High Schools in Soledad Unified

The Soledad Unified district operates three high schools serving grades 9-12 in a community with significant economic need, where the primary comprehensive school, Soledad High, educates over 1,500 students and achieves a graduation rate of 96.5%, far above the state average.

While Soledad High excels at graduating students, its academic proficiency, especially in math where only 7% of students are proficient, is significantly below state averages. In contrast, the much smaller alternative schools, Pinnacles High and Soledad Transition Center, face severe challenges with extremely high chronic absenteeism and lower graduation rates, despite receiving more funding per student and having smaller class sizes than the comprehensive high school.

Overall, the district's high school graduation rate is strong, but there is a wide gap in student experience and outcomes between the main comprehensive school and the alternative programs, with mathematics achievement being a critical area for improvement across all schools in the district.