Woodlake High School

Woodlake · Tulare County · Woodlake Unified · Public

Public Tulare County 🏛 Woodlake Unified → ~152 seniors CDS 5476794…
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📖8 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 8 AP courses offered — Elite
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 physics · 4 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 73rd percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score
9
Below the CA median below the state median
Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCSD
6 admitted
Net $12,470/yr avg
Grads earn $84,943 @10yr
UCSB
5 admitted
Net $16,109/yr avg
Grads earn $74,915 @10yr
UCD
3 admitted
Net $14,741/yr avg
Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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How Woodlake High School compares for families

Real college outcomes data available below.

  • StatewideUC Reach Score of 9 — 9 points below the California median of 18.
  • vs Similar SchoolsTrails the peer median (UC Reach Score 9 vs a 16 median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

73rd percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
8
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Students taking AP courses
121
≈19 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings
Advanced math classes
6
1 calculus · 5 advanced
Lab science classes
9
5 physics · 4 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 30% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
28
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
4.3
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: 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.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

60th percentile nationally

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
92%
Range: 90–94%
4-year cohort size
140
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

87.0%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 6 in 10 students read and write at grade level — about the state norm.
About 1 in 4 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 140
57.1%
incl. 25.0% exceeded
On the Tulare County median (57.1%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 140
23.6%
incl. 9.3% exceeded
+4.4 pts above Tulare County median (19.2%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 88% +1.2
White 10% -2.1
Asian 1%
Two or more 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 87%
English learners 17% -1.9
Socioeconomically disadv. 6% -2.3

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 16% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
15.6%
105 of 672 students

Absenteeism is up 5.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Tulare County median
17.1% · school is better than 58% of 31 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
631 (2018)677 (2026)
+7.3%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
130 (2018)157 (2026)
+20.8%

If this trend holds (+0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~679 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~682 +5 $0
5 yr (2031) ~686 +9 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

How does Woodlake High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #5 of 7 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.
Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?
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Your similar-school group includes

Farmersville High School · Visalia Charter Independent Study · Exeter Union High School · Valley Life Charter · Crescent Valley Public Charter Ii · Orange Cove High School · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Tulare County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

84% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Mixed signal
Outperforming on demand; some mid-year churn to look at.

Woodlake High School is recruiting families faster than Tulare County is shrinking (school +20.8% vs. county +2.2%), but 110 students didn't make it to year-end. The recruitment engine works; the mid-year exits are worth understanding.

+20.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.2%  Tulare County baseline
+18.6pp  gap vs. county
84.0%  retention (county median 85.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
84.0%
579 of 689 students

110 of 689 students who enrolled at Woodlake High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (16.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Tulare County median
85.8% · school is in the 42nd percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 38th percentile of 1,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (606) 82.5%
Hispanic / Latino (605) 83.1%
English learners (143) 72.0%
White (76) 92.1%
Students w/ disabilities (57) 80.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Farmersville High School 90.2% Visalia Charter Independent Study 50.7% Exeter Union High School 88.2% Valley Life Charter 78.6% Crescent Valley Public Charter Ii 57.3%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Woodlake Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$40.7M
+21.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,684
2,069 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 62.1%
Local: 15.2%
Federal: 22.7%
Instruction share
54.5%
of current spending · $8,170/pupil
Long-term debt
$6.6M
-20.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Woodlake Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Woodlake High School sent 33 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 42.4% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 99 points below the California median of 18, higher than 15% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score
9
Below the CA median Top 85% of CA high schools
14 admits / 152 seniors
-7 pts vs. peer median (16) · Ranked #5 of 7 similar schools
5-year trend
2020 · 8 2025 · 9
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18
Top 10%
51
This school
9
050100
CA median 18 Top 10% ≥ 51 This school 9

Higher than 15% of California high schools (980 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Woodlake High School's UC Reach Score of 9 is below the California median (18). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51 or higher.

Overall, Woodlake High School's UC Reach is higher than 15% of California high schools (980 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score
22
33 applications
In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241 · higher than 4% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
42.4%
14 / 33 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.4% · higher than 92% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 14 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach Score
N/A
None enrollees / 152 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
About 338 students per counselor — typical for California, though well above the 250 experts recommend.
338:1
2.0 FTE counselors · 677 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
About half of graduates finish the UC/CSU course requirements — about the state norm.
49%
73 of 150 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -7.2 pp vs. median · Tulare Co. 42.2%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
7.2
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 10% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
152
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
646
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
0.60
11th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
4.05
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.21

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Woodlake High School
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC San Diego 4.14 4.24 +0.10 75.0% Peers +0.19 · wider
UC Santa Barbara 4.06 4.18 +0.11 71.4% Peers +0.24 · wider
UC Davis (2023) 3.99 4.12 +0.13 84.6% Peers +0.22 · wider
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach Score (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 8 4.06
UCLA → Elite 5 3.96
UC San Diego → Selective 8 6 75.0% 4 4.14 4.24
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 7 5 71.4% 3 4.06 4.18
UC Davis → 5 3 60.0% 2 3.99
= UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.
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