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American Canyon High

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American Canyon High ranks 640 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

640^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 70% of California high schools

Summary

American Canyon High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 for about 1,720 students in the Napa Valley Unified School District, known for a consistent decade-long rise from a 2-star to a 4-star rating and serving a community with a significant economically disadvantaged population.

The school shines in its exceptionally high graduation rate (95.6%) and strong English Language Arts scores, significantly outperforming its district average. It also does an excellent job keeping students in school, with low dropout and chronic absenteeism rates, especially notable given the economic challenges many students face. A key area for growth is mathematics, where proficiency lags behind state averages. The school shows effective use of resources, achieving these solid outcomes with moderate per-student spending compared to some neighboring districts.

When compared to nearby schools, American Canyon High stands out. It significantly outperforms comprehensive high schools in the Vallejo City Unified district, like Vallejo High and Jesse M. Bethel High, in nearly every metric. While schools such as Benicia High and Angelo Rodriguez High rank slightly higher overall, American Canyon High competes closely in graduation rates and maintains lower chronic absenteeism, all while serving a student body with greater economic need.

1,720

Students ?

23.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,864

Per pupil spending ?

56.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3000 Newell Dr.
American Canyon, CA 94503-1279

(707) 265-2710

District: Napa Valley Unified

Feeder schools for American Canyon High:

Elementary:	Canyon Oaks Elementary
	Donaldson Way Elementary
	Napa Junction Elementary
Middle:	American Canyon Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

37.1%

Asian:

33.7%

White:

11.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 48th percentile in 2013 → 70th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 22 percentile points since 2013

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Napa Valley Unified

Worth a look

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

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school41%

District avg35%

California avg41%

640^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 30%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to top 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5High Schools in the Napa Valley Unified

865^th of 1,543Napa Valley 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	67.9	640 of 2162	70.4%	★★★★☆
2024	62.9	697 of 2159	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.3	694 of 2170	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.2	594 of 2123	72.0%	★★★★☆
2019	62.5	685 of 2133	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.3	881 of 2017	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	72.4	554 of 2021	72.6%	★★★★☆
2016	68.8	596 of 2039	70.8%	★★★★☆
2015	65.1	655 of 1994	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	32.0	1260 of 2426	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.3	1097 of 2354	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	45.3	903 of 2367	61.9%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.2	283 of 523	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	222 of 517	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.4	175 of 521	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.9	207 of 522	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.3	243 of 592	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	31.9	392 of 582	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	443 of 585	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	520 of 573	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	510 of 591	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.5	301 of 581	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.9	437 of 582	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.1	476 of 581	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	58.7	295 of 1161	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	46.1	463 of 1117	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.6	541 of 1052	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	37.2	655 of 1085	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.2	918 of 1064	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.1	766 of 1044	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	64.9	146 of 941	84.5%	★★★★☆
2018	25.4	739 of 938	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.9	586 of 1906	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.6	764 of 1915	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.1	524 of 1915	72.6%	★★★★☆
2022	67.3	500 of 1858	73.1%	★★★★☆
2019	58.7	658 of 1833	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.8	909 of 1760	48.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.8	791 of 1900	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.9	836 of 1902	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.4	600 of 1917	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.7	840 of 1861	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.3	744 of 1814	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.0	1017 of 1742	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.4	762 of 2013	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.0	764 of 2026	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.9	955 of 2030	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.8	925 of 1943	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.9	686 of 1937	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.0	872 of 1862	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.7	709 of 1942	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.1	595 of 1948	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.4	812 of 1963	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.3	634 of 1916	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.9	658 of 1880	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.4	794 of 1834	56.7%	★★★☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.7	98 of 175	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	62.1	62 of 183	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.7	110 of 190	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	117 of 168	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	373 of 577	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.9	409 of 574	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	462 of 541	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.8	391 of 515	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.7	315 of 422	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.1	248 of 366	32.2%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	897 of 1252	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	47.5	492 of 1216	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.3	567 of 1197	52.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.9	486 of 1155	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.9	606 of 1173	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.3	515 of 1193	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.8	622 of 1204	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.6	438 of 1222	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.2	736 of 1173	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Disabled (2022)75th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)69th percentile~ school

Male (2025)63rd percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)62nd percentile-8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)58th percentile-12 vs school

White (2025)58th percentile-12 vs school

African American (2025)46th percentile-25 vs school

Military Connected (2025)44th percentile-26 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)40th percentile-28 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)35th percentile-35 vs school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile-42 vs school

Asian (2025)24th percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy65%+16 vs state

Mathematics29%-8 vs state

Science26%-6 vs state

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by a citizen
Saturday, November 10, 2018

