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Alumni: what's one memory from Sequoia High that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,854
High
DISTRICT 1,403 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEQUOIA UNION HIGH·NCES 063639006198
Sequoia High
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062 · (650) 367-9780 · San Mateo County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,854 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of California public high schools
- BTest 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.
- FThree-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
17.6:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
728 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 444 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 479 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 456 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 475 | 26% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
54.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
32.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.3% | 28.0% | 20.3% | 25.4% |
| Math | 18.3% | 13.7% | 17.8% | 50.2% |
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 | 54.3% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.8% | 39.7% |
| 2018-19 | 59.7% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 54.7% | 38.5% |
| 2016-17 | 66.9% | 45.0% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Sequoia High
Sequoia High's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia High this school | 1,854 | 39.3% | 42.2% |
| William S. Hart High Newhall | 1,941 | 39.1% | 53.3% |
| Willow Glen High San Jose | 1,543 | 38.8% | 43.6% |
| Moorpark High Moorpark | 1,691 | 36.5% | 45.7% |
| Adolfo Camarillo High Camarillo | 1,969 | 40.9% | 46.8% |
| Canyon High Canyon Country | 1,952 | 37.1% | 56.0% |
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 Sequoia High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #472 of 1,052 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #390 of 1,056 ▲ 6 | #12 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #600 of 1,056 ▼ 24 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.1pp | #69 of 1,044 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,854 | #369 of 2,093 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #251 of 1,352 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #583 of 1,351 | #19 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #1,297 of 1,575 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #354 of 802 | #6 of 14 |
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
1,854
-165 (-8%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,561
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 1,854 | 105.5 | 17.6:1 | 39% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 1,903 | 105.1 | 18.1:1 | 34% (653) |
| 2022-23 | 1,909 | 107.9 | 17.7:1 | 36% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 2,019 | 110 | 18.4:1 | 41% (834) |
| 2017-18 | 2,133 | 110.3 | 19.3:1 | 49% (1,051) |
| 2015-16 | 2,143 | 108 | 19.8:1 | 42% (893) |
| 2010-11 | 1,922 | N/A | N/A | 51% (983) |
| 2000-01 | 1,564 | 80 | 19.6:1 | 24% (380) |
| 1990-91 | 1,561 | 75 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia High.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (2,133 to 1,854); teachers down 4% (110.3 to 105.5).
About Sequoia High
Students in Redwood City, California, attend Sequoia High, a large high school. Its enrollment is 1,854 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in California, the average enrollment is about 838.
Sequoia Union High runs Sequoia High along with 5 other schools, enrolling 8,419 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Sequoia High is 61% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 29% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 25% share among San Mateo County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Sequoia High are from different groups.
The school had 105.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 39%.
Sequoia High holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of California public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sequoia High is 14.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.2% actual, 56.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Looking at the county, San Mateo County, the median household earns about $158,855 a year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. San Mateo County has 176 public schools with about 82,403 students, including Sequoia High.
Measured in a straight line, McKinley Institute of Technology is about 0.2 miles from Sequoia High. The five-mile area around Sequoia High holds at least 8 other public schools. Sequoia High comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sequoia High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Sequoia High enrolled 2,019 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,854.
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San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sequoia Union High
- Carlmont HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Menlo-Atherton HighHigh · 2,158 students
- Woodside HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Tide AcademyHigh · 212 students
- Redwood HighHigh · 175 students
Other schools in Redwood City
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- KIPP Excelencia Community PreparatoryElementary · 711 students
- Clifford ElementaryElementary · 698 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Roy Cloud ElementaryElementary · 636 students
- Design Tech HighHigh · 567 students
Other Sequoia High schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sequoia High. Sequoia High is the largest of the 4.
- Sequoia HighVisalia, CA · 280 students
- Sequoia HighMerced, CA · 77 students
- Sequoia High SchoolEverett, WA · 145 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Institute of Technology0.2 mi · 476
- North Star Academy0.2 mi · 527
- Orion Alternative0.7 mi · 512
- Rocketship Redwood City0.8 mi · 275
- Redwood High0.9 mi · 175
- White Oaks Elementary1.1 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia HighHow many students attend Sequoia High?
Sequoia High enrolls approximately 1,854 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sequoia High serve?
Sequoia High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sequoia High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sequoia High is approximately 17.6:1 (106 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sequoia High?
Sequoia High reports a student body of 29% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoia High?
Sequoia High is overseen by Sequoia Union High in San Mateo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.