Gahr (Richard) High

Summary:

Gahr (Richard) High is a public high school located in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,682 students. This school is part of the ABC Unified School District, which is ranked 414 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gahr (Richard) High consistently ranks in the top 15% of California high schools, with impressive academic performance. On standardized tests, 75% of 11th-grade students are proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 55.73%. In mathematics, 44.3% of 11th-grade students are proficient or better, outperforming the state average of 27.9%. The school also excels in science, with 43.12% of 11th-grade students scoring proficient or better on the California Science Test, higher than the state average of 32.08%. Additionally, Gahr (Richard) High maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 98.3% to 98.9% over the past five years, and a low dropout rate of 0.5% to 1.4%, both significantly better than state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Gahr (Richard) High outperforms Cerritos High and Artesia High in academic achievement, graduation rates, and student subgroup performance. However, the school lags behind the highly selective Whitney (Gretchen) High, which is ranked as the top high school in California. Gahr (Richard) High also faces challenges with increasing chronic absenteeism, from 7.6% in 2018-2019 to 23.1% in 2021-2022, and a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 21.4 to 23.5 over the past three years.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 11111 Artesia Blvd.
       Cerritos, CA  90703-2533


(562) 229-7730

District: ABC Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
279th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,801 Help


Feeder schools for Gahr (Richard) High:

Elementary:    Bragg Elementary
    Burbank (Luther) Elementary
    Juarez (Benito) Elementary
    Niemes (John H.) Elementary
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Middle:    Haskell (Pliny Fisk) Middle
    Ross (Faye) Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  21.4 Help
Number of students:  1,682

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.2%
Asian:
23.6%
African American:
13.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.4% Help


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Compare Details Gahr (Richard) High ranks better than 88% of high schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked high schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.05. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Gahr (Richard) High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Gahr (Richard) High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.2%), Asian (23.6%), African American (13.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 58.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gahr (Richard) High is 21.4, which is the 3rd best among 5 high schools in the ABC Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Gahr (Richard) High is $6,801. 4 high schools in the ABC Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gahr (Richard) High:

SchoolDigger ranks Gahr (Richard) High 279th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Gahr (Richard) High in the ranking list.)

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ABC Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks ABC Unified 414th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gahr (Richard) High

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Rank History for all students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.74 271st 1653 83.6%
2005 67.05 299th 1901 84.3%
2006 62.92 409th 1968 79.2%
2007 68.33 293rd 2063 85.8%
2008 71.22 253rd 2117 88.0%
2009 66.24 320th 2238 85.7%
2010 58.42 548th 2281 76.0%
2011 58.36 576th 2367 75.7%
2012 67.18 362nd 2354 84.6%
2013 66.96 372nd 2426 84.7%
2015 71.89 509th 1994 74.5%
2016 72.04 516th 2039 74.7%
2017 74.11 522nd 2021 74.2%
2018 82.46 362nd 2017 82.1%
2019 77.99 403rd 2133 81.1%
2022 84.37 291st 2123 86.3%
2023 79.87 328th 2348 86.0%
2024 83.05 279th 2323 88.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 45.39 289th 515 43.9%
2024 57.35 280th 804 65.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.65 107th 938 88.6%
2019 57.38 205th 941 78.2%
2022 86.37 42nd 1044 96.0%
2023 58.12 161st 1323 87.8%
2024 80.02 46th 1350 96.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 45.33 567th 1547 63.3%
2024 71.38 194th 1534 87.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.45 268th 1862 85.6%
2019 78.56 320th 1937 83.5%
2022 89.98 149th 1943 92.3%
2023 87.52 174th 2247 92.3%
2024 88.02 151st 2235 93.2%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 41.05 59th 89 33.7%
2024 84.76 11th 100 89.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.85 317th 1760 82.0%
2019 73.53 413th 1833 77.5%
2022 77.09 365th 1858 80.4%
2023 77.48 341st 2118 83.9%
2024 82.33 267th 2098 87.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.15 499th 1052 52.6%
2019 58.88 298th 1117 73.3%
2022 53.72 346th 1161 70.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.60 392nd 1834 78.6%
2019 77.18 374th 1880 80.1%
2022 87.31 219th 1916 88.6%
2023 79.53 324th 2207 85.3%
2024 81.17 290th 2172 86.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.25 306th 581 47.3%
2019 45.05 366th 582 37.1%
2022 56.84 281st 581 51.6%
2023 59.38 331st 731 54.7%
2024 61.76 299th 712 58.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.55 39th 582 93.3%
2019 91.25 30th 592 94.9%
2022 92.05 26th 522 95.0%
2023 90.14 56th 720 92.2%
2024 94.77 26th 721 96.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.73 253rd 1742 85.5%
2019 78.22 294th 1814 83.8%
2022 88.02 151st 1861 91.9%
2023 84.21 187th 2142 91.3%
2024 87.25 138th 2125 93.5%
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Rank History for White students at Gahr (Richard) High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.05 284th 1173 75.8%
2019 58.29 510th 1222 58.3%
2022 66.79 365th 1204 69.7%
2023 42.24 716th 1434 50.1%
2024 77.83 189th 1406 86.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Gahr (Richard) High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 801 195 530 543 15 n/a n/a 0 2084
1989 669 183 554 561 7 n/a n/a 0 1974
1990 635 153 569 514 6 n/a n/a 0 1877
1991 570 168 558 525 5 n/a n/a 0 1826
1992 538 229 610 470 5 n/a n/a 0 1852
1993 545 255 604 487 5 n/a n/a 0 1896
1994 539 279 565 487 5 n/a n/a 0 1875
1995 505 273 587 569 2 n/a n/a 0 1936
1996 505 273 587 569 2 n/a n/a 0 1936
1997 457 330 617 596 2 n/a n/a 0 2002
1998 447 279 630 540 3 n/a n/a 0 1899
1999 449 288 703 598 5 n/a n/a 0 2043
2000 400 243 677 569 7 n/a n/a 0 1896
2001 360 260 680 577 9 n/a n/a 0 1886
2002 283 250 701 640 5 n/a n/a 2 1881
2003 283 250 701 640 5 n/a n/a 2 1881
2004 236 292 711 651 6 n/a n/a 5 1901
2005 235 308 708 664 4 n/a n/a 15 1934
2006 238 310 688 702 11 n/a n/a 21 1970
2007 225 298 695 683 5 n/a n/a 29 1935
2008 221 272 724 709 3 n/a n/a 0 1929
2009 226 304 683 794 5 16 37 0 2065
2010 201 353 640 812 9 22 21 0 2058
2011 201 331 601 872 5 19 41 0 2070
2012 179 318 567 892 5 16 33 0 2010
2013 164 324 538 904 3 18 39 0 1990
2014 144 306 565 880 4 19 43 0 1961
2015 146 316 577 905 3 19 32 0 1998
2016 146 315 555 913 4 18 30 0 1981
2017 144 319 570 927 6 19 34 0 2019
2018 154 281 533 933 8 18 28 0 1955
2019 146 294 513 912 9 12 41 0 1927
2020 149 265 515 962 6 11 45 0 1953
2021 126 271 458 969 3 7 58 0 1892
2022 116 258 422 959 3 4 66 0 1828
2023 101 220 397 895 2 6 60 1 1682

