Summary:
The Bret Harte Union High district in California serves grades 9-12 through two schools: the comprehensive Bret Harte Union High and the smaller Vallecito Continuation High, which together enroll about 600 students.
Bret Harte Union High is the district's standout performer, with strong graduation rates, low chronic absenteeism, and English scores well above the state average. In contrast, Vallecito Continuation High serves as an alternative program for at-risk students and faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism and much lower academic proficiency rates, particularly in mathematics.
Overall, the Bret Harte Union High district excels at helping students graduate, with rates far exceeding the state average at both schools. However, mathematics performance is an area for improvement across the district. The large difference in per-student spending between the two schools is notable, with the comprehensive high school receiving more than double the funding of the continuation school.
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