Woodside High

Summary:

Woodside High is a public high school located in Woodside, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,694 students. It is part of the Sequoia Union High School District, which is ranked 337 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Woodside High has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, indicating it is a high-performing school within the state.

Woodside High's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally above the state average but slightly below the district average. The school has maintained a strong four-year graduation rate, ranging from 88.3% to 92.2% over the past five years, which is higher than the state average but slightly lower than the district average. However, Woodside High has experienced a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 12.1% to 22.6% over the past five years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with Carlmont High and Menlo-Atherton High consistently outperforming Woodside High in academic measures, while Redwood High and Tide Academy lag behind.

The high chronic absenteeism rate and disparities in subgroup performance at Woodside High suggest that there are opportunities for the school and Sequoia Union High School District to address these areas and work towards more equitable outcomes for all students. The school's location in an affluent community, with a relatively high percentage of White and Asian students, may contribute to its overall strong academic performance, but the challenges it faces indicate that there is still room for improvement.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 199 Churchill Ave.
       Woodside, CA  94062-2306


(650) 367-9750

District: Sequoia Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
361st of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,106 Help


Feeder schools for Woodside High:

Elementary:    Henry Ford Elementary
    Ormondale Elementary
    Roy Cloud Elementary
    Woodside Elementary
Middle:    Corte Madera

Student/teacher ratio:  16.7 Help
Number of students:  1,646

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
49.8%
White:
39.6%
Asian:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  28.1% Help


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Compare Details Woodside High ranks better than 84.5% of high schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.76. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Woodside 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 (49.8%), White (39.6%), Asian (5.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 28.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Woodside High is 16.7, which is the 2nd best among 5 high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Woodside High is $11,106, which is the 2nd highest among 5 high schools in the Sequoia Union High School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Woodside High:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodside High 361st of 2323 California public high schools. (See Woodside High in the ranking list.)

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Sequoia Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Sequoia Union High 337th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Woodside High

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Rank History for all students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 45.97 571st 1653 65.5%
2005 59.36 422nd 1901 77.8%
2006 61.95 429th 1968 78.2%
2007 60.32 446th 2063 78.4%
2008 60.99 460th 2117 78.3%
2009 56.71 558th 2238 75.1%
2010 54.45 633rd 2281 72.2%
2011 53.05 716th 2367 69.8%
2012 49.04 822nd 2354 65.1%
2013 51.88 740th 2426 69.5%
2015 65.26 653rd 1994 67.3%
2016 69.60 578th 2039 71.7%
2017 81.76 378th 2021 81.3%
2018 74.23 506th 2017 74.9%
2019 76.74 423rd 2133 80.2%
2022 80.60 363rd 2123 82.9%
2023 82.16 292nd 2348 87.6%
2024 77.76 361st 2323 84.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 76.73 99th 515 80.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.36 484th 938 48.4%
2019 30.11 767th 941 18.5%
2022 67.83 123rd 1044 88.2%
2023 32.42 713th 1323 46.1%
2024 26.43 990th 1350 26.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 57.86 350th 1547 77.4%
2024 61.61 306th 1534 80.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.70 1124th 1862 39.6%
2019 42.31 1118th 1937 42.3%
2022 47.62 902nd 1943 53.6%
2023 38.21 1182nd 2247 47.4%
2024 36.46 1253rd 2235 43.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.09 432nd 1760 75.5%
2019 74.32 403rd 1833 78.0%
2022 77.45 357th 1858 80.8%
2023 82.25 263rd 2118 87.6%
2024 80.89 294th 2098 86.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.53 297th 1052 71.8%
2019 76.62 165th 1117 85.2%
2022 78.24 144th 1161 87.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.19 588th 1834 67.9%
2019 72.20 462nd 1880 75.4%
2022 79.82 332nd 1916 82.7%
2023 78.94 329th 2207 85.1%
2024 71.44 430th 2172 80.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.45 230th 581 60.4%
2019 56.92 290th 582 50.2%
2022 64.13 232nd 581 60.1%
2023 83.51 86th 731 88.2%
2024 80.69 99th 712 86.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.21 836th 1742 52.0%
2019 49.74 879th 1814 51.5%
2022 65.91 506th 1861 72.8%
2023 54.47 731st 2142 65.9%
2024 46.93 910th 2125 57.2%
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Rank History for White students at Woodside High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.50 105th 1173 91.0%
2019 88.16 99th 1222 91.9%
2022 82.76 163rd 1204 86.5%
2023 87.99 84th 1434 94.1%
2024 88.44 72nd 1406 94.9%
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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.

