Ceres High

Summary:

Ceres High is a public high school located in Ceres, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,777 students. The school is part of the Ceres Unified School District, which is ranked 1110 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ceres High has maintained a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 89.6% to 95.8% over the past five years, which is higher than the state average and compares favorably to nearby schools like Central Valley High (96.7%) and Modesto High (85.8%). However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 12.2% in 2018-2019 to 35.7% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state average and nearby schools like Central Valley High (24.8%) and Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy (37.9%).

Ceres High's performance on standardized tests is generally below the state average, but it outperforms the Ceres Unified School District in most subject areas. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian and African American students tending to perform better than Hispanic and White students, and English Language Learners and students with disabilities showing lower performance compared to the overall student population. By addressing these subgroup disparities and the concerning trend in chronic absenteeism, Ceres High can work towards providing a more equitable and high-quality education for all its students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 2320 Central Ave.
       Ceres, CA  95307-2502


(209) 556-1920

District: Ceres Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1018th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,841 Help


Feeder schools for Ceres High:

Elementary:    Carroll Fowler Elementary
    Caswell Elementary
    M. Robert Adkison Elementary
    Samuel Vaughn Elementary
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Middle:    Mae Hensley Junior High

Student/teacher ratio:  23.7 Help
Number of students:  1,777

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
79.0%
White:
12.8%
Asian:
4.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.6% Help


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Compare Details Ceres High ranks better than 56.2% of high schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked high schools in the Ceres Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.25. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Ceres 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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (79%), White (12.8%), Asian (4.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ceres High is 23.7, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the Ceres Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ceres High is $9,841. 2 high schools in the Ceres Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ceres High:

SchoolDigger ranks Ceres High 1018th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Ceres High in the ranking list.)

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Ceres Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Ceres Unified 1110th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ceres High

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Rank History for all students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.24 470th 1653 71.6%
2005 55.74 491st 1901 74.2%
2006 53.07 593rd 1968 69.9%
2007 56.81 515th 2063 75.0%
2008 52.48 613th 2117 71.0%
2009 51.58 700th 2238 68.7%
2010 56.23 592nd 2281 74.0%
2011 58.03 583rd 2367 75.4%
2012 54.59 678th 2354 71.2%
2013 47.39 860th 2426 64.6%
2015 65.42 650th 1994 67.4%
2016 51.71 977th 2039 52.1%
2017 51.02 1002nd 2021 50.4%
2018 65.95 682nd 2017 66.2%
2019 47.76 1028th 2133 51.8%
2021 41.76 741st 1290 42.6%
2022 36.18 1280th 2123 39.7%
2023 44.51 1003rd 2348 57.3%
2024 44.25 1018th 2323 56.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.66 342nd 938 63.5%
2019 30.82 736th 941 21.8%
2021 19.75 454th 467 2.8%
2022 39.28 537th 1044 48.6%
2023 30.47 788th 1323 40.4%
2024 44.41 358th 1350 73.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.70 862nd 1547 44.3%
2024 30.71 956th 1534 37.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.34 510th 1862 72.6%
2019 55.16 782nd 1937 59.6%
2021 43.57 647th 1126 42.5%
2022 41.06 1098th 1943 43.5%
2023 53.83 783rd 2247 65.2%
2024 48.67 889th 2235 60.2%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 43.55 54th 89 39.3%
2024 65.96 32nd 100 68.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 47.88 181st 417 56.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.30 680th 1760 61.4%
2019 41.54 1044th 1833 43.0%
2021 36.66 676th 1054 35.9%
2022 34.28 1180th 1858 36.5%
2023 45.62 938th 2118 55.7%
2024 44.89 949th 2098 54.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.44 859th 1052 18.3%
2019 33.47 677th 1117 39.4%
2021 57.94 148th 555 73.3%
2022 31.44 787th 1161 32.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.54 662nd 1834 63.9%
2019 48.35 904th 1880 51.9%
2021 39.09 669th 1122 40.4%
2022 34.18 1191st 1916 37.8%
2023 40.91 1025th 2207 53.6%
2024 40.24 1051st 2172 51.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.12 555th 581 4.5%
2019 4.50 558th 582 4.1%
2022 7.14 540th 581 7.1%
2023 31.53 516th 731 29.4%
2024 26.56 531st 712 25.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 44.44 245th 522 53.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.20 383rd 1742 78.0%
2019 59.23 659th 1814 63.7%
2022 41.42 1061st 1861 43.0%
2023 51.12 812th 2142 62.1%
2024 49.29 846th 2125 60.2%
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Rank History for White students at Ceres High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.16 568th 1173 51.6%
2019 27.62 906th 1222 25.9%
2022 27.86 876th 1204 27.2%
2023 33.78 863rd 1434 39.8%
2024 43.37 699th 1406 50.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ceres High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 912 15 38 258 54 n/a n/a 0 1277
1989 913 13 49 335 47 n/a n/a 0 1357
1990 937 27 63 389 44 n/a n/a 0 1460
1991 988 28 72 465 44 n/a n/a 0 1597
1992 1068 33 93 532 53 n/a n/a 0 1779
1993 992 46 192 589 67 n/a n/a 0 1886
1994 1130 62 115 645 62 n/a n/a 0 2014
1995 1006 63 126 775 50 n/a n/a 0 2020
1996 1006 63 126 775 50 n/a n/a 0 2020
1997 1028 75 141 866 42 n/a n/a 0 2152
1998 1081 71 154 868 49 n/a n/a 0 2223
1999 1077 74 177 927 51 n/a n/a 0 2306
2000 1049 75 177 977 42 n/a n/a 0 2320
2001 1022 74 186 1044 45 n/a n/a 28 2399
2002 920 71 170 1180 45 n/a n/a 106 2492
2003 920 71 170 1180 45 n/a n/a 106 2492
2004 867 70 193 1187 52 n/a n/a 99 2468
2005 893 65 203 1216 54 n/a n/a 75 2506
2006 658 46 167 895 51 n/a n/a 39 1856
2007 545 41 145 761 38 n/a n/a 30 1560
2008 472 28 132 684 33 n/a n/a 0 1349
2009 454 29 111 737 31 19 16 0 1397
2010 431 39 108 779 27 25 9 0 1418
2011 414 34 112 843 19 20 6 0 1448
2012 378 31 93 880 18 15 6 0 1421
2013 361 28 96 950 14 17 9 0 1475
2014 372 27 101 1065 11 23 11 0 1610
2015 347 29 109 1182 13 18 19 0 1717
2016 324 34 116 1214 12 22 16 0 1738
2017 300 28 99 1267 9 25 13 0 1741
2018 276 29 92 1291 13 17 14 0 1732
2019 268 32 81 1322 9 16 16 0 1744
2020 263 42 72 1325 8 16 18 0 1744
2021 246 34 80 1351 8 12 20 0 1751
2022 234 37 80 1417 8 15 16 0 1807
2023 227 34 76 1403 7 17 13 0 1777

