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Soledad High

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Soledad High ranks 1409 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1409^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 35% of California high schools

Summary

Soledad High is a large, comprehensive public high school serving approximately 1,546 students in grades 9-12 within the Soledad Unified School District, notable for its exceptionally high graduation rate of 96.5% despite serving a community with significant economic need.

When compared to nearby high schools like King City High and Greenfield High, Soledad High stands out for successfully graduating nearly all of its students, but it faces a pronounced challenge in core academic proficiency, particularly in mathematics where only 7% of students are proficient. The school shows notable strengths in supporting English Language Learners and homeless students, but it has a critical need to improve outcomes for students in special education. While chronic absenteeism is a concern, it is managed better here than at some local alternative schools like Pinnacles High.

The school operates with substantial resources, receiving over $20,000 per student, which is significantly higher than some neighboring districts. This investment appears effective in keeping students engaged and on track to graduate, but there is a clear opportunity to better align these resources to boost academic mastery, especially in math and for special education students, to match the success seen in graduation rates.

1,546

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,093

Per pupil spending ?

85.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

425 Gabilan Dr.
Soledad, CA 93960-3207

(831) 678-6400

District: Soledad Unified

Feeder schools for Soledad High:

Elementary:	Frank Ledesma Elementary
	Gabilan Elementary
	Jack Franscioni Elementary
	Rose Ferrero Elementary
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	San Vicente Elementary
Middle:	Main Street Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.8%

White:

1.7%

Asian:

1.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 47th percentile in 2013 → 35th in 2025

Strengths

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

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2013

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg25%

California avg41%

1,409^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Soledad Unified

1144^th of 1,543Soledad 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	33.7	1409 of 2162	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.2	1143 of 2159	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.1	1274 of 2170	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.0	1129 of 2123	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.1	1568 of 2133	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.4	1344 of 2017	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.0	1327 of 2021	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	32.2	1329 of 2039	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	42.2	1126 of 1994	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	30.9	1294 of 2426	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	30.9	1277 of 2354	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	29.0	1347 of 2367	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	29.0	1302 of 2281	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.4	1290 of 2238	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	24.6	1336 of 2117	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	24.7	1313 of 2063	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	21.1	1373 of 1968	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	26.1	1167 of 1901	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2004	22.9	1163 of 1653	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	22.4	1044 of 1161	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	951 of 1117	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	970 of 1052	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.8	465 of 1085	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.5	321 of 1064	69.8%	★★★★☆
2022	39.5	532 of 1044	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.6	264 of 941	71.9%	★★★★☆
2018	25.4	739 of 938	21.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	1259 of 1906	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.3	1114 of 1915	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.5	1183 of 1915	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	1142 of 1858	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.3	1377 of 1833	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.6	1235 of 1760	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.4	1167 of 1900	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.9	865 of 1902	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.0	1026 of 1917	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.1	849 of 1861	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	25.4	1325 of 1814	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.2	1152 of 1742	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	277 of 410	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.5	123 of 328	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.0	123 of 299	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.8	193 of 290	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.4	1316 of 2013	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.4	1005 of 2026	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.1	1127 of 2030	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.5	863 of 1943	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	23.9	1434 of 1937	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.6	1213 of 1862	34.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	1373 of 1942	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.0	1040 of 1948	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.3	1205 of 1963	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.2	967 of 1916	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.4	1468 of 1880	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	1269 of 1834	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	59 of 85	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.2	40 of 85	52.9%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	1002 of 1252	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	1071 of 1216	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.4	1050 of 1197	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	31.1	848 of 1193	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)57th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)39th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile~ school

Female (2025)34th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)32nd percentile~ school

Migrant (2025)31st percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile-6 vs school

White (2023)29th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2022)10th percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy41%-7 vs state

Science16%-16 vs state

Mathematics7%-30 vs state

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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 10th Grade	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
Soledad High	Public	9-12	425 Gabilan Dr.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6400	1,546	70	21.9	85.1%	27 (1.7%)	5 (0.3%)	1,481 (95.8%)	24 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	33.7	1409^th of 2162 public high schools	34.8%		44.2	1143^rd of 2159 public high schools	47.1%	266	13.5		19.1	16.3	41.5	41.5	7.0	7.0	$20,093	$2,166	$17,927
Pinnacles High	Public	9-12	690 Main St.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6301	41	4	9.9	85.4%	2 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.7	1579^th of 2162 public high schools	27.0%		12.8	1899^th of 2159 public high schools	12.0%	320			18.8	15.8	8.7	8.7	13.0	13.0	$26,447	$1,887	$24,560
Soledad Transition Center	Public	12	310 Main St.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-8373	12	1	12.0	25.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Gonzales High	Public	9-12	501 Fifth St.	Gonzales	93926	Monterey County	Gonzales Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 675-2495	751	38	19.7	83.9%	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	725 (96.5%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	38.8	1295^th of 2162 public high schools	40.1%		32	1449^th of 2159 public high schools	32.9%	154		20.2		19.7	43.4	43.4	18.2	18.2	$22,546	$2,146	$20,400
Greenfield High	Public	9-12	225 South El Camino Real	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-2751	1,274	51	24.8	78.5%	13 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1,255 (98.5%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37.6	1319^th of 2162 public high schools	39.0%		42	1189^th of 2159 public high schools	44.9%	130		21.4		21.3	50.5	50.5	8.8	8.8	$10,332	$2,124	$8,208
Portola-Butler Continuation High	Public	9-12	760 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-4661	115	7	16.2	82.6%	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (96.5%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.4	1705^th of 2162 public high schools	21.1%		17.8	1739^th of 2159 public high schools	19.5%	34		16.7		14.3	18.8	18.8	6.7	6.7	$20,164	$3,463	$16,701
King City High	Public	9-12	720 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 385-5461	1,199	54	22.1	82.2%	85 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1,088 (90.7%)	16 (1.3%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	56	907^th of 2162 public high schools	58.0%		52.3	944^th of 2159 public high schools	56.3%	37		27.4		27.2	65.7	65.7	19.7	19.7	$11,603	$2,579	$9,024
Pinnacle Coastal Valley High	Public, Virtual	9-12	760 Broadway St.	King City	93930	Monterey County	South Monterey County Joint Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(831) 385-4661	77	4	20.3	85.7%	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.4	1733^rd of 2162 public high schools	19.8%		12.7	1904^th of 2159 public high schools	11.8%	171		4.6		4.6	26.1	26.1	8.7	8.7	$11,524	$109	$11,415

Frequently Asked Questions about Soledad High

What district is Soledad High in?

Soledad Unified

What schools feed into Soledad High?

Soledad High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Frank Ledesma Elementary
Elementary : Gabilan Elementary
Elementary : Jack Franscioni Elementary
Elementary : Rose Ferrero Elementary
Elementary : San Vicente Elementary
Middle : Main Street Middle

Is Soledad High a good school?

Soledad High ranks 1409^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Soledad High?

Students at Soledad High are 96% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian.

How many students attend Soledad High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,546 students attended Soledad High.

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