Summary
Vail High (Continuation) is a 219-student school serving grades 9–12 in Montebello, California. In 2025–26, 74% of students graduated, 14 points below the state rate and 20 below Montebello Unified; the dropout rate was 19%, compared with 8% statewide and 4% districtwide. The clearest concern is chronic absenteeism: 71% of students were chronically absent, about 53 percentage points above both the state and district rates.
Test proficiency was low in all three subjects and below both state and district results. In 2025–26, Vail had 8% proficiency in ELA, 7% in math, and 4% in science; the state results were 49%, 38%, and 36%, while district results were 37%, 25%, and 22%. Math had the smallest gap from the state, but it is not a strong result in absolute terms. Compared with nearby schools that published scores, Vail was second-lowest in ELA, with only Kirby Dorothy Camp lower, and second-lowest in science, ahead of Ruben Salazar Continuation. Vail was third-lowest in math.
Results over time show a modest improvement in math, from 0% proficiency in 2022–23 to 7% in 2025–26, while ELA fell from 9% to 8% and science from 5% to 4%. SchoolDigger ranks Vail 1,953rd of 2,137 schools statewide, at the 9th percentile with 0 stars. Its student–teacher ratio was 18.1 in 2024–25, near the middle of nearby schools, and 95% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, the second-highest figure among nearby schools with the same measure. One notable subgroup change: SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for English Language Learner Students, a measure of how well the school serves this group, fell from 47 in 2021–22 to 5 in 2023–24, a 42-point drop; the school overall was at the 4th percentile in 2023–24. With 219 students, year-to-year results and subgroup measures can be volatile, and nearby schools differ in size and type.
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