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Fremont High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fremont High
Fremont High is one of the expansive high schools in Sunnyvale, California, operated by Fremont Union High, with 2,060 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 146% above typical.
Fremont Union High comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 9,422 students; Fremont High is among them.
On the student-mix side, Fremont High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Asian, 16% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Fremont High has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at Fremont High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fremont High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.
Around the school, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fremont High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).
Nearest neighbor: Community Day, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fremont High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Fremont High's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 2,123 (now 2,060). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Fremont High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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