Summary:
The Santa Paula Unified School District in California operates two high schools: Santa Paula High and Renaissance High. While both schools serve grades 9-12, they exhibit stark differences in their performance and student demographics.
Santa Paula High is the larger of the two, with 1,708 students, compared to just 121 students at Renaissance High. However, Renaissance High appears to be the lower-performing school, ranking in the bottom 5% of California high schools for the past three years, while Santa Paula High ranks in the bottom 50%. This performance gap is reflected in significantly lower test scores and a much higher chronic absenteeism rate of 49.6% at Renaissance High.
Despite the differences in performance, both schools maintain similar graduation rates around 90%. However, Renaissance High has a slightly higher dropout rate of 4.3% compared to 3.4% at Santa Paula High. Additionally, Renaissance High serves a significantly more economically disadvantaged student population, with 90.08% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 63.7% at Santa Paula High.
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