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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex this year?
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Enrollment
1,647
High
DISTRICT 1,350 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939012987
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex
21810 Main St., Grand Terrace, CA 92313 · (909) 580-5006 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,647 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
20.0:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,214 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 435 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 422 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 374 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 416 | 25% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
59.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.2pp since 2014
Math
17.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.8% | 33.3% | 24.9% | 15.9% |
| Math | 6.9% | 11.0% | 22.7% | 59.4% |
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 | 59.2% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 36.8% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.8% | 20.2% |
| 2018-19 | 62.4% | 21.4% |
| 2017-18 | 56.1% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 50.3% | 16.4% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex this school | 1,647 | 73.7% | 38.6% |
| Patterson High Patterson | 1,830 | 73.6% | 41.5% |
| Hesperia High Hesperia | 2,405 | 77.1% | 34.6% |
| Monte Vista High Spring Valley | 1,543 | 76.2% | 38.8% |
| Tulare Union High Tulare | 1,616 | 75.3% | 41.1% |
| Sultana High Hesperia | 2,098 | 73.0% | 31.2% |
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 Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #564 of 1,052 | #25 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #739 of 1,056 ▼ 15 | #39 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #494 of 1,056 ▼ 75 | #25 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.1pp | #39 of 1,044 | #6 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,647 | #482 of 2,093 | #42 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #552 of 1,352 | #28 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #891 of 1,351 | #47 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #783 of 1,575 | #54 of 84 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #141 of 802 | #5 of 46 |
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
1,647
-145 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,647 | 82.3 | 20.0:1 | 74% (1,214) |
| 2023-24 | 1,747 | 79.9 | 21.9:1 | 74% (1,294) |
| 2022-23 | 1,726 | 86.9 | 19.9:1 | 67% (1,165) |
| 2020-21 | 1,792 | 92 | 19.5:1 | 79% (1,408) |
| 2017-18 | 2,114 | 93 | 22.7:1 | 70% (1,473) |
| 2015-16 | 2,491 | 98 | 25.4:1 | 66% (1,656) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (2,114 to 1,647); teachers down 12% (93 to 82.3).
About Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex is a high-enrollment high school found in Grand Terrace, California. The school enrolls 1,647 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex is part of Colton Joint Unified, where 27 schools serve 18,397 students.
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex's enrollment is 78% Hispanic. Next come 10% White, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all San Bernardino County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
The school has about 20.0 students per teacher and 82.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 74%. Across public schools in San Bernardino County, the average is about the same, 74%.
Measured against California public high schools, Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 36.4%. Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex scores 38.6%, 2.2 points above that line.
In the county around the school, San Bernardino County, median household income is about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 583 public schools operate in San Bernardino County, serving about 393,648 students.
The nearest public school is Highgrove Elementary, at about 0.4 miles. Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.6% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,647, 8% below the 1,792 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Grand Terrace
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Grand Terrace ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Terrace View ElementaryElementary · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Highgrove Elementary0.4 mi · 848
- Grand Terrace Elementary1.1 mi · 654
- Terrace Hills Middle1.2 mi · 852
- Terrace View Elementary1.9 mi · 625
- University Heights Middle2.3 mi · 870
- Harada Elementary2.4 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexWhat is the total enrollment at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex?
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex enrolls approximately 1,647 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex serve?
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex have?
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex?
Student demographics at Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex are roughly 10% White, 78% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex?
Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal Complex is overseen by Colton Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.