Summary
Greenfield High serves 1,274 students in grades 9–12 in Greenfield, within the South Monterey County Joint Union High district. In 2025–26, 95% of students graduated—above the state’s 88% and the district’s 93%—and the dropout rate was 3%, compared with 8% statewide. The central takeaway is that graduation and attendance outcomes are notably stronger than Greenfield’s academic proficiency, which trails the state in every tested subject, especially math and science.
ELA is Greenfield’s strongest academic area relative to nearby schools: 45% were proficient, about 9 points above the 37% average for nearby schools with reported scores, though below the state’s 49% and the district’s 48%. Math is the largest concern: 12% were proficient, 26 points below the state’s 38% and slightly below the district’s 13%; Greenfield was also about 2 points below the nearby-school average. In science, 17% were proficient, 19 points below the state and 3 below the district. Graduation is strong locally, too: Greenfield’s 95% rate is below Soledad High, King City High and Gonzales High, each of which reported a rate between 96% and 97%.
Academic standing has weakened in recent years: ELA proficiency fell 8 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26 as the state score rose 3 points, and the ELA gap shifted from 7 points above the state to 4 below. SchoolDigger rates Greenfield at 2 stars and the 32nd percentile statewide, down from the 45th percentile in 2023–24. Its rankings for how well it serves particular student groups are especially low: Special Education Students are at the 6th percentile, down from 49 in 2023–24, and Migrant Students are at the 7th percentile, down from 47. Greenfield’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 24.8, higher than the other nearby schools reporting ratios, whose average was 18.4. Its free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 79% in 2024–25, compared with a range of 82.2%–85.7% among nearby schools reporting the same measure.
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