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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Fillmore Senior High administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,007
High
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FILLMORE UNIFIED·NCES 061380001555
Fillmore Senior High
555 Central Ave., Fillmore, CA 93015 · (805) 524-6100 · Ventura County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,007 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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.
- CBeats 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
21.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
714 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 272 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 251 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 237 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 247 | 25% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
52.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.8pp since 2014
Math
13.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 37.5% | 24.1% | 23.1% |
| Math | 1.4% | 11.8% | 17.7% | 69.1% |
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 | 52.8% | 13.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 23.8% |
| 2017-18 | 43.4% | 27.4% |
| 2016-17 | 49.8% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Fillmore Senior High
Fillmore Senior High's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore Senior High this school | 1,007 | 70.9% | 32.3% |
| Elsie Allen High Santa Rosa | 1,029 | 71.7% | 16.6% |
| John H. Glenn High Norwalk | 882 | 74.9% | 31.9% |
| San Jose High San Jose | 874 | 69.9% | 27.2% |
| Pacheco High Los Banos | 1,725 | 71.1% | 37.3% |
| Los Altos High Hacienda Heights | 1,592 | 70.2% | 44.5% |
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 Fillmore Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #735 of 1,052 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #886 of 1,056 ▲ 9 | #20 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #646 of 1,056 ▼ 43 | #15 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #398 of 1,044 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,007 | #770 of 2,093 | #19 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #780 of 1,352 | #10 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #1,227 of 1,351 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #852 of 1,575 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #583 of 802 | #20 of 23 |
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
1,007
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 1,007 | 46.7 | 21.6:1 | 71% (714) |
| 2023-24 | 992 | 47.2 | 21.0:1 | 75% (746) |
| 2022-23 | 1,067 | 51.2 | 20.8:1 | 78% (834) |
| 2020-21 | 1,024 | 47 | 21.8:1 | 81% (825) |
| 2017-18 | 1,073 | 46.8 | 22.9:1 | 70% (755) |
| 2015-16 | 982 | 46 | 21.4:1 | 73% (717) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | N/A | N/A | 72% (777) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 47 | 21.3:1 | 41% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 39 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fillmore Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,073 to 1,007); teachers unchanged (46.8 to 46.7).
About Fillmore Senior High
Among the schools in Fillmore, California, is Fillmore Senior High, a medium-sized high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,007 students. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 20% larger than average.
The Fillmore Unified system has 8 schools and 3,685 students.
Most students at Fillmore Senior High are Hispanic: 94% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% White. Ventura County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Fillmore Senior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
The school reports 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.6 students per teacher. The 18.2:1 average for high schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 71%. The average for public schools in Ventura County is 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Fillmore Senior High is C. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 28% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Fillmore Senior High posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.3%, compared with a predicted 38.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Ventura County, median household income is about $109,797, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Ventura County number 238 and enroll about 147,841.
Sierra High is the public school closest to Fillmore Senior High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Fillmore Senior High ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,007, starting from 1,024.
If you have questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Fillmore Senior High, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fillmore Unified
- Fillmore MiddleMiddle · 813 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Mountain VistaElementary · 430 students
- Piru ElementaryElementary · 272 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
Other schools in Fillmore
- Fillmore MiddleMiddle · 813 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Mountain VistaElementary · 430 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
- Heritage Valley Independent StudyCombined · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra High0.0 mi · 64
- Heritage Valley Independent Study0.1 mi · 32
- San Cayetano Elementary0.3 mi · 514
- Fillmore Middle0.4 mi · 813
- Mountain Vista0.7 mi · 430
- Rio Vista Elementary0.8 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Fillmore Senior HighHow large is Fillmore Senior High?
Fillmore Senior High enrolls approximately 1,007 students in grades 09-12.
Is Fillmore Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fillmore Senior High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fillmore Senior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fillmore Senior High is approximately 21.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fillmore Senior High?
At Fillmore Senior High, the student body is approximately 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Fillmore Senior High?
Fillmore Senior High is overseen by Fillmore Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.