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What do students at Newark Memorial High actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
1,367
High
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWARK UNIFIED·NCES 062706004085
Newark Memorial High
39375 Cedar Blvd., Newark, CA 94560 · (510) 818-4300 · Alameda County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,367 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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.
- DBeats 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
25.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 33.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
532 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 361 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 332 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 329 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 345 | 25% |
Student demographics
63%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
55.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.1% | 33.2% | 19.0% | 25.6% |
| Math | 10.4% | 14.6% | 23.1% | 51.9% |
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 | 55.4% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.4% | 24.5% |
| 2018-19 | 60.7% | 27.5% |
| 2017-18 | 52.4% | 21.9% |
| 2016-17 | 62.5% | 25.0% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Newark Memorial High
Newark Memorial High's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Memorial High this school | 1,367 | 38.9% | 40.6% |
| South San Francisco High South San Francisco | 1,239 | 41.8% | 42.4% |
| San Mateo High San Mateo | 1,557 | 38.1% | 54.2% |
| Torrance High Torrance | 1,879 | 36.4% | 65.6% |
| Capuchino High San Bruno | 1,061 | 34.2% | 40.4% |
| North High Torrance | 1,812 | 44.6% | 68.0% |
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 Newark Memorial High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #513 of 1,052 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #526 of 1,056 ▼ 63 | #22 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #568 of 1,056 ▼ 76 | #20 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #650 of 1,044 | #17 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,367 | #618 of 2,093 | #21 of 85 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.9:1 | #1,264 of 1,352 | #52 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #331 of 1,351 | #25 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #1,304 of 1,575 | #52 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #120 of 802 | #7 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
1,367
-346 (-20%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,280
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 1,367 | 52.8 | 25.9:1 | 39% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 1,407 | 50.7 | 27.8:1 | 44% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 1,510 | 59.7 | 25.3:1 | 41% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 1,713 | 68 | 25.2:1 | 51% (867) |
| 2017-18 | 1,789 | 60.8 | 29.4:1 | 45% (802) |
| 2015-16 | 1,767 | 71 | 24.9:1 | 42% (744) |
| 2010-11 | 1,945 | N/A | N/A | 36% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 2,167 | 94 | 23.1:1 | 13% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 1,280 | 57 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newark Memorial High.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (1,789 to 1,367); teachers down 13% (60.8 to 52.8).
About Newark Memorial High
Located in Newark, California, Newark Memorial High is a high-enrollment high school. It serves 1,367 students in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in California is roughly 838 students; this school is 63% bigger than that.
Newark Unified has 10 schools and 4,661 students, and Newark Memorial High is one of those schools.
At Newark Memorial High, Hispanic students make up 55% of the student body. The next largest groups are 25% Asian, 9% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 23% share among Alameda County residents. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 25.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Eligible students account for 39% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The average for public schools in Alameda County is 49%.
Measured against California public high schools, Newark Memorial High receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Newark Memorial High is in the bottom 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.7%. The school's actual rate is 40.6%, 16.1 points lower.
Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that the median household income is $129,367, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 394 public schools in Alameda County, enrolling about 210,511 students in all.
The closest public school to Newark Memorial High is Joseph Azevada Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Newark Memorial High is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 20% from its 2020-21 level of 1,713.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Newark Unified
- Newark MiddleMiddle · 980 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Coyote Hills ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Birch Grove PrimaryElementary · 409 students
- August Schilling ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Birch Grove IntermediateElementary · 289 students
Other schools in Newark
- Newark MiddleMiddle · 980 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Coyote Hills ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Birch Grove PrimaryElementary · 409 students
- August Schilling ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Birch Grove IntermediateElementary · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph Azevada Elementary0.9 mi · 394
- Birch Grove Primary0.9 mi · 409
- John F. Kennedy High1.0 mi · 1,273
- Circle of Independent Learning1.3 mi · 394
- Young Adult Program1.3 mi · 48
- John G. Mattos Elementary1.4 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Newark Memorial HighWhat is the total enrollment at Newark Memorial High?
Newark Memorial High enrolls approximately 1,367 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Newark Memorial High serve?
Newark Memorial High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newark Memorial High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newark Memorial High is approximately 25.9:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newark Memorial High?
At Newark Memorial High, the student body is approximately 9% White, 55% Hispanic, 3% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Newark Memorial High?
Newark Memorial High is overseen by Newark Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.