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Frontier High (Continuation)

Public Grades 9-12

1986^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 8% of California high schools

Summary

Frontier High (Continuation) is a small, alternative public high school serving approximately 364 students in grades 9-12 within the Whittier Union High district, designed for students who have faced significant challenges in traditional school settings.

The school's academic outcomes, including proficiency in core subjects and graduation rates, are significantly lower than both district and state averages, as well as compared to nearby comprehensive high schools like Santa Fe High and La Serna High. It also contends with a very high rate of chronic student absenteeism. However, it's crucial to understand that Frontier serves a uniquely at-risk student population, and its role is different from a traditional high school; it operates with more resources per student and a lower student-to-teacher ratio to provide more individualized support.

Interestingly, Sierra Vista High (Alternative), which shares the same campus, shows stronger academic results with a similar student body, suggesting program design can impact outcomes. Compared to another continuation school, Ruben Salazar Continuation in a neighboring district, Frontier has a lower dropout rate but also a lower graduation rate. This highlights the complex challenge of measuring success for alternative schools, where progress may involve credit recovery and re-engagement beyond standard test scores.

364

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,569

Per pupil spending ?

72.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9401 South Painter Ave.
Whittier, CA 90605-2729

(562) 698-8121

District: Whittier Union High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.8%

White:

4.7%

African American:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2013 → 8th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (5% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (66% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school5%

District avg47%

California avg41%

1,986^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7High Schools in the Whittier Union High

540^th of 1,543Whittier Union High 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	10.7	1986 of 2162	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	1918 of 2159	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	1852 of 2170	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	1777 of 2123	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	2012 of 2133	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	1808 of 2017	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.8	1771 of 2021	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	9.7	1887 of 2039	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.0	1697 of 1994	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	13.2	1976 of 2426	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.5	1528 of 2354	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	14.2	1891 of 2367	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	19.9	1620 of 2281	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	27.7	1502 of 2238	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	16.7	1683 of 2117	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.7	1647 of 2063	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	17.8	1523 of 1968	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	13.7	1630 of 1901	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	15.0	1469 of 1653	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	47.4	449 of 1161	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.1	973 of 1117	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	824 of 1052	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	23.8	1059 of 1085	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.6	763 of 1064	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.3	787 of 1044	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.7	515 of 941	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.0	579 of 938	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	1769 of 1906	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	1765 of 1915	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	1668 of 1915	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	1655 of 1858	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.9	1739 of 1833	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.3	1610 of 1760	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.6	1711 of 1900	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	1676 of 1902	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	1612 of 1917	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	1558 of 1861	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.8	1685 of 1814	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.4	1540 of 1742	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	395 of 410	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	316 of 328	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.0	258 of 299	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	235 of 290	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	1813 of 2013	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.3	1825 of 2026	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	1693 of 2030	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.4	1633 of 1943	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	1810 of 1937	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.7	1688 of 1862	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.2	1770 of 1942	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	1703 of 1948	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	1705 of 1963	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	1614 of 1916	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	1778 of 1880	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	1659 of 1834	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	16.3	1179 of 1216	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	3.5	1135 of 1173	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)61st percentile+45 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)7th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)4th percentile-4 vs school

White (2018)3rd percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2024)3rd percentile-8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)2nd percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy11%-38 vs state

Science3%-29 vs state

Mathematics0%-37 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 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
Sierra Vista High (Alternative)	Public	9-12	9401 South Painter Ave.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	284	13	21.9	80.3%	10 (3.5%)	2 (0.7%)	264 (93.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	29.9	1488^th of 2162 public high schools	31.2%		28.3	1534^th of 2159 public high schools	28.9%	46	14.8	14.3	14.6	41.8	41.8	7.1	7.1	$20,534	$398	$20,136
Frontier High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	9401 South Painter Ave.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	364	28	13.2	72.3%	17 (4.7%)	5 (1.4%)	334 (91.8%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	10.7	1986^th of 2162 public high schools	8.1%		12.4	1918^th of 2159 public high schools	11.2%	68	1.2	7.3	3.2	11.2	11.2	0.0	0.0	$22,569	$1,574	$20,995
California High	Public	9-12	9800 South Mills Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	2,261	102	22.0	80.3%	97 (4.3%)	13 (0.6%)	2,090 (92.4%)	42 (1.9%)	7 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	78.2	444^th of 2162 public high schools	79.5%		80.2	411^th of 2159 public high schools	81.0%	33	43.6		43.0	70.9	70.9	35.2	35.2	$21,501	$615	$20,886
Whittier High	Public	9-12	12417 East Philadelphia St.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	1,652	77	21.4	85.5%	84 (5.1%)	14 (0.8%)	1,525 (92.3%)	17 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.5%)	68.3	630^th of 2162 public high schools	70.9%		71.6	543^rd of 2159 public high schools	74.8%	87	28.8	7.1	27.2	63.7	63.7	41.6	41.6	$22,438	$956	$21,482
Pioneer High	Public	9-12	10800 Ben Avon	Whittier	90606	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	1,000	53	18.7	87.7%	26 (2.6%)	8 (0.8%)	954 (95.4%)	8 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	61.8	768^th of 2162 public high schools	64.5%		66.4	626^th of 2159 public high schools	71.0%	142	31.7	23.1	31.3	61.8	61.8	26.5	26.5	$25,474	$958	$24,516
Tri-Cities Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	10800 Ben Avon St. Unit E	Whittier	90606	Los Angeles County	Tri-Cities Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 698-9571	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Santa Fe High	Public	9-12	10400 South Orr and Day Rd.	Santa Fe Springs	90670	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	1,865	77	24.1	77.6%	95 (5.1%)	16 (0.9%)	1,699 (91.1%)	42 (2.3%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	79.4	421^st of 2162 public high schools	80.5%		77	456^th of 2159 public high schools	78.9%	35	37.6	9.5	36.4	68.9	68.9	49.3	49.3	$21,684	$502	$21,182
La Serna High	Public	9-12	15301 Youngwood Dr.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	Whittier Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 698-8121	2,372	92	25.9	58.4%	236 (9.9%)	25 (1.1%)	1,970 (83.1%)	99 (4.2%)	14 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	24 (1.0%)	86.6	271^st of 2162 public high schools	87.5%		88.4	256^th of 2159 public high schools	88.1%	15	57.7	0.0	56.6	71.3	71.3	42.9	42.9	$19,981	$529	$19,452
John H. Glenn High	Public	9-12	13520 Shoemaker Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3000	882	48	18.4	74.9%	22 (2.5%)	24 (2.7%)	783 (88.8%)	35 (4.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.8%)	42.9	1191^st of 2162 public high schools	44.9%		43	1168^th of 2159 public high schools	45.9%	23	23.4		22.9	43.7	43.7	21.0	21.0	$28,065	$3,204	$24,861
El Rancho High	Public	9-12	6501 South Passons Blvd.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7500	1,995	90	22.2	73.9%	21 (1.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1,934 (96.9%)	28 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	59.8	827^th of 2162 public high schools	61.7%		65.2	648^th of 2159 public high schools	70.0%	179	27.3	0.0	26.6	61.5	61.5	28.9	28.9	$19,175	$1,013	$18,162

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What district is Frontier High (Continuation) in?

Whittier Union High

What is the racial makeup of Frontier High (Continuation)?

Students at Frontier High (Continuation) are 92% Hispanic, 5% White, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Frontier High (Continuation)?

In the 2024-25 school year, 364 students attended Frontier High (Continuation).

Is Frontier High (Continuation) a good school?

Frontier High (Continuation) ranks in the bottom 8.1% of California high schools.

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