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What's the most underrated thing about Dougherty Valley High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
3,039
High
DISTRICT 2,009 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 063513011990
Dougherty Valley High
10550 Albion Rd., San Ramon, CA 94582 · (925) 479-6400 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL3,039 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- DThree-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
24.8:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
247 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 747 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 729 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 726 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 837 | 28% |
Student demographics
35%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
84.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.6pp since 2014
Math
79.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.7% | 29.7% | 10.6% | 5.0% |
| Math | 53.9% | 25.1% | 10.9% | 10.1% |
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 | 84.4% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.7% | 79.2% |
| 2022-23 | 86.7% | 77.2% |
| 2021-22 | 91.5% | 82.9% |
| 2020-21 | 97.2% | 100.0% |
| 2018-19 | 96.2% | 87.9% |
| 2017-18 | 93.7% | 87.0% |
| 2016-17 | 95.5% | 85.6% |
| 2015-16 | 96.0% | 87.0% |
| 2014-15 | 92.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Dougherty Valley High
Dougherty Valley High's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dougherty Valley High this school | 3,039 | 8.1% | 82.8% |
| Lynbrook High San Jose | 1,702 | 6.5% | 92.7% |
| Monta Vista High Cupertino | 1,630 | 6.0% | 86.6% |
| Cupertino High Cupertino | 1,800 | 10.2% | 83.3% |
| Mission San Jose High Fremont | 1,794 | 18.0% | 89.8% |
| Evergreen Valley High San Jose | 2,703 | 22.4% | 75.2% |
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 Dougherty Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #18 of 1,052 | #1 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #16 of 1,056 ▼ 1 | #1 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #57 of 1,056 ▼ 30 | #5 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #112 of 1,044 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,039 | #30 of 2,093 | #2 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #1,189 of 1,352 | #35 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #917 of 1,351 | #37 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.1% | #1,559 of 1,575 | #40 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #623 of 802 | #18 of 27 |
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
3,039
-345 (-10%) vs 2020
+69% since 2010-11, when it was 1,794
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 3,039 | 122.7 | 24.8:1 | 8% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 3,118 | 120.4 | 25.9:1 | 8% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 3,255 | 124.8 | 26.1:1 | 8% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 3,384 | 134 | 25.3:1 | 6% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 3,212 | 129.4 | 24.8:1 | 7% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 2,759 | 115 | 24.0:1 | 5% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 1,794 | N/A | N/A | 5% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dougherty Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (3,212 to 3,039); teachers down 5% (129.4 to 122.7).
About Dougherty Valley High
Dougherty Valley High is a high school with a street address in San Ramon, California. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 3,039 students. That compares with an average of about 838 students for high schools in California.
The 36 schools in San Ramon Valley Unified enroll 28,554 students altogether, Dougherty Valley High among them.
At Dougherty Valley High, 80% of students are Asian. Other students are 7% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 19% Asian share among all Contra Costa County residents. The diversity index for Dougherty Valley High is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Dougherty Valley High totals 122.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.8:1. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Federal data show 8% of students (247) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.
Dougherty Valley High holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% 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 Dougherty Valley High, the prediction is 74.8% and the result is 82.8%.
In the surrounding county, Contra Costa County, median household income comes to about $127,229, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 280 public schools and about 167,423 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Dougherty Valley High from the closest public school, Del Amigo High (Continuation). A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 79.1% on proficiency, and Dougherty Valley High is above that at 82.8%.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Dougherty Valley High enrolled 3,384 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 3,039.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ramon Valley Unified
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 2,042 students
- San Ramon Valley HighHigh · 2,036 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Gale Ranch MiddleMiddle · 971 students
Other schools in San Ramon
- California HighHigh · 2,894 students
- Windemere Ranch MiddleMiddle · 1,011 students
- Pine Valley MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Gale Ranch MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Iron Horse MiddleMiddle · 939 students
- Quail Run ElementaryElementary · 744 students
Nearby schools
- Del Amigo High (Continuation)0.2 mi · 34
- Venture (Alternative)0.2 mi · 61
- Gale Ranch Middle0.5 mi · 971
- Hidden Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 486
- Quail Run Elementary0.8 mi · 744
- Live Oak Elementary1.1 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Dougherty Valley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Dougherty Valley High?
Dougherty Valley High enrolls approximately 3,039 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Dougherty Valley High serve?
Dougherty Valley High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Dougherty Valley High?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Dougherty Valley High.
How diverse is Dougherty Valley High?
Dougherty Valley High reports a student body of 7% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 80% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dougherty Valley High in?
Dougherty Valley High is part of San Ramon Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.