Summary:
Grant Union High is a public high school located in Sacramento, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,040 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.
Grant Union High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California high schools, ranking between 1171 and 1526 out of over 2,000 schools in recent years, and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing below average compared to other California high schools. The school performs particularly poorly for Asian and White students, ranking in the bottom 10-20% of California high schools for these subgroups, but performs better for African American and Hispanic students, ranking in the middle 50% of California high schools. Interestingly, English Language Learners and Low Socioeconomic Status students at Grant Union High perform relatively well, ranking in the top 50% of California high schools for these subgroups.
Grant Union High has a 90.5% four-year graduation rate, which is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has increased from 4.3% in 2018-2019 to 6.8% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. The school has also seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.7% in 2017-2018 to 35.2% in 2022-2023, well above the state average. Academically, Grant Union High students perform significantly below state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science on the Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST exams, with proficiency rates consistently 10-20 percentage points lower than the state and district averages across all subject areas and grade levels. In comparison, Rio Linda High, a fellow Twin Rivers Unified school, outperforms Grant Union High across most metrics, while Vista Nueva Career and Technology High, another school in the same district, struggles even more than Grant Union High.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Twin Rivers Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1422nd of 2,323 California High Schools
Feeder schools for Grant Union High:
Student/teacher ratio: 21.3
Number of students: 2,040
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
52.8%
Asian:
17.9%
African American:
14.9%
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Two or more races:
6.0%
White:
4.8%
Pacific Islander:
2.9%
American Indian:
0.5%
Not Specified:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 88.5%
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