This school has a recent increase in fights occurring at school, as well as many lockdowns because of shooter threats. Recently, students of ACHS got stabbed and robbed at the local 7-11, which goes to show how bad AC is becoming. With the increase of acceptance of students from Vallejo, the school atmosphere of students has become worse. While walking in the hallways, students give rude comments about an individual’s clothing and they analyze your outfit head to toe for many reasons. Some students are made fun for being unable to afford nicer clothes, while others judged for not dressing similarly to their peers. The students here harshly criticize people that like to be different, from clothing choices to how their work is done. I feel the only way students are happy at this school if they fit into their stereotypical AC cliques. An observation that is made by many people who aren’t from American Canyon, is that students are “stuck in their own world”, since AC is a small place. They have their own way of thinking which is different from the “real world”. Many people who grew up in American Canyon their whole lives turn out to be weird people who are stuck in their own thoughts. Close Quote

Schools Near American Canyon 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 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	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
American Canyon High	Public	9-12	3000 Newell Dr.	American Canyon	94503	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 265-2710	1,720	73	23.4	56.3%	196 (11.4%)	145 (8.4%)	638 (37.1%)	579 (33.7%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (0.8%)	144 (8.4%)	67.9	640^th of 2162 public high schools	70.4%		62.9	697^th of 2159 public high schools	67.7%	57		26.5	26.5	64.7	64.7	29.0	29.0	$15,864	$1,420	$14,444
MIT Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	2 Positive Pl.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	MIT Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 552-6482	473	19	25.2	63.2%	20 (4.2%)	42 (8.9%)	281 (59.4%)	96 (20.3%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	25 (5.3%)	60.8	803^rd of 2162 public high schools	62.9%		60.3	757^th of 2159 public high schools	64.9%	46	42.6		41.6	48.4	48.4	25.4	25.4	$20,772	$994	$19,778
Griffin Academy High	Public, Charter	9-12	233 Hobbs Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Griffin Academy High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 552-6482	186	10	18.8	71.5%	12 (6.5%)	35 (18.8%)	95 (51.1%)	23 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	19 (10.2%)	67.7	644^th of 2162 public high schools	70.2%		57	832^nd of 2159 public high schools	61.5%	188	40.0		36.8	62.9	62.9	26.5	26.5	$20,868	$825	$20,043
Vallejo High	Public	9-12	840 Nebraska St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-1700	1,146	62	18.3	84.3%	50 (4.4%)	256 (22.3%)	672 (58.6%)	127 (11.1%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.1%)	25 (2.2%)	35.5	1372^nd of 2162 public high schools	36.5%		32.6	1435^th of 2159 public high schools	33.5%	63	17.2	12.2	16.0	25.8	25.8	28.4	28.4	$26,082	$3,447	$22,635
Jesse M. Bethel High	Public	9-12	1800 Ascot Pkwy.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-5700	1,418	68	21.0	77.4%	76 (5.4%)	308 (21.7%)	636 (44.9%)	303 (21.4%)	5 (0.4%)	21 (1.5%)	68 (4.8%)	37.9	1310^th of 2162 public high schools	39.4%		28.4	1533^rd of 2159 public high schools	29.0%	223	21.5		21.9	29.6	29.6	26.2	26.2	$26,822	$5,533	$21,289
John Finney High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1347 Amador St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8670	141	8	17.0	86.5%	8 (5.7%)	23 (16.3%)	99 (70.2%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.8%)	9.2	2055^th of 2162 public high schools	4.9%		10.8	2017^th of 2159 public high schools	6.6%	38	1.8		3.2	10.3	10.3	1.3	1.3	$30,396	$2,596	$27,800
Vallejo Adult Transition	Public	12	1347 Amador St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8921	47	3	15.6	85.1%	3 (6.4%)	18 (38.3%)	15 (31.9%)	10 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								$20,185	$3,715	$16,470
Angelo Rodriguez High	Public	9-12	5000 Red Top Rd.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 863-7950	2,111	84	25.1	37.9%	454 (21.5%)	270 (12.8%)	552 (26.1%)	538 (25.5%)	7 (0.3%)	24 (1.1%)	257 (12.2%)	77.3	461^st of 2162 public high schools	78.7%		74.1	499^th of 2159 public high schools	76.9%	38	38.5		38.2	74.8	74.8	36.2	36.2	$14,462	$1,170	$13,292
Napa County Regional Occupational Program	Public	10-12	2121 Imola Ave.	Napa	94559	Napa County	Napa County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 253-6831	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Camille Creek Community	Public	6-12	2097 Imola Ave.	Napa	94559	Napa County	Napa County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-6817	60	7	8.5	78.3%	11 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		0.0	4.0		4.2		0.0	$64,213	$7,528	$56,685

Frequently Asked Questions about American Canyon High

How many students attend American Canyon High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,720 students attended American Canyon High.

What is the racial makeup of American Canyon High?

Students at American Canyon High are 37% Hispanic, 34% Asian, 11% White, 8% African American, 8% Two or more races.

What schools feed into American Canyon High?

American Canyon High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Canyon Oaks Elementary
Elementary : Donaldson Way Elementary
Elementary : Napa Junction Elementary
Middle : American Canyon Middle

Is American Canyon High a good school?

American Canyon High ranks 640^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is American Canyon High in?

Napa Valley Unified

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