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Serrano High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Serrano High
As an expansive high school in Phelan, California, Serrano High educates 2,163 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Snowline Joint Unified. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 158% larger than typical.
Snowline Joint Unified comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,074 students; Serrano High is among them.
Looking at the student body, Serrano High reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 26% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Serrano High has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Serrano High higher than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Serrano High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 33.3%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Serrano High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).
Pinon Mesa Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Serrano High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.8%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 2,167 students in 2018 compared to 2,163 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 63% across the same window.
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