Summary:
Cabrillo High is a public high school located in Long Beach, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,786 students. The school is part of the Long Beach Unified School District, which is ranked 654 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cabrillo High has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of California high schools, with a statewide ranking between 1,258 and 1,513 over the past 10 years. The school has maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger during this time period. Academically, Cabrillo High's performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly lower than the district and state averages, with only 39.23% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 52.42% for the Long Beach Unified School District and 55.73% for the state of California. The school's performance in mathematics is even more concerning, with only 9.28% of 11th-grade students proficient or better, compared to 23.43% for the district and 27.9% for the state.
Cabrillo High's challenges extend beyond academics, with a four-year graduation rate of 85.7%, which is lower than the district average of 85.7% and the state average of 86.8%. The school's dropout rate of 10.8% is also higher than the district average of 9.7% and the state average of 8.9%. Additionally, Cabrillo High has a chronic absenteeism rate of 36.2%, which is significantly higher than the district average of 26.1% and the state average of 14.3%. These issues may be exacerbated by the school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 66.46% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to the district average of 68.8% and the state average of 55.3%. While Cabrillo High performs better than some nearby charter schools, such as College Bridge Academy and The Education Corps, it lags behind other schools in the Long Beach Unified School District, such as Polytechnic High and Renaissance High School for the Arts, which have higher test scores, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Long Beach Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1513th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,088
Feeder schools for Cabrillo High:
Student/teacher ratio: 20.8
Number of students: 1,786
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
75.7%
Asian:
10.6%
African American:
9.2%
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Pacific Islander:
1.6%
Two or more races:
1.6%
White:
1.2%
American Indian:
0.1%
Not Specified:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 66.5%
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