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Grant Union High

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Grant Union High ranks 1243 rd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1243^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 43% of California high schools

Summary

Grant Union High is a large public high school serving approximately 2,000 students in grades 9-12 within the Twin Rivers Unified district in Sacramento, an area where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Despite operating in a challenging context, the school demonstrates clear strengths, most notably a graduation rate of over 90%, which significantly outpaces its district and the state average. Its English Language Arts performance is also a relative bright spot, nearly matching the state average, and the school has shown a consistent upward trend in its statewide ranking over the past four years. However, proficiency in math and science remains well below state standards, and chronic absenteeism, while the lowest among several comparable nearby high schools like Vista Nueva Career and Technology High and Discovery High, is still a significant concern at 32.8%.

When compared to other schools, Grant Union High achieves its solid outcomes with moderate per-student spending, performing better than some nearby schools that spend far more. The school is particularly effective with English Language Learners, but its effectiveness varies across different student groups. While the school within the struggling Twin Rivers Unified district is an outlier in many positive ways, nearby Rio Linda High (in the same district) and Futures High show that higher achievement in similar contexts is possible, indicating clear areas for targeted academic improvement.

1,987

Students ?

20.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,656

Per pupil spending ?

91.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1400 Grand Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95838-3624

(916) 566-3450

District: Twin Rivers Unified

Feeder schools for Grant Union High:

Elementary:	D. W. Babcock Elementary
	Del Paso Heights Elementary
	Fairbanks Elementary
	Garden Valley Elementary
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	Hagginwood Elementary
	Hazel Strauch Elementary
	Las Palmas Elementary
	Michael J. Castori Elementary
	Northwood Elementary
	Woodlake Elementary
Middle:	Martin Luther King Junior Technology Academy
	Rio Tierra Junior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.7%

Asian:

20.0%

African American:

15.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 42nd percentile in 2013 → 43rd in 2025

Strengths

✓91% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 19% California)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg29%

California avg41%

1,243^rd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6High Schools in the Twin Rivers Unified

1107^th of 1,543Twin Rivers 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	40.8	1243 of 2162	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.6	1408 of 2159	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.8	1389 of 2170	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.3	1526 of 2123	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	1452 of 2133	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.4	1171 of 2017	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	28.2	1405 of 2021	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	32.1	1330 of 2039	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	27.7	1384 of 1994	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	27.2	1402 of 2426	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	26.5	1405 of 2354	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	22.9	1534 of 2367	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	26.0	1394 of 2281	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	56.5	563 of 2238	74.8%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	326 of 523	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.4	411 of 517	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.4	314 of 521	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.1	377 of 522	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	415 of 592	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.5	434 of 582	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	548 of 585	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.5	548 of 573	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.4	571 of 591	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.0	554 of 581	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	548 of 582	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	541 of 581	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.2	1049 of 1161	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.7	957 of 1117	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.3	701 of 1052	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	47.6	394 of 1085	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.5	224 of 1064	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	34.6	684 of 1044	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.7	490 of 941	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	60.3	207 of 938	77.9%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	1185 of 1906	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.4	1372 of 1915	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.9	1317 of 1915	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.1	1388 of 1858	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.9	1347 of 1833	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.2	1131 of 1760	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.6	945 of 1900	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.3	1151 of 1902	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.0	1095 of 1917	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.0	1339 of 1861	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.5	1258 of 1814	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.8	975 of 1742	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.9	138 of 410	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	20.7	244 of 299	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.8	194 of 290	33.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	1081 of 2013	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.2	1266 of 2026	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	1202 of 2030	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.3	1374 of 1943	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.4	1270 of 1937	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.2	935 of 1862	49.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	1140 of 1942	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.7	1228 of 1948	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	1249 of 1963	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.5	1447 of 1916	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	1308 of 1880	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.3	1077 of 1834	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	16.0	162 of 183	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	157 of 190	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.2	107 of 168	36.3%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.6	478 of 577	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	514 of 574	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	506 of 541	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.1	486 of 515	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.5	363 of 422	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.9	7 of 15	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.8	9 of 19	52.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.4	539 of 1252	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	19.6	1094 of 1216	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	907 of 1197	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	924 of 1155	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	1034 of 1173	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	1082 of 1193	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.9	1161 of 1204	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	1072 of 1222	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.0	738 of 1173	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)66th percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)64th percentile+29 vs school

Special Education (2025)57th percentile+14 vs school

Pacific Islander (2025)53rd percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)50th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)46th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)41st percentile~ school

Female (2025)38th percentile-5 vs school

African American (2025)38th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)20th percentile-23 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)17th percentile-25 vs school

Military Connected (2024)11th percentile-23 vs school

Disabled (2022)10th percentile-18 vs school

Asian (2025)6th percentile-36 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy47%~ state avg

