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What's one thing Granada High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
2,156
High
DISTRICT 1,357 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062211002626
Granada High
400 Wall St., Livermore, CA 94550 · (925) 606-4800 · Alameda County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,156 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% 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.
- 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
22.2:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
338 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 506 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 513 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 569 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 568 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
74.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
43.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 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 | 40.4% | 34.4% | 14.6% | 10.6% |
| Math | 22.9% | 20.6% | 25.6% | 31.0% |
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 | 74.8% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 47.4% |
| 2022-23 | 71.5% | 50.9% |
| 2021-22 | 65.8% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 67.5% | 48.1% |
| 2018-19 | 67.4% | 49.9% |
| 2017-18 | 66.7% | 52.0% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 54.7% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 77.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Granada High
Granada High's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granada High this school | 2,156 | 15.7% | 60.6% |
| Los Alamitos High Los Alamitos | 2,915 | 16.4% | 62.1% |
| Saugus High Saugus | 2,317 | 17.6% | 65.2% |
| Rancho Bernardo High San Diego | 2,210 | 15.2% | 65.7% |
| Redondo Union High Redondo Beach | 2,921 | 18.4% | 65.9% |
| Valencia High Valencia | 2,286 | 12.7% | 68.9% |
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 Granada High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #168 of 1,052 | #12 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #230 of 1,056 ▼ 58 | #13 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #167 of 1,056 ▼ 34 | #11 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #392 of 1,044 | #5 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,156 | #208 of 2,093 | #10 of 85 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #892 of 1,352 | #37 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #111 of 1,351 | #12 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,518 of 1,575 | #64 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #644 of 802 | #21 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
2,156
-178 (-8%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,335
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 2,156 | 97.2 | 22.2:1 | 16% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 2,234 | 96.4 | 23.2:1 | 17% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 2,279 | 103.6 | 22.0:1 | 22% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 2,334 | 100 | 23.3:1 | 19% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 2,261 | 94.3 | 24.0:1 | 19% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 2,059 | 90 | 22.9:1 | 15% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 2,207 | N/A | N/A | 12% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 1,778 | 69 | 25.8:1 | 4% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 1,335 | 62 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granada High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (2,261 to 2,156); teachers up 3% (94.3 to 97.2).
About Granada High
At 400 Wall St. in Livermore, California, Granada High operates as a high-enrollment high school. The school counted 2,156 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 157% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
Livermore Valley Joint Unified is the local district for Granada High. It runs 18 schools with 12,945 students.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at Granada High, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 18% Asian, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Alameda County residents are White. The diversity index for Granada High is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 97.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 338 students, or 16%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Granada High lands at B, ahead of 61% of California public high schools.
Granada High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.6%, compared with a predicted 70.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Alameda County show that the median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Alameda County has 394 public schools with about 210,511 students, including Granada High.
Granada High's nearest public school is Joe Michell (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Granada High places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Granada High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 2,156, compared with 2,334 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 23.3 in 2020-21 to 22.2 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Granada High. You can also rate the school on this page.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livermore Valley Joint Unified
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Emma C. Smith ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Livermore
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Emma C. Smith ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other Granada High schools
One other US public school is named Granada High. Granada High is the largest of the 2.
- Granada HighLe Grand, CA · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Joe Michell0.5 mi · 786
- Marylin Avenue Elementary0.7 mi · 430
- Emma C. Smith Elementary0.8 mi · 648
- William Mendenhall Middle0.9 mi · 876
- Rancho Las Positas Elementary1.0 mi · 586
- Sunset Elementary1.1 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About Granada HighHow many students attend Granada High?
Granada High enrolls approximately 2,156 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Granada High serve?
Granada High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Granada High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Granada High is approximately 22.2:1 (97 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Granada High?
Student demographics at Granada High are roughly 40% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 18% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Granada High public or private?
Granada High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Livermore Valley Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.