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What's the one class at John A. Rowland High every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,016
High
DISTRICT 917 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWLAND UNIFIED·NCES 063375005204
John A. Rowland High
2000 South Otterbein St., Rowland Heights, CA 91748 · (626) 965-3448 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,016 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
24.4:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,373 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 500 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 510 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 543 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 463 | 23% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
66.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.5pp since 2014
Math
42.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 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 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.5% | 31.9% | 18.1% | 15.4% |
| Math | 23.1% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 35.6% |
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 | 66.5% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 43.3% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.8% | 44.9% |
| 2020-21 | 68.4% | 49.3% |
| 2018-19 | 76.2% | 51.6% |
| 2017-18 | 74.5% | 48.3% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 49.5% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 52.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 John A. Rowland High
John A. Rowland High's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John A. Rowland High this school | 2,016 | 68.1% | 56.8% |
| Glen A. Wilson High Hacienda Heights | 1,456 | 65.2% | 69.1% |
| Yerba Buena High San Jose | 1,612 | 61.9% | 41.7% |
| San Gabriel High San Gabriel | 1,761 | 66.4% | 52.7% |
| Gabrielino High San Gabriel | 1,438 | 70.0% | 57.8% |
| Galileo High San Francisco | 1,750 | 62.9% | 53.0% |
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 John A. Rowland High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #225 of 1,052 | #48 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #240 of 1,056 ▼ 24 | #53 of 229 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #325 of 1,056 ▼ 172 | #71 of 229 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #189 of 1,044 | #18 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,016 | #282 of 2,093 | #55 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #1,145 of 1,352 | #310 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #500 of 1,351 | #74 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #902 of 1,575 | #298 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #635 of 802 | #192 of 227 |
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
2,016
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 2,508
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 2,016 | 82.8 | 24.4:1 | 68% (1,373) |
| 2023-24 | 1,954 | 82.7 | 23.6:1 | 69% (1,353) |
| 2022-23 | 2,025 | 83 | 24.4:1 | 67% (1,362) |
| 2020-21 | 2,033 | 81 | 25.1:1 | 59% (1,207) |
| 2017-18 | 2,122 | 78.6 | 27.0:1 | 62% (1,314) |
| 2015-16 | 2,221 | 83 | 26.8:1 | 53% (1,184) |
| 2010-11 | 2,383 | N/A | N/A | 44% (1,039) |
| 2000-01 | 2,540 | 92 | 27.6:1 | 25% (642) |
| 1990-91 | 2,508 | 91 | 27.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John A. Rowland High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (2,122 to 2,016); teachers up 5% (78.6 to 82.8).
About John A. Rowland High
John A. Rowland High is a high school located in Rowland Heights, California, in Los Angeles County. It reports enrollment of 2,016 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 141% larger than the average for high schools in California.
Within Rowland Unified, John A. Rowland High is one of 21 schools. The district enrolls 11,541 students.
The student body at John A. Rowland High has no majority group. Asian students lead at 47%. The remaining shares are 46% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Los Angeles County as a whole is about 15% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 82.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1. The average for high schools in California is 18.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 1,373 students, or 68%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Los Angeles County average a similar 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, John A. Rowland High lands at A-, ahead of 82% of California public high schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John A. Rowland High does better than predicted by 17.1 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.8%; the prediction is 39.6%.
For Los Angeles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 2,244 public schools and about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Killian Elementary, is the closest to John A. Rowland High. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.2% proficiency; John A. Rowland High posts 56.8%.
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.
Enrollment went from 2,033 in 2020-21 to 2,016 in 2024-25, a change of 17 students.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rowland Unified
- Nogales HighHigh · 1,535 students
- Stanley G. Oswalt AcademyElementary · 879 students
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and TechnologyElementary · 630 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
- Telesis Academy of Science & MathElementary · 621 students
Other schools in Rowland Heights
- Blandford ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Alvarado IntermediateMiddle · 624 students
- Shelyn ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Killian ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Rowland ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Jellick ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Killian Elementary0.2 mi · 469
- Rowland Unified Community Day0.2 mi · 28
- Shelyn Elementary0.5 mi · 508
- Alvarado Intermediate0.7 mi · 624
- Ybarra Academy for the Arts and Technology0.9 mi · 630
- Blandford Elementary1.0 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About John A. Rowland HighHow large is John A. Rowland High?
John A. Rowland High enrolls approximately 2,016 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does John A. Rowland High serve?
John A. Rowland High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does John A. Rowland High have?
John A. Rowland High employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at John A. Rowland High?
Student demographics at John A. Rowland High are roughly 2% White, 46% Hispanic, 2% Black, 47% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is John A. Rowland High public or private?
John A. Rowland High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.