Mathematics24%-13 vs state

Science13%-19 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Administration is not supportive of complaints, teachers are given excessive amount of latitude when dealing with students. Low scores indicate teachers are not teaching. In hindsight I would have NEVER brought my child to this school. Biggest mistake we have ever made. Close Quote

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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 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	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 6th Grade	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
Grant Union High	Public	9-12	1400 Grand Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3450	1,987	98	20.1	91.3%	100 (5.0%)	311 (15.7%)	987 (49.7%)	397 (20.0%)	3 (0.2%)	69 (3.5%)	114 (5.7%)	40.8	1243^rd of 2162 public high schools	42.5%		33.6	1408^th of 2159 public high schools	34.8%	165		14.1	3.3	13.2				46.5	46.5				24.1	24.1	$20,656	$3,394	$17,262
North Area Community	Public	7-12	4000 Pinell St.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2073	280	14	20.0	63.6%	63 (22.5%)	64 (22.9%)	116 (41.4%)	7 (2.5%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (1.8%)	22 (7.9%)	14.3	1828^th of 2162 public high schools	15.4%					(n/a)	8.3		3.4	6.1		1.8	11.1	6.7	7.8		0.0	1.4	0.0	0.7	$37,216	$6,097	$31,119
Vista Nueva Career and Technology High	Public	9-12	2035 North Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2750	99	13	7.6	93.9%	5 (5.1%)	24 (24.2%)	60 (60.6%)	5 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	3 (3.0%)	12.9	1882^nd of 2162 public high schools	13.0%		10.3	2052^nd of 2159 public high schools	5.0%	170		3.8	4.2	3.9				20.0	20.0				1.9	1.9	$32,319	$5,116	$27,203
Futures High	Public, Charter	9-12	900 Grace Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Futures High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-1902	469	22	21.2	79.3%	335 (71.4%)	35 (7.5%)	57 (12.2%)	32 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.9%)	44.4	1157^th of 2162 public high schools	46.5%		40.7	1228^th of 2159 public high schools	43.1%	71		24.1		23.4				44.4	44.4				22.0	22.0	$13,272	$1,013	$12,259
Capital College & Career Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	501 Arden Way	Sacramento	95815	Sacramento County	Capital College & Career Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 234-0583	115	8	14.2	71.3%	22 (19.1%)	33 (28.7%)	38 (33.0%)	5 (4.3%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.7%)	14 (12.2%)								(n/a)															$59,457	$12,400	$47,057
Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	2360 El Camino Ave.	Sacramento	95821	Sacramento County	Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-1788	464	22	21.0	81.7%	28 (6.0%)	82 (17.7%)	267 (57.5%)	14 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	68 (14.7%)	29.1	1500^th of 2162 public high schools	30.6%		45.5	1111^th of 2159 public high schools	48.5%	389	6.8		13.6	9.1	17.7	14.8	19.5	36.4	20.8	11.8	3.5	10.2	7.1	8.1	$18,260	$2,362	$15,898
Palmiter Special Education	Public	7-12	2040 Ethan Way	Sacramento	95825	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2020	41	5	8.2	68.3%	15 (36.6%)	11 (26.8%)	10 (24.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (9.8%)								(n/a)									18.2					9.1	$96,247	$2,255	$93,992
Elinor Lincoln Hickey Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	2040 Ethan Way	Sacramento	95825	Sacramento County	Sacramento County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 228-2074	136	7	18.8	78.7%	26 (19.1%)	24 (17.6%)	61 (44.9%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	5 (3.7%)	16 (11.8%)								(n/a)			0.0	3.5					0.0					0.0	$25,042	$3,547	$21,495
SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	1214 North Market Blvd.	Sacramento	95834	Sacramento County	SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-1920	234	18	13.0	70.9%	20 (8.5%)	58 (24.8%)	115 (49.1%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	32 (13.7%)	25.6	1580^th of 2162 public high schools	26.9%		24.6	1595^th of 2159 public high schools	26.1%	15	0.0	27.3	16.7	12.8			5.6	27.9	20.3			0.0	4.8	2.9	$10,312	$2,395	$7,917
Discovery High	Public	9-12	3401 Fong Ranch Rd.	Sacramento	95834	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 928-5200	130	10	13.1	82.3%	4 (3.1%)	40 (30.8%)	66 (50.8%)	6 (4.6%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	12 (9.2%)	14.7	1814^th of 2162 public high schools	16.1%		14.4	1836^th of 2159 public high schools	15.0%	22		5.5	8.9	7.2				5.5	5.5				3.6	3.6	$24,808	$1,490	$23,318

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Is Grant Union High a good school?

Grant Union High ranks 1243^rd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Grant Union High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,987 students attended Grant Union High.

What is the racial makeup of Grant Union High?

Students at Grant Union High are 50% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 16% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% White, 3% Pacific Islander.

What district is Grant Union High in?

Twin Rivers Unified

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