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Contra Costa SAT Scores & Other Charts

 

SAT Scores by High School

SAT Scores by State

SAT Scores by County

Top SAT Math Scores

College Admissions by Public High School

College Admissions by County

UC Admissions by Public High School

Community College Data

 

This section includes SAT scores by high school and other charts that will give you a rounded picture of the quality of local schools and California education.

As with almost all school data, caution must be used with these numbers.  Regarding the SAT, some schools (and states) encourage many students to take the SAT; other may not push the test. A school or state that is scoring low to middling but showing high on participation may be doing better than a school that scores high but has few test takers.

High schools are frequently judged on their success in advancing students to universities. We include this data by high school and also provide the numbers on students moving up to a University of California (UC). The UCs accept the top 13 percent of California seniors.

These charts are valid measures of the local schools but keep in mind that for a variety of reasons, some financial, many students who advance to a UC or a Cal State take their freshman and sophomore years at a community college.

The SAT scores by state include public and private schools. The other SAT charts in this chapter are for public schools only. For college advancement numbers for private schools, see Private Schools.

 

           
Contra Costa County Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores 2007
           
School Enroll % Tested Verbal Math Writing
Acalanes (Lafayette) 329 84 580 605 589
Alhambra (Martinez) 278 46 518 553 504
Antioch 607 25 486 487 483
California (San Ramon) 647 71 551 586 551
Campolindo (Moraga) 284 94 587 594 588
Clayton Valley (Concord) 404 54 499 519 497
College Park (Pleasant Hill) 506 47 539 569 536
Concord 346 30 505 520 502
De Anza (Richmond) 175 48 419 430 418
Deer Valley (Antioch) 696 40 480 494 466
El Cerrito 297 69 505 514 497
Freedom (Oakley) 443 37 478 479 467
Hercules 218 64 478 484 483
Kennedy (Richmond) 157 41 388 388 392
Las Lomas (Walnut Creek) 358 73 553 571 553
Leadership (Richmond) 79 87 382 377 384
Liberty (Brentwood) 735 40 484 498 480
Middle College (San Pablo) 59 80 465 484 464
Miramonte (Orinda) 360 96 594 609 602
Monte Vista (Danville) 554 75 554 582 552
Mt. Diablo (Concord) 315 30 452 463 441
Northgate (Walnut Creek) 391 71 560 590 565
Pinole Valley (Pinole) 320 55 466 469 468
Pittsburg 470 28 441 452 440
Richmond 303 22 395 415 410
San Ramon Val. (Danville) 504 75 564 579 565
Swett (John) (Crockett) 152 34 478 495 471
Ygnacio Valley (Concord) 362 35 498 505 485
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. SAT scores are greatly influenced by who and how many take the test. A school that has more marginal students taking the test will, by one line of reasoning, be doing a good job, but the scores are likely to be lower.
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National Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Scores
State *Tested (%) Verbal Math Writing
Alabama 9 563 556 554
Alaska 48 519 517 491
Arizona 32 519 525 502
Arkansas 5 578 566 565
California 49 499 516 498
Colorado 24 560 565 549
Connecticut 84 510 512 511
Delaware 72 497 496 486
Dist. of Columbia 78 478 462 471
Florida 65 497 496 479
Georgia 69 494 495 483
Hawaii 61 484 506 473
Idaho 19 541 539 519
Illinois 8 594 611 588
Indiana 62 497 507 483
Iowa 4 608 613 586
Kansas 8 583 590 569
Kentucky 10 567 565 553
Louisiana 7 569 567 563
Maine 100 466 465 457
Maryland 70 500 502 496
Massachusetts 85 513 522 511
Michigan 9 568 579 553
Minnesota 9 596 603 577
Mississippi 4 568 549 560
Missouri 6 594 594 587
Montana 28 538 543 522
Nebraska 6 579 585 562
Nevada 41 500 506 480
New Hampshire 83 521 521 512
New Jersey 82 495 510 494
New Mexico 12 555 546 540
New York 89 491 505 482
North Carolina 71 495 509 482
North Dakota 4 584 596 562
Ohio 27 536 542 522
Oklahoma 6 578 571 559
Oregon 54 522 526 502
Pennsylvania 75 493 499 482
Rhode Island 68 496 498 492
South Carolina 62 488 496 475
South Dakota 3 589 602 567
Tennessee 13 574 569 568
Texas 52 492 507 482
Utah 6 558 556 544
Vermont 67 516 518 508
Virginia 73 511 511 498
Washington 53 526 531 510
West Virginia 20 516 507 505
Wisconsin 6 587 598 575
Wyoming 8 565 571 544
Nationwide 48 502 515 494
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 tests. *Percentage of class taking the test.
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SAT Scores by County – 2007
           
