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Mark Keppel High

Public Grades 9-12

198^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 91% of California high schools

Summary

Mark Keppel High is a large, comprehensive public high school serving grades 9-12 for 2,201 students in the Alhambra Unified School District, consistently ranking in the top 10% of all California high schools.

The school excels academically, with student proficiency in English, Math, and Science far exceeding state averages, and it maintains an exceptional 94% graduation rate. A key strength is its outstanding support for all students, particularly those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and English language learners, who perform in the top tiers statewide. Furthermore, student engagement is remarkably high, evidenced by a chronic absenteeism rate of just 1.8%, the lowest among all nearby schools and a dramatic improvement in recent years.

Within its own district, Mark Keppel High is the clear academic leader, significantly outperforming San Gabriel High and Alhambra High in subjects like mathematics. It achieves these excellent results very efficiently, with lower per-student spending than many peers like Rosemead High. While performance for students with special education needs has shown some variability year-to-year, the school has sustained this high level of achievement for over a decade, demonstrating a strong and effective school culture.

2,201

Students ?

26.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,114

Per pupil spending ?

40.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

501 East Hellman Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801-5716

(626) 943-6710

District: Alhambra Unified

Feeder schools for Mark Keppel High:

Elementary:	Brightwood Elementary
	Monterey Highlands Elementary
	Repetto Elementary
	Ynez Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

62.7%

Hispanic:

25.8%

Two or more races:

10.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 98th percentile in 2013 → 91st in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (61% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 9% of California high schools

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg56%

California avg41%

198^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 9%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3High Schools in the Alhambra Unified

274^th of 1,543Alhambra 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	89.9	198 of 2162	90.8%	★★★★★
2024	92.9	163 of 2159	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	94.4	127 of 2170	94.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.4	182 of 2123	91.4%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	98 of 2133	95.4%	★★★★★
2018	93.3	134 of 2017	93.4%	★★★★★
2017	92.9	131 of 2021	93.5%	★★★★★
2016	88.7	219 of 2039	89.3%	★★★★☆
2015	90.9	167 of 1994	91.6%	★★★★★
2013	87.4	50 of 2426	97.9%	★★★★★
2012	83.1	103 of 2354	95.6%	★★★★★
2011	79.8	150 of 2367	93.7%	★★★★★
2010	81.2	122 of 2281	94.7%	★★★★★
2009	82.0	85 of 2238	96.2%	★★★★★
2008	79.9	126 of 2117	94.0%	★★★★★
2007	81.8	100 of 2063	95.2%	★★★★★
2006	80.5	114 of 1968	94.2%	★★★★★
2005	83.1	63 of 1901	96.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.4	322 of 585	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.9	314 of 573	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.9	294 of 591	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.9	274 of 581	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.2	232 of 582	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.5	219 of 581	62.3%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	72.1	188 of 1161	83.8%	★★★★☆
2019	67.0	224 of 1117	79.9%	★★★★☆
2018	66.3	228 of 1052	78.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	84.9	64 of 1085	94.1%	★★★★★
2023	87.5	34 of 1064	96.8%	★★★★★
2022	65.4	146 of 1044	86.0%	★★★★☆
2019	85.3	49 of 941	94.8%	★★★★★
2018	82.4	91 of 938	90.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	87.9	205 of 1906	89.2%	★★★★☆
2024	90.6	167 of 1915	91.3%	★★★★★
2023	94.8	94 of 1915	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	91.2	163 of 1858	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	93.8	97 of 1833	94.7%	★★★★★
2018	92.5	111 of 1760	93.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.0	338 of 1900	82.2%	★★★★☆
2024	84.1	241 of 1902	87.3%	★★★★☆
2023	84.4	243 of 1917	87.3%	★★★★☆
2022	74.1	357 of 1861	80.8%	★★★★☆
2019	90.8	118 of 1814	93.5%	★★★★★
2018	87.2	192 of 1742	89.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	92.3	111 of 2013	94.5%	★★★★★
2024	93.9	101 of 2026	95.0%	★★★★★
2023	96.4	70 of 2030	96.6%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	107 of 1943	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	96.5	53 of 1937	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	93.2	105 of 1862	94.4%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.5	193 of 1942	90.1%	★★★★★
2024	92.3	153 of 1948	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	92.0	174 of 1963	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	89.7	183 of 1916	90.4%	★★★★★
2019	94.5	93 of 1880	95.1%	★★★★★
2018	92.7	138 of 1834	92.5%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	86.6	68 of 577	88.2%	★★★★☆
2024	82.4	84 of 574	85.4%	★★★★☆
2023	84.1	72 of 541	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	52.7	246 of 515	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.5	176 of 422	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	78.4	68 of 366	81.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.1	516 of 1252	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.8	264 of 1216	78.3%	★★★★☆
2023	66.3	253 of 1197	78.9%	★★★★☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)94th percentile~ school

Male (2025)90th percentile~ school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)88th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)84th percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)82nd percentile-9 vs school

Special Education (2025)59th percentile-32 vs school

Asian (2025)45th percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy75%+26 vs state

