Whitney (Gretchen) High
Cerritos · CA · ABC Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation) → Cerritos High → John H. Glenn High → Gahr (Richard) High → Artesia High → John F. Kennedy High → Valley Christian Schools → Rossier Park School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 15 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 7 calculus classes · 11 physics · 10 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 71th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Whitney (Gretchen) High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 71th percentile nationally with 15 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation), Cerritos High, John H. Glenn High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
71th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,024 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,298 per student in district revenue, the 19 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $290,662/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy (Wilbur) High (Continuation) Cerritos |
Public | 1.0 | 164 | -4.1% |
| Cerritos High Cerritos |
Public | 1.1 | 1,996 | -14.9% |
| John H. Glenn High Norwalk |
Public | 2.1 | 882 | -21.9% |
| Gahr (Richard) High Cerritos |
Public | 2.3 | 1,631 | -10.8% |
| Artesia High Lakewood |
Public | 2.5 | 1,384 | +0.1% |
| John F. Kennedy High La Palma |
Public | 2.7 | 1,983 | -8.3% |
| Valley Christian Schools Cerritos |
Private | 2.9 | 1,171 | +5.7% |
| Rossier Park School Buena Park |
Private | 2.9 | 90 | -15.9% |