Summary:
Foothill High is a public high school located in Sacramento, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,251 students. The school is part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District, which is ranked 1122 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Foothill High's performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally below the state and district averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 36.31% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 55.73%. In mathematics, the proficiency rate for 11th-grade students was just 10.79%, significantly lower than the state average of 27.9%. The school's performance on the California Science Test (CAST) is also below state and district averages, with only 8.04% of 11th-grade students and 3.85% of 12th-grade students scoring proficient or better in 2023-2024. Foothill High's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated, ranging from 86.2% in 2020-2021 to 94.2% in 2019-2020, with the most recent rate in 2022-2023 at 92.3%. The school's dropout rate has also varied, from a low of 3.3% in 2019-2020 to a high of 6.0% in 2018-2019, with the most recent rate in 2022-2023 at 4.4%.
One of the most concerning issues at Foothill High is the significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 16.9% in 2017-2018 to 49.5% in 2021-2022, with the most recent rate in 2022-2023 at 36.4%. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with a ranking of 704 out of 712 California high schools for Asian students, 1307 out of 2125 for Hispanic students, and 506 out of 1350 for English Language Learner students in 2023-2024. While Foothill High's academic performance is generally lower than the nearby San Juan Unified School District schools, such as Del Campo High, Mesa Verde High, and San Juan High, it performs better than some of the smaller, alternative schools in the area.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Twin Rivers Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1580th of 2,323 California High Schools
Feeder schools for Foothill High:
Student/teacher ratio: 22.0
Number of students: 1,289
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
43.8%
White:
18.4%
African American:
14.1%
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Asian:
12.2%
Two or more races:
8.9%
Pacific Islander:
1.8%
Not Specified:
0.5%
American Indian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.9%
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