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New Valley Continuation High

Public Grades 9-12

2005^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 7% of California high schools

Summary

New Valley Continuation High is a small public high school in Santa Clara, California, serving grades 9-12 and part of the Santa Clara Unified School District. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of California high schools over the past several years, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages, particularly for subgroups like English Language Learners and low-socioeconomic status students.

New Valley Continuation High has faced challenges, including a four-year graduation rate between 75.6% and 89.2%, which is lower than the district and state averages, and a dropout rate ranging from 8.2% to 24.4%, which is much higher. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 73.3% in recent years. Despite the school's high per-student spending of $30,833 to $42,137, it has been unable to close the performance gaps with nearby high-performing schools like Cupertino High and Homestead High in the Fremont Union High District.

The data suggests that New Valley Continuation High is struggling to effectively support its student population, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school's low academic performance, high dropout rates, and chronic absenteeism indicate the need for a comprehensive review of its programs, resources, and strategies to better address the unique needs of its students and provide them with the support they need to succeed.

151

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$60,740

Per pupil spending ?

44.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1875 Lawrence Rd.
Santa Clara, CA 95051-2162

(408) 423-2300

District: Santa Clara Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.1%

White:

8.6%

Two or more races:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (2% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (82% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school2%

District avg53%

California avg41%

2,005^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5High Schools in the Santa Clara Unified

401^st of 1,543Santa Clara Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	2005 of 2162	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	1950 of 2159	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	1864 of 2170	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	1792 of 2123	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	1230 of 1290	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	1934 of 2133	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	1804 of 2017	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.0	1666 of 2021	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	8.1	1998 of 2039	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.4	1676 of 1994	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	13.9	1941 of 2426	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.1	1618 of 2354	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	10.7	2020 of 2367	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	18.2	1694 of 2281	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	29.3	1428 of 2238	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	20.1	1539 of 2117	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	13.6	1772 of 2063	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.7	1528 of 1968	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	19.7	1404 of 1901	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.2	1146 of 1653	30.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	24.1	1052 of 1085	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	33.7	723 of 1064	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.1	1044 of 1044	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	459 of 467	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	739 of 938	21.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.4	1809 of 1906	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	1693 of 1915	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.7	1738 of 1915	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.0	1839 of 1858	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.0	1038 of 1054	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.0	1735 of 1833	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	1688 of 1760	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	1737 of 1900	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	1684 of 1902	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	1744 of 1917	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.5	1679 of 1861	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	1612 of 1814	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	1684 of 1742	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	1894 of 2013	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	1883 of 2026	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	1740 of 2030	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	1835 of 1943	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.4	1089 of 1126	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.1	1796 of 1937	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	1772 of 1862	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	1766 of 1942	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	1786 of 1948	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	1661 of 1963	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	1496 of 1916	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	1064 of 1122	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.0	1675 of 1880	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	1604 of 1834	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	7.5	1122 of 1204	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile~ school

White (2022)7th percentile-9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)3rd percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy4%-44 vs state

Science3%-30 vs state

Mathematics0%-37 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Valley Continuation High	Public	9-12	1875 Lawrence Rd.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2300	151	14	10.5	44.4%	13 (8.6%)	2 (1.3%)	124 (82.1%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	10.3	2005^th of 2162 public high schools	7.3%		12	1950^th of 2159 public high schools	9.7%	55		2.5	2.5	4.4	4.4	0.0	0.0	$60,740	$60,604	$136
Adrian Wilcox High	Public	9-12	3250 Monroe St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2400	1,614	87	18.5	26.0%	242 (15.0%)	25 (1.5%)	638 (39.5%)	610 (37.8%)	6 (0.4%)	11 (0.7%)	78 (4.8%)	84.4	323^rd of 2162 public high schools	85.1%		73.9	507^th of 2159 public high schools	76.5%	184	28.2	49.4	42.3	74.4	74.4	44.7	44.7	$35,482	$35,346	$136
Santa Clara High	Public	9-12	3000 Benton St.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2600	1,663	87	19.0	23.6%	309 (18.6%)	43 (2.6%)	639 (38.4%)	557 (33.5%)	7 (0.4%)	10 (0.6%)	94 (5.7%)	87.9	250^th of 2162 public high schools	88.4%		90.3	218^th of 2159 public high schools	89.9%	32	51.3	49.2	50.4	67.7	67.7	47.1	47.1	$34,364	$34,228	$136
Santa Clara Community Day	Public	6-12	3450 Brookdale Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2000	10	2	5.1	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					0.0		9.1
Fremont High	Public	9-12	575 West Fremont Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2400	2,060	97	21.1	23.7%	326 (15.8%)	27 (1.3%)	899 (43.6%)	640 (31.1%)	18 (0.9%)	14 (0.7%)	136 (6.6%)	84.2	329^th of 2162 public high schools	84.8%		82.8	362^nd of 2159 public high schools	83.2%	33	50.5	6.7	49.2	66.6	66.6	47.0	47.0	$38,395	$37,974	$421
Community Day	Public	9-12	589 West Fremont Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2233	6	3	2.2		0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	4 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Mission Early College High	Public	9-12	3000 Mission College Blvd.	Santa Clara	95054	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 855-5532	183	8	23.0	31.1%	40 (21.9%)	22 (12.0%)	48 (26.2%)	63 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)	93.5	132^nd of 2162 public high schools	93.9%		93.9	135^th of 2159 public high schools	93.7%	3	50.0	65.5	58.5	87.8	87.8	49.0	49.0	$28,298	$28,162	$136
Cupertino High	Public	9-12	10100 Finch Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 366-7300	1,800	79	22.9	10.2%	168 (9.3%)	7 (0.4%)	196 (10.9%)	1,285 (71.4%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	137 (7.6%)	97.2	49^th of 2162 public high schools	97.7%		98.2	35^th of 2159 public high schools	98.4%	14	75.9	29.4	74.2	84.5	84.5	81.6	81.6	$36,370	$36,142	$228
Homestead High	Public	9-12	21370 Homestead Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2500	2,224	98	22.6	15.9%	524 (23.6%)	18 (0.8%)	458 (20.6%)	973 (43.8%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	240 (10.8%)	93.2	140^th of 2162 public high schools	93.5%		96.4	79^th of 2159 public high schools	96.3%	61	63.1	27.8	60.0	74.6	74.6	68.1	68.1	$35,039	$34,734	$305
Boynton High	Public	9-12	901 Boynton Ave.	San Jose	95117	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 626-3404	163	15	10.9	67.5%	9 (5.5%)	6 (3.7%)	137 (84.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	6 (3.7%)	10.5	1992^nd of 2162 public high schools	7.9%		16.7	1768^th of 2159 public high schools	18.1%	224	3.3		3.3	11.1	11.1	3.3	3.3	$61,362	$58,926	$2,436

Frequently Asked Questions about New Valley Continuation High

What district is New Valley Continuation High in?

Santa Clara Unified

What is the racial makeup of New Valley Continuation High?

Students at New Valley Continuation High are 82% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 1% African American.

Is New Valley Continuation High a good school?

New Valley Continuation High ranks in the bottom 7.3% of California high schools.

How many students attend New Valley Continuation High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 151 students attended New Valley Continuation High.

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