Woodside High Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Woodside High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 772 169 117 283 2 n/a n/a 0 1343
1989 777 161 108 328 2 n/a n/a 0 1376
1990 754 138 106 380 3 n/a n/a 0 1381
1991 787 165 118 488 5 n/a n/a 0 1563
1992 830 153 104 529 5 n/a n/a 0 1621
1993 820 162 125 587 8 n/a n/a 0 1702
1994 849 173 120 581 6 n/a n/a 0 1729
1995 789 190 161 683 14 n/a n/a 0 1837
1996 789 190 161 683 14 n/a n/a 0 1837
1997 745 178 144 695 4 n/a n/a 0 1766
1998 789 135 161 706 1 n/a n/a 0 1792
1999 830 134 167 809 1 n/a n/a 0 1941
2000 812 123 155 801 2 n/a n/a 0 1893
2001 889 133 147 812 4 n/a n/a 1 1986
2002 819 115 128 870 3 n/a n/a 0 1935
2003 819 115 128 870 3 n/a n/a 0 1935
2004 780 130 123 860 8 n/a n/a 16 1917
2005 766 115 136 897 11 n/a n/a 27 1952
2006 757 101 136 857 12 n/a n/a 19 1882
2007 757 109 134 881 6 n/a n/a 41 1928
2008 709 109 139 943 8 n/a n/a 0 1908
2009 694 98 78 980 5 62 22 0 1939
2010 616 86 82 975 6 59 11 0 1835
2011 557 70 81 996 5 55 12 0 1776
2012 536 66 68 996 7 60 31 0 1764
2013 534 65 61 993 7 56 30 0 1746
2014 481 56 51 1056 8 56 72 0 1780
2015 574 49 54 1023 6 49 60 0 1815
2016 579 36 64 990 6 24 82 0 1781
2017 680 36 70 935 6 16 47 0 1790
2018 731 32 89 932 6 16 42 0 1848
2019 793 34 95 970 6 19 47 0 1964
2020 776 36 84 937 4 15 70 0 1922
2021 792 30 93 915 3 14 61 1 1909
2022 760 20 84 836 4 10 44 1 1759
2023 687 15 79 851 3 7 50 2 1694
2024 652 17 88 819 7 8 54 1 1646

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 Woodside High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1343 62.9 21.3 n/a
1989 1376 61.6 22.3 n/a
1990 1381 65.9 20.9 n/a
1991 1563 71.4 21.8 n/a
1992 1621 72.6 22.3 9.7
1993 1702 75.5 22.5 9.6
1994 1729 78.3 22.1 16.3
1995 1837 84.0 21.9 13.3
1996 1837 84.0 21.9 13.3
1997 1766 80.8 21.9 10.8
1998 1792 80.6 22.2 9.3
1999 1941 84.8 22.9 8.5
2000 1893 88.8 21.3 3.9
2001 1986 88.6 22.4 5.8
2002 1935 93.0 20.8 21.5
2003 1935 93.0 20.8 21.5
2004 1917 90.6 21.2 25.4
2005 1952 91.2 21.4 25.9
2006 1882 92.6 20.3 30.9
2007 1928 93.2 20.7 35.5
2008 1908 107.6 17.7 40.7
2009 1939 97.8 17.9 42.9
2010 1835 96.4 19.0 41.2
2011 1776 n/a n/a 43
2012 1764 95.0 18.5 n/a
2013 1746 99.3 17.5 49
2014 1780 101.3 17.5 48.7
2015 1815 106.0 17.1 42.9
2016 1781 102.0 17.4 41.3
2017 1790 103.5 17.2 32.7
2018 1848 104.5 17.6 38
2019 1964 107.1 18.3 38.4
2020 1922 n/a n/a 34.1
2021 1909 111.5 17.1 27.5
2022 1759 113.0 15.5 25
2023 1694 106.1 15.9 24.8
2024 1646 98.4 16.7 28.1

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 Woodside High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1343 62.9 21.3 n/a
1989 1376 61.6 22.3 n/a
1990 1381 65.9 20.9 n/a
1991 1563 71.4 21.8 n/a
1992 1621 72.6 22.3 9.7
1993 1702 75.5 22.5 9.6
1994 1729 78.3 22.1 16.3
1995 1837 84.0 21.9 13.3
1996 1837 84.0 21.9 13.3
1997 1766 80.8 21.9 10.8
1998 1792 80.6 22.2 9.3
1999 1941 84.8 22.9 8.5
2000 1893 88.8 21.3 3.9
2001 1986 88.6 22.4 5.8
2002 1935 93.0 20.8 21.5
2003 1935 93.0 20.8 21.5
2004 1917 90.6 21.2 25.4
2005 1952 91.2 21.4 25.9
2006 1882 92.6 20.3 30.9
2007 1928 93.2 20.7 35.5
2008 1908 107.6 17.7 40.7
2009 1939 97.8 17.9 42.9
2010 1835 96.4 19.0 41.2
2011 1776 n/a n/a 43
2012 1764 95.0 18.5 n/a
2013 1746 99.3 17.5 49
2014 1780 101.3 17.5 48.7
2015 1815 106.0 17.1 42.9
2016 1781 102.0 17.4 41.3
2017 1790 103.5 17.2 32.7
2018 1848 104.5 17.6 38
2019 1964 107.1 18.3 38.4
2020 1922 n/a n/a 34.1
2021 1909 111.5 17.1 27.5
2022 1759 113.0 15.5 25
2023 1694 106.1 15.9 24.8
2024 1646 98.4 16.7 28.1

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 Woodside High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $11,106

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Woodside High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 423rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 292nd of 2348 High schools
 7.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Woodside High)64.364.2
 0.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sequoia Union High)69.870.4
 0.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Woodside High)39.644.1
 4.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Sequoia Union High)52.349.9
 2.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Woodside High)3114.3
 16.7%
   12th Grade Science (Sequoia Union High)38.319.8
 18.5%
   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 Students19641694
 13.7%
African American3415
 55.9%
American Indian63
 50%
Asian9579
 16.8%
Hispanic970851
 12.3%
Pacific Islander197
 63.2%
White793687
 13.4%
Two or More Races4750
 6.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.4%24.8%
 13.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Woodside High

Woodside High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Henry Ford Elementary
Elementary : Ormondale Elementary
Elementary : Roy Cloud Elementary
Elementary : Woodside Elementary
Middle : Corte Madera

Students at Woodside High are 50% Hispanic, 40% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Woodside High ranks 361st of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,646 students attended Woodside High.


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