9 of 70 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #79 of 1,056 ▲ 88 | #6 of 70 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #329 of 1,044 | #22 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 999 | #773 of 2,093 | #67 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #293 of 1,352 | #14 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #396 of 1,351 | #45 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #1,525 of 1,575 | #109 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #327 of 802 | #25 of 57 |
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
999
-76 (-7%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 999 | 55.4 | 18.1:1 | 15% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 1,004 | 57.2 | 17.6:1 | 15% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 1,045 | 58 | 18.0:1 | 15% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 1,075 | 56 | 19.2:1 | 7% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 1,160 | 55 | 21.1:1 | 8% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 1,231 | 56 | 22.0:1 | 5% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 1,091 | N/A | N/A | 5% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 960 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 4% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coronado High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,160 to 999); teachers up 1% (55 to 55.4).
About Coronado High
Coronado High is a high school with a street address in Coronado, California. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 999 students.
Coronado Unified runs 4 schools with a combined 2,757 students. Coronado High is one of them.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Coronado High. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Coronado High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its 55.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.1:1. High schools in California have a similar average ratio of 18.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 15% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 39 points below the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Coronado High is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Coronado High is 71.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Diego County show that median household income is about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Coronado High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County, which together enroll about 467,437 students.
The next-closest public school is Coronado Middle, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Coronado High. On proficiency, Coronado High is ahead of the 52.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 4.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 999, 7% below the 1,075 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 18.1:1, from 19.2:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coronado Unified
- Coronado Village ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Coronado MiddleMiddle · 660 students
- Silver Strand ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Village PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Coronado
- Coronado Village ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Coronado MiddleMiddle · 660 students
- Silver Strand ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Village PreschoolElementary
Other Coronado High schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Coronado High. Coronado High is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Coronado High SchoolHenderson, NV · 3,147 students
- Coronado High SchoolEL PASO, TX · 2,576 students
- Coronado High SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 1,878 students
- Coronado High SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1,279 students
- Coronado High SchoolSCOTTSDALE, AZ · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Coronado Middle0.2 mi · 660
- Coronado Village Elementary0.2 mi · 774
- San Diego Virtual1.8 mi · 403
- Monarch1.8 mi · 225
- e3 Civic High1.8 mi · 360
- Perkins K-81.8 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Coronado HighHow many students attend Coronado High?
Coronado High enrolls approximately 999 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Coronado High serve?
Coronado High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coronado High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coronado High is approximately 18.1:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Coronado High?
Student demographics at Coronado High are roughly 54% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Coronado High in?
Coronado High is part of Coronado Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.