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Pinnacles High

Q: Is Pinnacles High a good school?

Pinnacles High ranks 1579 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Pinnacles High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 41 students attended Pinnacles High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Pinnacles High?

Students at Pinnacles High are 95% Hispanic, 5% White.

Public Grades 9-12

1579^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 27% of California high schools

Summary

Pinnacles High is a very small public high school serving 41 students in grades 9-12 within the Soledad Unified school district, which serves a community with significant economic needs.

The school faces considerable challenges, most notably with an extremely high rate of chronic student absenteeism at 72.1%, which is more than triple the rate at the district's main Soledad High (21.3%). Academic proficiency is low across English, math, and science, and its graduation rate of 76.2% is well below the district average of 95.0% and nearby schools like King City High (94.9%). These patterns are similar to those of explicitly labeled continuation schools in the area, such as Portola-Butler Continuation High, suggesting Pinnacles High may serve a similar alternative role for at-risk students.

Despite these outcomes, Pinnacles High operates with significantly more funding per student ($26,447) and a much lower student-teacher ratio (9.9:1) than most comparison schools. There are some signs of recent improvement in its statewide ranking, and for certain student subgroups, the school's performance relative to other California schools is slightly higher than its overall ranking. However, improving daily attendance appears to be the most urgent need for translating its substantial resources into better results for students.

Students ?

9.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$63,210

Per pupil spending ?

85.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

690 Main St.
Soledad, CA 93960-2533

(831) 678-6301

District: Soledad Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.1%

White:

4.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 10th percentile in 2012 → 27th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2012

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (12% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the California average (76% vs 88%)

!Dropout rate above the California average (24% vs 8%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school12%

District avg25%

California avg41%

1,579^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 23 pts since 2016

From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd 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	25.7	1579 of 2162	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	1899 of 2159	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	1785 of 2170	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	1667 of 2123	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.0	2102 of 2133	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.5	1921 of 2017	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.4	1991 of 2021	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.8	1950 of 2039	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	5.4	2189 of 2426	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	6.0	2125 of 2354	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.5	2148 of 2367	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	6.8	2080 of 2281	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	17.0	1891 of 2238	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	7.6	1937 of 2117	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	14.0	1762 of 2063	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.7	989 of 1968	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	5.2	1761 of 1901	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	6.7	1824 of 1833	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.9	1752 of 1760	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	1328 of 1900	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	14.1	1649 of 1902	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	1542 of 1917	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	1470 of 1861	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	1789 of 1814	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.5	1639 of 1742	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	1361 of 2013	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	13.6	1774 of 2026	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	1610 of 2030	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	1511 of 1943	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.3	1904 of 1937	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	1841 of 1862	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	1529 of 1942	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	1844 of 1963	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.4	1821 of 1880	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	1627 of 1834	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile-6 vs school

Female (2019)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Science16%-17 vs state

Mathematics13%-24 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy9%-40 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 (2025)
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
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	$63,210	$59,826	$3,384
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	$18,712	$16,884	$1,828
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	$6,707	$5,908	$799
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	$13,650	$2,628	$11,022
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	$17,786	$1,448	$16,338
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	$16,158	$5,360	$10,798
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	$19,584	$8,088	$11,496

Frequently Asked Questions about Pinnacles High

How many students attend Pinnacles High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 41 students attended Pinnacles High.

Is Pinnacles High a good school?

Pinnacles High ranks 1579^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Pinnacles High?

Students at Pinnacles High are 95% Hispanic, 5% White.

What district is Pinnacles High in?

Soledad Unified

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2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

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