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What advice would you give to incoming students at James Logan High?
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Enrollment
3,096
High
DISTRICT 1,082 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW HAVEN UNIFIED·NCES 062691004072
James Logan High
1800 H St., Union City, CA 94587 · (510) 471-2520 · Alameda County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,096 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
24.0:1
129 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
1,634 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 755 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 780 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 729 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 832 | 27% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
63.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.8% | 35.8% | 18.7% | 17.8% |
| Math | 20.0% | 14.8% | 27.9% | 37.3% |
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 | 63.6% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 32.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 34.4% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 70.9% | 45.7% |
| 2018-19 | 74.7% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 74.4% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 72.4% | 40.4% |
| 2015-16 | 68.0% | 43.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 James Logan High
James Logan High's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Logan High this school | 3,096 | 52.8% | 48.3% |
| Lincoln (Abraham) High San Francisco | 2,074 | 54.5% | 54.6% |
| Sunny Hills High Fullerton | 2,337 | 48.5% | 70.2% |
| Mira Mesa High San Diego | 2,187 | 57.1% | 61.1% |
| Independence High San Jose | 2,289 | 47.0% | 46.6% |
| Washington (George) High San Francisco | 2,068 | 51.8% | 64.6% |
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 James Logan High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #352 of 1,052 | #14 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #343 of 1,056 ▼ 12 | #17 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #387 of 1,056 ▼ 1 | #14 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #607 of 1,044 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,096 | #25 of 2,093 | #2 of 85 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #1,111 of 1,352 | #42 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #296 of 1,351 | #21 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #1,140 of 1,575 | #44 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #242 of 802 | #9 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
3,096
-376 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 3,438
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 3,096 | 129 | 24.0:1 | 53% (1,634) |
| 2023-24 | 3,151 | 139 | 22.7:1 | 49% (1,539) |
| 2022-23 | 3,315 | 140.5 | 23.6:1 | 38% (1,246) |
| 2020-21 | 3,472 | 142 | 24.4:1 | 39% (1,355) |
| 2017-18 | 3,735 | 153.4 | 24.4:1 | 46% (1,734) |
| 2015-16 | 3,793 | 146 | 26.0:1 | 41% (1,562) |
| 2010-11 | 4,118 | N/A | N/A | 39% (1,599) |
| 2000-01 | 4,312 | 204 | 21.1:1 | 20% (878) |
| 1990-91 | 3,438 | 155 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Logan High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (3,735 to 3,096); teachers down 16% (153.4 to 129).
About James Logan High
Union City, California, is home to James Logan High, a high-enrollment high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 3,096 students. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 269% above average.
New Haven Unified has 10,056 students in 13 schools, and James Logan High is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at James Logan High is Asian, with 48% of students. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James Logan High scores 64%.
James Logan High reports a ratio of 24.0 students per teacher, from 129 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Lunch program data show 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
James Logan High earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of California public high schools.
James Logan High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.3%, compared with a predicted 48.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Alameda County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. James Logan High shares Alameda County with 393 other public schools.
James Logan High is about 0.3 miles from Searles Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 48.3% is above the 47.0% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 3,472 (2020-21) to 3,096 (2024-25).
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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 New Haven Unified
- Itliong-Vera CruzMiddle · 1,097 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 990 students
- Guy Jr. Emanuele ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Searles ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Delaine Eastin ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alvarado ElementaryElementary · 667 students
Other schools in Union City
- Itliong-Vera CruzMiddle · 1,097 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 990 students
- Guy Jr. Emanuele ElementaryElementary · 746 students
- Searles ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Delaine Eastin ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alvarado ElementaryElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Searles Elementary0.3 mi · 712
- Guy Jr. Emanuele Elementary0.8 mi · 746
- Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay0.8 mi · 540
- Decoto School for Independent Study1.1 mi · 233
- Warwick Elementary1.1 mi · 700
- Cesar Chavez Middle1.3 mi · 990
Frequently asked questions
About James Logan HighHow many students attend James Logan High?
James Logan High enrolls approximately 3,096 students in grades 09-12.
Is James Logan High an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Logan High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at James Logan High?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at James Logan High.
How diverse is James Logan High?
James Logan High reports a student body of 5% White, 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, 48% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees James Logan High?
James Logan High is overseen by New Haven Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.