Maria Carrillo High
Santa Rosa · CA · Santa Rosa High · Public
Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Victory Christian Academy → Montgomery High → Santa Rosa High → New Horizon School And Learning Center → Pivot Charter School - North Bay → Ridgway High (Continuation) → Learning House → Cardinal Newman High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 4 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Maria Carrillo High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% nationally with 12 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: Victory Christian Academy, Montgomery High, Santa Rosa High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Maria Carrillo High
Get an email when Maria Carrillo High's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
82th 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 · 2020-21Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Source: 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?
60th 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
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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 +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,584 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Christian Academy Santa Rosa |
Private | 0.8 | 151 | — |
| Montgomery High Santa Rosa |
Public | 3.1 | 1,253 | -21.2% |
| Santa Rosa High Santa Rosa |
Public | 3.7 | 1,553 | -14.4% |
| New Horizon School And Learning Center Santa Rosa |
Private | 3.8 | 15 | — |
| Pivot Charter School - North Bay Santa Rosa |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 343 | +27.5% |
| Ridgway High (Continuation) Santa Rosa |
Public | 4.0 | 252 | +2.4% |
| Learning House Santa Rosa |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |
| Cardinal Newman High School Santa Rosa |
Private | 4.5 | 512 | -17.3% |