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How has Cupertino High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,800
High
DISTRICT 1,570 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT UNION HIGH·NCES 061443001695
Cupertino High
10100 Finch Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014 · (408) 366-7300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,800 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of California public high schools
- A+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.
- C+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
22.9:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
184 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 453 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 375 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 466 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 506 | 28% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
84.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
81.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 60.5% | 24.0% | 11.0% | 4.5% |
| Math | 62.6% | 19.1% | 9.2% | 9.2% |
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 | 84.5% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 85.9% | 81.4% |
| 2022-23 | 87.5% | 81.8% |
| 2021-22 | 87.0% | 77.9% |
| 2020-21 | 96.9% | 96.8% |
| 2018-19 | 80.9% | 84.1% |
| 2017-18 | 83.5% | 79.0% |
| 2016-17 | 90.3% | 84.3% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Cupertino High
Cupertino High's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cupertino High this school | 1,800 | 10.2% | 83.3% |
| Monta Vista High Cupertino | 1,630 | 6.0% | 86.6% |
| Lynbrook High San Jose | 1,702 | 6.5% | 92.7% |
| Dougherty Valley High San Ramon | 3,039 | 8.1% | 82.8% |
| Mountain House High Mountain House | 2,428 | 10.8% | 70.4% |
| Emerald High Dublin | 900 | 12.2% | N/A |
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 Cupertino High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #16 of 1,052 | #5 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #11 of 1,056 ▲ 2 | #4 of 43 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #54 of 1,056 ▼ 9 | #5 of 43 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #610 of 1,044 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,800 | #390 of 2,093 | #15 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #981 of 1,352 | #46 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #747 of 1,351 | #35 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #1,549 of 1,575 | #63 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #156 of 802 | #10 of 39 |
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
1,800
-398 (-18%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,095
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 1,800 | 78.5 | 22.9:1 | 10% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 1,811 | 80.5 | 22.5:1 | 8% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 1,997 | 86 | 23.2:1 | 9% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 2,198 | 92 | 23.9:1 | 8% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 2,295 | 95 | 24.1:1 | 11% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 2,245 | 89 | 25.2:1 | 8% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 1,824 | N/A | N/A | 8% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 1,454 | 74 | 19.6:1 | 3% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 1,095 | 55 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cupertino High.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (2,295 to 1,800); teachers down 17% (95 to 78.5).
About Cupertino High
Cupertino High serves students in Cupertino, California, as a high-enrollment high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,800 students. High schools in California have about 838 students on average; enrollment here is 115% higher.
Fremont Union High has 6 schools; together they serve 9,422 students.
Asian students are 71% of those enrolled at Cupertino High. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 9% White, and 8% multiracial. In Santa Clara County overall, about 41% of residents are Asian. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Cupertino High are from different groups.
A staff of 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 22.9:1. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%. Among public schools in Santa Clara County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Among California public high schools, Cupertino High outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cupertino High is +9.8 points: 83.3% actual, 73.5% predicted.
Census data for Santa Clara County show the median household earns about $164,281 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Cupertino High, Santa Clara County has 412 public schools.
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Cupertino High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Cupertino High places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Cupertino High the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment decreased 18% over 4 years, reaching 1,800 in 2024-25.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont Union High
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 2,060 students
- Lynbrook HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- Community DayHigh · 6 students
Other schools in Cupertino
- Homestead HighHigh · 2,224 students
- Monta Vista HighHigh · 1,630 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
- Abraham Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 662 students
Nearby schools
- D. J. Sedgwick Elementary0.3 mi · 407
- Warren E. Hyde Middle0.6 mi · 800
- L. P. Collins Elementary0.8 mi · 498
- Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary1.0 mi · 547
- C. B. Eaton Elementary1.0 mi · 489
- Sam H. Lawson Middle1.1 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Cupertino HighHow large is Cupertino High?
Cupertino High enrolls approximately 1,800 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Cupertino High serve?
Cupertino High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Cupertino High?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Cupertino High.
What is the student diversity at Cupertino High?
Student demographics at Cupertino High are roughly 9% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 71% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cupertino High public or private?
Cupertino High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fremont Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.