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Montecito High (Continuation) is a public high school located in Ramona, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 113 students. The school is part of the Ramona City Unified School District, which is ranked 729 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Montecito High (Continuation) consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of California high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics are significantly lower than the Ramona City Unified School District and the state of California averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 23.26% of Montecito High students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 54.42% for the district and 55.73% for the state. The school's proficiency rates in CAST Science assessments are also very low, with only 4.65% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 31.65% for the district and 30.7% for the state. Montecito High (Continuation) has had a wide range of four-year graduation rates over the past five years, ranging from 59.7% to 86.0%, and its dropout rates have also fluctuated, ranging from 4.7% to 10.9% over the same period. The school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 69.7% to 83.9% over the past five years.
Compared to nearby schools, Ramona High, the other high school in the Ramona City Unified School District, performs significantly better than Montecito High (Continuation) across various metrics. Ramona High has higher academic proficiency rates, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism. Future Bound Independent Study Secondary, another school in the same district, also struggles academically, with 0% proficiency rates in several subject areas and a 47.8% four-year graduation rate. Nearby schools in other districts, such as Rancho Bernardo High and Poway High, which are part of the high-performing Poway Unified School District, significantly outperform Montecito High (Continuation) in academic achievement and other key metrics.
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