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Cold Springs High → South Fork High → Long Barn High → Eastern Alpine Academy - A California Opportunity School → Gold Ridge Educational Center → Yosemite Park High → Sawtooth Ridge Community → County Community →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Mountain High compares for families
What families should know about Mountain High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cold Springs High, South Fork High, Long Barn High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs High Long Barn |
Public | 9.6 | 2 | — |
| South Fork High Twain Harte |
Public | 12.3 | 4 | — |
| Long Barn High Long Barn |
Public | 9.6 | 9 | — |
| Eastern Alpine Academy - A California Opportunity School Markleeville |
Public | 41.6 | 4 | — |
| Gold Ridge Educational Center Sonora |
Public | 24.6 | 8 | — |
| Yosemite Park High Yosemite |
Public | 36.9 | 2 | — |
| Sawtooth Ridge Community Coleville |
Public | 37.8 | 2 | — |
| County Community Mariposa |
Public | 49.5 | 5 | — |
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