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Del Mar High

Public Grades 10-12
1627th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,137 California High Schools
Better than 24% of California high schools
Summary

Del Mar High is a small public high school in San Gabriel, California, serving grades 10–12 with 36 reported students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was below state and district results in ELA, math, and science; graduation was 78%, compared with 87% in San Gabriel Unified and 88% statewide. The clearest concern beyond test results is attendance: 69% of students were chronically absent, versus 12% in the district and 18% statewide.

Math is Del Mar’s weakest subject: 7% were proficient, compared with 38% statewide and 50% in the district, and the result was 38 percentage points below the nearby-school average of 45%. ELA is a relative bright spot: 36% were proficient, closer to the nearby average of 57% than Del Mar’s other subjects, though still 21 points lower. Science was closest to state and district results—18% proficient versus 36% and 48%—but remained 33 points below the nearby average of 50%. Del Mar ranked near the bottom of nearby schools in all three subjects. Its small enrollment and grades 10–12 also mean comparisons with larger schools serving grades 9–12 are not perfectly aligned.

Results have not kept pace with the state over time: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 38% to 36%, while math rose from 5% to 7% and science from 14% to 18%; the state gaps widened by 5 points in ELA, 2 in math, and 2 in science. SchoolDigger gave Del Mar 1 star and a 24th-percentile statewide ranking in 2025–2026, while the district ranked at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. Del Mar’s student-teacher ratio was 9 in 2024–2025, the second-lowest among nearby schools with data, behind Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center at 8.4. Del Mar had 89% of students free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, the highest rate among nearby schools reporting that measure; Rosemead High was next at 86%. A notable SchoolDigger subgroup trend is that the Male Students percentile rose from 8 in 2018–2019 to 29 in 2023–2024, while the overall percentile rose from 19 to 26; this is a positive change in the group-specific ranking, though the overall standing remains low.

36
Students ?
9.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$77,407
Per pupil spending ?
88.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 312 South Del Mar Ave.
       San Gabriel, CA  91776-1356

(626) 291-5723

District: San Gabriel Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
66.7%
Asian:
27.8%
African American:
2.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Graduation rate below the California average (78% vs 88%)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg54%
California avg42%
1,627th of 2,137
California public high schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 3 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 3High Schools in the San Gabriel Unified
269th of 968San Gabriel 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.51627 of 213723.9%★☆☆☆☆
202521.01673 of 216222.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.51597 of 215926.0%★☆☆☆☆
202328.91494 of 217031.2%★★☆☆☆
201915.91735 of 213318.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.01600 of 201720.7%★☆☆☆☆
201728.81397 of 202130.9%★★☆☆☆
201621.91492 of 203926.8%★☆☆☆☆
201515.01594 of 199420.1%★☆☆☆☆
201322.51564 of 242635.5%★★☆☆☆
20128.82052 of 235412.8%★☆☆☆☆
201132.31251 of 236747.1%★★☆☆☆
201010.31998 of 228112.4%★☆☆☆☆
200924.81627 of 223827.3%★☆☆☆☆
200810.61878 of 211711.3%★☆☆☆☆
200715.01717 of 206316.8%★☆☆☆☆
20069.11781 of 19689.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200516.51518 of 190120.1%★☆☆☆☆
200430.6915 of 165344.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202518.91533 of 190619.6%★☆☆☆☆
201812.11481 of 176015.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202531.01333 of 190029.8%★☆☆☆☆
202419.91521 of 190220.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.11359 of 191729.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.21508 of 181416.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.41401 of 174219.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.21556 of 199922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202524.11523 of 201324.3%★☆☆☆☆
202421.61583 of 202621.9%★☆☆☆☆
202325.71502 of 203026.0%★☆☆☆☆
201914.41649 of 193714.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.01524 of 186218.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202428.11377 of 194829.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.41476 of 196324.8%★☆☆☆☆
201911.01724 of 18808.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.31484 of 183419.1%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2024)29th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)22nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)20th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy36%-14 vs state
Science18%-18 vs state
Mathematics7%-31 vs state

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Students at Del Mar High are 67% Hispanic, 28% Asian, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

Del Mar High ranks in the bottom 23.9% of California high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 36 students attended Del Mar High.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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