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 Ceres High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1277 58.1 21.9 n/a
1989 1357 61.0 22.2 n/a
1990 1460 65.0 22.4 n/a
1991 1597 70.1 22.7 n/a
1992 1779 71.2 24.9 25.7
1993 1886 83.5 22.6 28.2
1994 2014 86.4 23.3 9.1
1995 2020 89.4 22.6 34.6
1996 2020 89.4 22.6 34.6
1997 2152 94.9 22.7 39.7
1998 2223 91.3 24.3 39.8
1999 2306 91.2 25.3 42.5
2000 2320 96.4 24.1 42.7
2001 2399 100.1 24.0 41.8
2002 2492 107.2 23.2 46
2003 2492 107.2 23.2 46
2004 2468 104.2 23.7 53.4
2005 2506 106.7 23.5 49.7
2006 1856 80.0 23.2 58
2007 1560 68.4 22.8 53.1
2008 1349 70.2 19.2 54.4
2009 1397 62.8 19.5 59.6
2010 1418 59.0 24.0 65
2011 1448 n/a n/a 67.5
2012 1421 60.2 23.6 n/a
2013 1475 61.3 24.0 77.2
2014 1610 64.5 24.9 75.7
2015 1717 74.0 23.2 80.1
2016 1738 79.0 22.0 77.4
2017 1741 77.0 22.6 79.6
2018 1732 77.1 22.4 82.2
2019 1744 81.4 21.4 80.4
2020 1744 n/a n/a 81.3
2021 1751 74.4 23.5 82.8
2022 1807 76.3 23.6 81.1
2023 1777 74.7 23.7 82.6

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 Ceres High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1277 58.1 21.9 n/a
1989 1357 61.0 22.2 n/a
1990 1460 65.0 22.4 n/a
1991 1597 70.1 22.7 n/a
1992 1779 71.2 24.9 25.7
1993 1886 83.5 22.6 28.2
1994 2014 86.4 23.3 9.1
1995 2020 89.4 22.6 34.6
1996 2020 89.4 22.6 34.6
1997 2152 94.9 22.7 39.7
1998 2223 91.3 24.3 39.8
1999 2306 91.2 25.3 42.5
2000 2320 96.4 24.1 42.7
2001 2399 100.1 24.0 41.8
2002 2492 107.2 23.2 46
2003 2492 107.2 23.2 46
2004 2468 104.2 23.7 53.4
2005 2506 106.7 23.5 49.7
2006 1856 80.0 23.2 58
2007 1560 68.4 22.8 53.1
2008 1349 70.2 19.2 54.4
2009 1397 62.8 19.5 59.6
2010 1418 59.0 24.0 65
2011 1448 n/a n/a 67.5
2012 1421 60.2 23.6 n/a
2013 1475 61.3 24.0 77.2
2014 1610 64.5 24.9 75.7
2015 1717 74.0 23.2 80.1
2016 1738 79.0 22.0 77.4
2017 1741 77.0 22.6 79.6
2018 1732 77.1 22.4 82.2
2019 1744 81.4 21.4 80.4
2020 1744 n/a n/a 81.3
2021 1751 74.4 23.5 82.8
2022 1807 76.3 23.6 81.1
2023 1777 74.7 23.7 82.6

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 Ceres High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $9,841

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ceres High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1028th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1003rd of 2348 High schools
 5.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ceres High)57.550.6
 6.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Ceres Unified)51.847.1
 4.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Ceres High)2616.8
 9.2%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Ceres Unified)19.214.2
 5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Ceres High)17.922.7
 4.9%
   11th Grade Science (Ceres Unified)21.221
 0.2%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Ceres High)17.511.1
 6.4%
   12th Grade Science (Ceres Unified)16.514
 2.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17441777
 1.9%
African American3234
 6.3%
American Indian97
 22.2%
Asian8176
 6.2%
Hispanic13221403
 6.1%
Pacific Islander1617
 6.3%
White268227
 15.3%
Two or More Races1613
 18.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.4%82.6%
 2.2%


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Students at Ceres High are 79% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Asian, 2% African American.

Ceres High ranks 1018th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Ceres High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carroll Fowler Elementary
Elementary : Caswell Elementary
Elementary : M. Robert Adkison Elementary
Elementary : Samuel Vaughn Elementary
Elementary : Virginia Parks Elementary
Middle : Mae Hensley Junior High

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,777 students attended Ceres High.


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