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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Verdugo Hills Senior High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,195
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003430
Verdugo Hills Senior High
10625 Plainview Ave., Tujunga, CA 91042 · (818) 951-5400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,195 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
17.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,000 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 307 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 318 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 303 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 267 | 22% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.0% | 31.5% | 17.9% | 17.6% |
| Math | 11.5% | 22.9% | 20.1% | 45.5% |
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 | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 63.7% | 38.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.5% | 22.4% |
| 2020-21 | 75.3% | 50.5% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 30.5% |
| 2017-18 | 54.3% | 27.0% |
| 2016-17 | 48.2% | 22.9% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 19 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 Verdugo Hills Senior High
Verdugo Hills Senior High's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdugo Hills Senior High this school | 1,195 | 83.7% | 49.8% |
| Corning Union High Corning | 974 | 82.4% | 27.1% |
| Chowchilla Union High Chowchilla | 1,017 | 81.1% | 30.6% |
| Taft Union High Taft | 1,064 | 81.9% | 30.9% |
| Lower Lake High Lower Lake | 966 | 75.8% | 17.1% |
| Orland High Orland | 725 | 78.1% | 28.2% |
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 Verdugo Hills Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #328 of 1,052 | #70 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #355 of 1,056 ▼ 2 | #79 of 229 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #369 of 1,056 ▼ 113 | #81 of 229 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #56 of 1,044 | #20 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,195 | #685 of 2,093 | #143 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #228 of 1,352 | #75 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #670 of 1,351 | #118 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #510 of 1,575 | #218 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #564 of 802 | #174 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
1,195
-60 (-5%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 2,168
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 1,195 | 69.1 | 17.3:1 | 84% (1,000) |
| 2023-24 | 1,198 | 67.1 | 17.9:1 | 81% (969) |
| 2022-23 | 1,195 | 69.1 | 17.3:1 | 81% (973) |
| 2020-21 | 1,255 | 68 | 18.5:1 | 74% (932) |
| 2017-18 | 1,283 | 64.3 | 19.9:1 | 76% (978) |
| 2015-16 | 1,418 | 64 | 22.2:1 | 69% (977) |
| 2010-11 | 2,008 | N/A | N/A | 66% (1,321) |
| 2000-01 | 2,112 | 83 | 25.4:1 | 64% (1,355) |
| 1990-91 | 2,168 | 84 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Verdugo Hills Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,283 to 1,195); teachers up 7% (64.3 to 69.1).
About Verdugo Hills Senior High
At 10625 Plainview Ave. in Tujunga, California, Verdugo Hills Senior High operates as a medium-sized high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,195 students. Average enrollment for high schools in California is about 838, so this school runs 43% larger than that.
Verdugo Hills Senior High reports to Los Angeles Unified, which has 784 schools and 406,887 students.
A majority of students at Verdugo Hills Senior High, 64%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 29% White and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. The chance that two students picked at random at Verdugo Hills Senior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
The count of teachers at Verdugo Hills Senior High is 69.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.3:1. The average ratio among high schools in California is 18.2:1, higher than at this school. Around 84% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Measured against California public high schools, Verdugo Hills Senior High receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Verdugo Hills Senior High ranks in the top 10% of California schools. It scores 49.8%; the prediction is 30.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The school nearest to Verdugo Hills Senior High is Mt. Lukens Continuation, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Verdugo Hills Senior High is 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 1,255 to 1,195. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.5:1 to 17.3:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Verdugo Hills Senior High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other schools in Tujunga
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Plainview Academic Charter AcademyElementary · 248 students
- Pinewood Avenue ElementaryElementary · 215 students
- Mt. Lukens ContinuationHigh · 38 students
Nearby schools
- Mt. Lukens Continuation0.1 mi · 38
- Plainview Academic Charter Academy0.3 mi · 248
- Mt. Gleason Middle0.6 mi · 753
- Apperson Street Elementary0.6 mi · 355
- Pinewood Avenue Elementary0.9 mi · 215
- Sunland Elementary0.9 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Verdugo Hills Senior HighHow large is Verdugo Hills Senior High?
Verdugo Hills Senior High enrolls approximately 1,195 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Verdugo Hills Senior High serve?
Verdugo Hills Senior High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Verdugo Hills Senior High have?
Verdugo Hills Senior High employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Verdugo Hills Senior High?
Student demographics at Verdugo Hills Senior High are roughly 29% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Verdugo Hills Senior High public or private?
Verdugo Hills Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.