Summary:
ZIP code 94402 has two high schools: Aragon High, serving grades 9–12 with 1,658 students, and Gateway Center, serving grades 6–12 with 11 students. The schools differ greatly in size and grade span, and the supplied data show very different attendance figures. The clearest academic finding is that Aragon scored above state proficiency rates in all three reported subjects in 2025–2026.
Aragon High stands out on the reported academic and graduation measures: its proficiency was 81% in English language arts, 65% in math, and 63% in science, leading state rates by 32, 27, and 27 percentage points, respectively; graduation was 98%, compared with 88% statewide. Its chronic absenteeism was also lower than the state rate, 7% versus 18%. Gateway Center has the highest reported school-level chronic absenteeism, at 79% in 2024–2025. Gateway has no supplied test scores, so the data cannot establish which school leads academically or support a direct attendance comparison across the two schools.
Aragon’s results are broadly steady but vary by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math proficiency rose by 6 points, while ELA changed by less than a point and science fell by 2 points. SchoolDigger gives Aragon five stars and ranks it 72nd of 2,137 California schools (97th percentile) in 2025–2026; its earlier rank was 95th of 2,159 (96th percentile) in 2023–2024. The schools also differ in context: in 2024–2025, 17% of Aragon students and 64% of Gateway students were free/reduced lunch eligible, and their student-teacher ratios were 22.3 and 3.6, respectively. These figures describe two very different school settings, not the reasons for their outcomes.
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