Castro Valley High School Falls Slightly In U.S. News Rankings

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Castro Valley High School fell slightly in the rankings of California high schools, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report. This year the high school is ranked 275 in California, compared to 267 last year.

More than 1600 California high schools are ranked, putting Castro Valley in the top 20 percent of public high schools in the state.

U.S. News notes, "Castro Valley High School is ranked 275th within California. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework and exams. The AP participation rate at Castro Valley High School is 48%. The total minority enrollment is 72%, and 20% of students are economically disadvantaged."

The school is measured at No. 1,901 in national rankings, out of more than more than 17,800 schools evaluated.

The 2022 ranking of best high schools was released Tuesday.

This year’s schools were ranked on six measures: college readiness, college curriculum breadth, state assessment performance, state assessment proficiency, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, underserved student performance and graduation rates.

The data used in this year’s ranking is from the 2019-20 academic school year. U.S. News adjusted its calculation of these measures to account for the impact COVID-19 had on schools in the 2019-20 school year.

Since most states closed schools for in-person instruction starting in March 2020 — typically just before most states conduct assessments — the U.S. Department of Education granted waivers allowing all states to forgo state testing for the 2019-20 school year.

To account for this, U.S. News relied on past assessment data from the three prior ranking years. Researchers also incorporated state science assessment data from the 2018-19 school year.

Read more about the Best High Schools methodology.

In addition to the national rankings, U.S. News also published rankings at the state, metro area and school district levels. Only metro areas and school districts with three or more high schools were included in these subrankings.