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Gahr (Richard) High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2084 87.4 23.8 n/a
1989 1974 84.2 23.4 n/a
1990 1877 85.2 22.0 n/a
1991 1826 81.2 22.4 n/a
1992 1852 82.5 22.4 8.9
1993 1896 76.6 24.8 7.9
1994 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1995 1936 79.2 24.4 13.8
1996 1936 79.2 24.4 13.8
1997 2002 86.2 23.2 13.8
1998 1899 82.2 23.1 14.8
1999 2043 84.9 24.1 12.7
2000 1896 87.7 21.6 19.8
2001 1886 81.9 23.0 22.2
2002 1881 76.7 24.5 19.6
2003 1881 76.7 24.5 19.6
2004 1901 73.9 25.7 19.3
2005 1934 80.7 24.0 28.2
2006 1970 81.2 24.3 29.4
2007 1935 80.0 24.2 26.5
2008 1929 91.4 21.1 29.5
2009 2065 81.6 22.4 26.6
2010 2058 84.0 24.5 40.3
2011 2070 n/a n/a 45.2
2012 2010 82.4 24.3 n/a
2013 1990 82.2 24.2 53.4
2014 1961 82.0 23.9 50.8
2015 1998 81.0 24.6 49.3
2016 1981 82.0 24.1 52.7
2017 2019 83.6 24.1 53.3
2018 1955 82.2 23.7 55
2019 1927 81.8 23.5 52.4
2020 1953 n/a n/a 55.2
2021 1892 80.5 23.5 64.3
2022 1828 79.6 22.9 57.5
2023 1682 78.3 21.4 58.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Gahr (Richard) High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2084 87.4 23.8 n/a
1989 1974 84.2 23.4 n/a
1990 1877 85.2 22.0 n/a
1991 1826 81.2 22.4 n/a
1992 1852 82.5 22.4 8.9
1993 1896 76.6 24.8 7.9
1994 1875 76.5 24.5 10.6
1995 1936 79.2 24.4 13.8
1996 1936 79.2 24.4 13.8
1997 2002 86.2 23.2 13.8
1998 1899 82.2 23.1 14.8
1999 2043 84.9 24.1 12.7
2000 1896 87.7 21.6 19.8
2001 1886 81.9 23.0 22.2
2002 1881 76.7 24.5 19.6
2003 1881 76.7 24.5 19.6
2004 1901 73.9 25.7 19.3
2005 1934 80.7 24.0 28.2
2006 1970 81.2 24.3 29.4
2007 1935 80.0 24.2 26.5
2008 1929 91.4 21.1 29.5
2009 2065 81.6 22.4 26.6
2010 2058 84.0 24.5 40.3
2011 2070 n/a n/a 45.2
2012 2010 82.4 24.3 n/a
2013 1990 82.2 24.2 53.4
2014 1961 82.0 23.9 50.8
2015 1998 81.0 24.6 49.3
2016 1981 82.0 24.1 52.7
2017 2019 83.6 24.1 53.3
2018 1955 82.2 23.7 55
2019 1927 81.8 23.5 52.4
2020 1953 n/a n/a 55.2
2021 1892 80.5 23.5 64.3
2022 1828 79.6 22.9 57.5
2023 1682 78.3 21.4 58.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Gahr (Richard) High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,801

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Gahr (Richard) High

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 403rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 328th of 2348 High schools
 4.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Gahr (Richard) High)71.769.6
 2.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (ABC Unified)70.872.5
 1.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Gahr (Richard) High)47.343.9
 3.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (ABC Unified)50.548.4
 2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Gahr (Richard) High)39.439.3
 0%
   11th Grade Science (ABC Unified)41.548.2
 6.7%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Gahr (Richard) High)27.236.3
 9.1%
   12th Grade Science (ABC Unified)3838
 0%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.8
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students19271682
 12.7%
African American294220
 25.2%
American Indian92
 77.8%
Asian513397
 22.6%
Hispanic912895
 1.9%
Pacific Islander126
 50%
White146101
 30.8%
Two or More Races4160
 46.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52.4%58.4%
 6%


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Students at Gahr (Richard) High are 53% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 13% African American, 6% White, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,682 students attended Gahr (Richard) High.

Gahr (Richard) High ranks 279th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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