Summary
San Bernardino High serves 1,440 students in grades 9–12 in San Bernardino, within San Bernardino City Unified. Its picture is mixed: the 2025–26 graduation rate was 92%, higher than the state’s 88% and the district’s 86%, while chronic absenteeism was 32%, compared with 18% statewide. The most important finding is that strong graduation outcomes coexist with test scores below state and district averages and persistently high absenteeism.
Among eight nearby same-district high schools with results, San Bernardino High ranked fifth in mathematics, second-lowest in ELA, and third-lowest in science. Mathematics is its relative bright spot locally: its 18% proficiency was about 1 point above the peer median, though still below the state’s 38% and district’s 26%. ELA proficiency was 35%, versus 49% statewide and 39% districtwide; science was 21%, versus 36% and 25%. The school’s 5% dropout rate was below the state’s 8% and the district’s 7%. On the separate Spanish assessment, its overall result of 15% exceeded the state’s 10% and district’s 7%, while listening was weaker than both.
Core test results have risen since 2022–23: ELA increased 3 points, mathematics 5, and science 11, although the school–state gaps changed little in ELA and narrowed more in science. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 35th percentile in California and gives it 2 stars; its nearby-school standing is lower-middle, not last. In 2024–25, its student–teacher ratio was 20.9, near the local median of 20.8, and 96% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s ranking for homeless students fell from the 60th percentile in 2023–24 to the 20th in 2025–26, while its ranking for special education students rose from the 10th percentile in 2024–25 to the 43rd in 2025–26.
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