Mathematics59%+22 vs state

Science50%+17 vs state

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Schools Near Mark Keppel High

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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 (2024)
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 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	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
Mark Keppel High	Public	9-12	501 East Hellman Ave.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6710	2,201	85	26.0	40.9%	18 (0.8%)	5 (0.2%)	568 (25.8%)	1,381 (62.7%)	1 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	223 (10.1%)	89.9	198^th of 2162 public high schools	90.8%		92.9	163^rd of 2159 public high schools	92.5%	35			51.8	16.1	49.7			75.0	75.0			59.3	59.3	$12,114	$1,007	$11,107
Gabrielino High	Public	9-12	1327 South San Gabriel Blvd.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 573-2415	1,438	64	22.5	70.0%	32 (2.2%)	6 (0.4%)	533 (37.1%)	776 (54.0%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.6%)	75 (5.2%)	87.5	254^th of 2162 public high schools	88.3%		83.4	352^nd of 2159 public high schools	83.7%	98			52.7	27.3	51.9			67.4	67.4			53.9	53.9	$18,952	$1,650	$17,302
San Gabriel High	Public	9-12	801 South Ramona St.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6800	1,761	73	24.1	66.4%	15 (0.9%)	8 (0.5%)	681 (38.7%)	954 (54.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (5.7%)	71.9	561^st of 2162 public high schools	74.1%		80	414^th of 2159 public high schools	80.8%	147			35.6	13.3	34.9			59.8	59.8			41.9	41.9	$12,784	$1,192	$11,592
Alhambra High	Public	9-12	101 South Second St.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6910	2,056	96	21.3	48.0%	50 (2.4%)	14 (0.7%)	1,148 (55.8%)	763 (37.1%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	78 (3.8%)	76	478^th of 2162 public high schools	77.9%		80	415^th of 2159 public high schools	80.8%	63			42.4	9.1	41.7			65.9	65.9			36.4	36.4	$13,040	$1,043	$11,997
Options for Youth San Gabriel	Public, Charter	7-12	215 South Mission Dr.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	Options for Youth San Gabriel District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 282-0390	244	9	26.6	77.5%	45 (18.4%)	8 (3.3%)	164 (67.2%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.4%)	54.4	940^th of 2162 public high schools	56.5%		36.4	1331^st of 2159 public high schools	38.4%	391	23.5			40.9	30.4	46.2	35.3	51.0	44.9	53.9	32.4	17.7	27.6
Del Mar High	Public	10-12	312 South Del Mar Ave.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 291-5723	36	4	9.0	88.9%	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	24 (66.7%)	10 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	21	1673^rd of 2162 public high schools	22.6%		24.5	1597^th of 2159 public high schools	26.0%	76			14.3		14.3			33.3	33.3			0.0	0.0	$40,225	$3,429	$36,796
Rosemead High	Public	9-12	9063 East Mission Dr.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	El Monte Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 286-3141	1,691	74	22.9	85.8%	16 (0.9%)	9 (0.5%)	855 (50.6%)	792 (46.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (0.7%)	82.3	374^th of 2162 public high schools	82.7%		89.1	249^th of 2159 public high schools	88.5%	125			20.0	14.3	17.1			70.0	70.0			46.0	46.0	$25,318	$6,571	$18,747
L.A. County High School for the Arts	Public	9-12	5151 State University Dr.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 343-2550	551	47	11.6	18.9%	175 (31.8%)	46 (8.3%)	165 (29.9%)	62 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (14.5%)	86.2	278^th of 2162 public high schools	87.1%		85.7	316^th of 2159 public high schools	85.4%	38		40.4			39.5			89.4	89.4			42.3	42.3	$24,263	$3,119	$21,144
Schurr High	Public	9-12	820 North Wilcox Ave.	Montebello	90640	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 887-3090	2,121	106	19.9	84.1%	22 (1.0%)	8 (0.4%)	1,964 (92.6%)	114 (5.4%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.4%)	64	712^th of 2162 public high schools	67.1%		48.9	1028^th of 2159 public high schools	52.4%	316			34.2	0.0	32.7			58.4	58.4			31.0	31.0	$12,702	$1,015	$11,687
Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science	Public, Charter	9-12	5151 State University Dr.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 987-2144	558	31	17.7	89.8%	14 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	532 (95.3%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	86.1	283^rd of 2162 public high schools	86.9%		88.2	258^th of 2159 public high schools	88.1%	25				53.3	53.3			74.8	74.8			37.1	37.1	$20,246	$2,312	$17,934

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Keppel High

Is Mark Keppel High a good school?

Yes. Mark Keppel High ranks in the top 9.2% of California high schools.

What district is Mark Keppel High in?

Alhambra Unified

What is the racial makeup of Mark Keppel High?

Students at Mark Keppel High are 63% Asian, 26% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Mark Keppel High?

Mark Keppel High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brightwood Elementary
Elementary : Monterey Highlands Elementary
Elementary : Repetto Elementary
Elementary : Ynez Elementary

How many students attend Mark Keppel High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,201 students attended Mark Keppel High.

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