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Enrollment
1,524
High
DISTRICT 1,005 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANTECA UNIFIED·NCES 062361003577
East Union High
1700 North Union Rd., Manteca, CA 95336 · (209) 858-7270 · San Joaquin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,524 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
19.4:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
951 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 414 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 378 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 372 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 360 | 24% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
51.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
16.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.8% | 35.2% | 26.5% | 22.5% |
| Math | 5.4% | 11.4% | 24.9% | 58.3% |
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 | 51.0% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 16.5% |
| 2022-23 | 43.7% | 14.3% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 13.3% |
| 2020-21 | 49.7% | 10.2% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 20.5% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 17.6% |
| 2016-17 | 45.8% | 17.1% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 East Union High
East Union High's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Union High this school | 1,524 | 62.4% | 33.4% |
| Fullerton Union High Fullerton | 1,880 | 62.8% | 49.0% |
| Sierra Pacific High Hanford | 1,183 | 58.8% | 44.3% |
| Lemoore High Lemoore | 1,798 | 59.0% | 41.7% |
| El Diamante High Visalia | 1,890 | 62.6% | 47.2% |
| Fred C. Beyer High Modesto | 1,609 | 62.2% | 44.6% |
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 East Union High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Joaquin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #701 of 1,052 | #18 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #777 of 1,056 ▼ 66 | #20 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #685 of 1,056 ▼ 10 | #15 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #442 of 1,044 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,524 | #557 of 2,093 | #16 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #462 of 1,352 | #9 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #623 of 1,351 | #25 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #1,004 of 1,575 | #28 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #559 of 802 | #10 of 17 |
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
1,524
-42 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,535
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 1,524 | 78.5 | 19.4:1 | 62% (951) |
| 2023-24 | 1,510 | 77.8 | 19.4:1 | 63% (956) |
| 2022-23 | 1,593 | 78 | 20.4:1 | 53% (840) |
| 2020-21 | 1,566 | 73 | 21.4:1 | 57% (890) |
| 2017-18 | 1,639 | 78.2 | 20.9:1 | 54% (885) |
| 2015-16 | 1,579 | 71 | 22.2:1 | 48% (763) |
| 2010-11 | 1,497 | N/A | N/A | 41% (621) |
| 2000-01 | 1,890 | 89 | 21.2:1 | 12% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 1,535 | 66 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Union High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,639 to 1,524); teachers unchanged (78.2 to 78.5).
About East Union High
East Union High is a high-enrollment high school in Manteca Unified, located in Manteca, California. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,524 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
Manteca Unified oversees East Union High and 29 other schools, with 25,347 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at East Union High is 65%, a majority. After that, the student body is 23% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show San Joaquin County is about 43% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, East Union High has a ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 62%.
Among California public high schools, East Union High outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
East Union High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.4% and a predicted 43.0%.
The school is in San Joaquin County, where median household income comes to about $92,179, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Joaquin County counts 251 public schools with about 153,026 students.
Neil Hafley Elementary is about 0.2 miles from East Union High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 24.5%, lower than East Union High's 33.4%.
The NCES locale for East Union High is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 1,566 to 1,524. The ratio was 21.4:1 in 2020-21 and 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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San Joaquin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
797,334
Census ACS
Median income
$92,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
251
153,026 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manteca Unified
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- Lathrop HighHigh · 1,486 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
- George McParland ElementaryElementary · 1,195 students
Other schools in Manteca
- Manteca HighHigh · 1,907 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 1,670 students
- Veritas ElementaryElementary · 1,266 students
- Nile Garden ElementaryElementary · 1,221 students
- George McParland ElementaryElementary · 1,195 students
- Walter Woodward ElementaryElementary · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- Neil Hafley Elementary0.2 mi · 799
- George McParland Elementary0.5 mi · 1,195
- Golden West Elementary1.1 mi · 591
- Stella Brockman Elementary1.2 mi · 833
- Yosemite School Community Day (7-12)1.7 mi · 45
- Manteca Online Academy1.7 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About East Union HighHow many students attend East Union High?
East Union High enrolls approximately 1,524 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does East Union High serve?
East Union High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at East Union High?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at East Union High.
How diverse is East Union High?
East Union High reports a student body of 23% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees East Union High?
East Union High is overseen by Manteca Unified in San Joaquin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.