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Does Davis Senior High have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,755
High
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 061062001176
Davis Senior High
315 West 14th St., Davis, CA 95616 · (530) 757-5400 · Yolo County
GRADES 10–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,755 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
545 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 10 | 601 | 34% |
| Grade 11 | 594 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 560 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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 Davis Joint Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
85.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
69.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 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 | 60.2% | 25.4% | 9.5% | 4.9% |
| Math | 49.5% | 20.1% | 16.0% | 14.4% |
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 | 85.6% | 69.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 65.5% |
| 2022-23 | 76.5% | 61.5% |
| 2021-22 | 77.8% | 62.2% |
| 2020-21 | 93.5% | 84.1% |
| 2018-19 | 82.1% | 73.9% |
| 2017-18 | 79.7% | 71.6% |
| 2016-17 | 83.9% | 71.4% |
| 2015-16 | 87.0% | 74.0% |
| 2014-15 | 82.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Davis Senior High
Davis Senior High's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Senior High this school | 1,755 | 31.1% | 74.1% |
| Canyon High Anaheim | 2,183 | 31.5% | 63.4% |
| Branham High San Jose | 1,820 | 31.4% | 66.4% |
| Clovis North High Fresno | 2,360 | 28.0% | 79.3% |
| Aliso Niguel High Aliso Viejo | 2,563 | 33.1% | 64.7% |
| Sage Creek High Carlsbad | 1,289 | 29.8% | 69.3% |
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 Davis Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #56 of 1,052 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #45 of 1,056 ▲ 7 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #41 of 1,056 ▲ 104 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.6pp | #238 of 1,044 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,755 | #414 of 2,093 | #2 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #978 of 1,352 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #93 of 1,351 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #1,392 of 1,575 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #318 of 327 | N/A |
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
1,755
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,183
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 1,755 | 76.7 | 22.9:1 | 31% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 1,789 | 81.2 | 22.0:1 | 19% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 1,801 | 80.8 | 22.3:1 | 18% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 1,756 | 78 | 22.5:1 | 18% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 1,750 | 72.8 | 24.0:1 | 18% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 1,683 | 67 | 25.1:1 | 15% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 1,703 | N/A | N/A | 17% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 1,889 | 78 | 24.2:1 | 7% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 1,183 | 57 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,750 to 1,755); teachers up 5% (72.8 to 76.7).
About Davis Senior High
As a large high school, Davis Senior High serves students in Davis, California. The school counted 1,755 students in 2024-25, covering grades 10 through 12. The school is 109% larger than the average for high schools in California.
Davis Joint Unified has 16 schools; together they serve 8,241 students.
The biggest share of students at Davis Senior High, 42%, is White. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. The diversity index for Davis Senior High is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 76.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.9:1. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Davis Senior High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 31%. Across public schools in Yolo County, the average is 59%.
Davis Senior High earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 97% of California public high schools.
The model predicts 61.3% for a school in California with Davis Senior High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Davis Senior High posts 74.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Yolo County show that median household income comes to about $91,752, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Yolo County counts 67 public schools with about 29,820 students.
North Davis Elementary is the nearest public school to Davis Senior High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Davis Senior High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 74.1% is above the 65.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Davis Senior High the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,756 to 1,755.
The Davis Senior High discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis Joint Unified
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighMiddle · 533 students
Other schools in Davis
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior HighMiddle · 588 students
- Pioneer ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Birch Lane ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Da Vinci Charter AcademyHigh · 562 students
- North Davis ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior HighMiddle · 533 students
Nearby schools
- North Davis Elementary0.3 mi · 552
- Cesar Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 510
- Martin Luther King High0.6 mi · 51
- Davis School for Independent Study0.7 mi · 124
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High0.7 mi · 588
- Robert E. Willett Elementary0.8 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Davis Senior High?
Davis Senior High enrolls approximately 1,755 students in grades 10-12.
What grades does Davis Senior High serve?
Davis Senior High serves grades 10-12.
How many students per teacher at Davis Senior High?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Davis Senior High.
How diverse is Davis Senior High?
Davis Senior High reports a student body of 42% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Davis Senior High public or private?
Davis Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davis Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.