High School
California has more than 1,100 high schools serving more than 1.8 million students. Enrollment has been increasing steadily but is expected to level off or decline slightly beginning in 2008. Schools range dramatically in size from fewer than 10 to more than 4,500 students.
Academic expectations for high schools are increasing. But today’s high school—in terms of its organization and curriculum—has changed very little over the past 50 years.
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This chart shows the difference by ethnicity in the precent of 11th grade students taking an EAP-eligible CSA in 2008.
October 2008This page shows post secondary pathways for California students and California community college enrollements by age.
October 2008This page shows the percent of high school graduates in 2005 who completed the courses required for eligibility for the CSU and UC systems.
April 2007This chart, adapted from EdSource's 2006 Resource Cards, shows the percent of high school graduates in 2003-04 who completed the courses requ...
March 2006These fifteen high schools "beat the odds" in terms of successfully passing students from one grade to the next on average from 2000 to 2002...
June 2005Related Publications
High School to Community College: New Efforts to Build Shared Expectations
This report looks at how K-12 and community college educators can work together to better prepare hi...
November 2008 | Read More >
Math and Science Education for the California Workforce: It Starts with K–12
This report looks at current projections for California's workforce needs in serveral important scie...
January 2008 | Read More >
California's Continuation Schools
More than 10% of California’s public high school students attend some kind of alternative prog...
May 2008 | Read More >
Levers for Change: Opportunities to Strengthen California's High School Curriculum
This report explores three leverage points related to high school curriculum.
May 2007 | Read More >
California Department of Education (CDE)
More information about key high school assessments, including the California Standards Tests (CSTs) and the California high School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), and standards pertaining to Career Technical Education (CTE) and other programs.
California State University Early Assessment Program (EAP)
More information about the augmented California Standards Tests (CSTs) taken by many high school students during grade 11, which provide early feedback to students about their college readiness and CSU’s academic expectations.
“a-g” Guide, University of California Office of the President
More information about the California “a-g” course-taking requirements, which high school graduates must satisfy in order to be eligible to enroll at one of the state’s public four-year universities.