County Enroll % Tested Verbal Math Writing
Alameda 15,794 49 502 532 502
Alpine 3 67 NA NA NA
Amador 537 19 520 519 516
Butte 2,712 25 506 524 493
Calaveras 562 27 513 515 508
Colusa 323 30 451 467 454
Contra Costa 12,502 44 522 540 521
Del Norte 458 22 469 497 463
El Dorado 2,438 35 529 552 530
Fresno 12,255 31 459 478 456
Glenn 429 21 475 490 470
Humboldt 1,700 25 537 537 524
Imperial 2,529 29 450 458 441
Inyo 264 41 516 516 492
Kern 12,087 24 469 486 463
Kings 1,748 24 456 466 446
Lake 754 23 497 500 488
Lassen 476 25 499 502 474
Los Angeles 106,820 41 472 492 474
Madera 2,013 18 480 493 472
Marin 2,254 62 556 560 555
Mariposa 215 25 520 515 505
Mendocino 1,092 31 520 526 511
Merced 3,945 25 455 475 461
Modoc 210 23 484 494 471
Mono 175 25 524 502 531
Monterey 4,695 32 462 470 460
Napa 1,611 30 519 538 515
Nevada 2,083 17 538 550 528
Orange 35,546 44 520 549 521
Placer 4,984 38 520 540 516
Plumas 233 31 500 488 484
Riverside 27,730 30 470 481 467
Sacramento 16,886 34 487 505 483
San Benito 770 32 488 501 479
San Bernardino 28,660 30 467 479 465
San Diego 38,359 38 501 517 497
San Francisco 3,874 71 476 528 474
San Joaquin 9,734 25 467 487 464
San Luis Obispo 3,130 32 535 539 526
San Mateo 6,613 48 515 545 516
Santa Barbara 4,828 34 517 532 510
Santa Clara 18,971 48 534 572 533
Santa Cruz 3,206 36 521 530 516
Shasta 2,493 20 529 539 519
Sierra 56 54 482 494 480
Siskiyou 507 26 491 512 492
Solano 4,931 37 485 501 479
Sonoma 5,586 33 532 541 532
Stanislaus 7,654 20 498 507 494
Sutter 1,500 23 488 518 483
Tehama 860 15 501 523 491
Trinity 171 30 482 508 464
Tulare 6,194 22 467 482 465
Tuolumne 636 27 530 506 519
Ventura 11,013 35 523 540 523
Yolo 2,268 43 536 549 531
Yuba 1,121 18 455 482 444
Statewide: 441,198 37 493 513 491
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2007 School year.
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Top SAT Math Scores-2006
Public high schools in California scoring over 600 in math
       
High School County City Math
Whitney Los Angeles Cerritos 693
Monta Vista Santa Clara Cupertino 675
Mission San Jose Alameda Fremont 667
Troy Orange Fullerton 665
Lynbrook Santa Clara San Jose 664
Saratoga Santa Clara Saratoga 659
University Orange Irvine 656
Gunn Santa Clara Palo Alto 652
Palo Alto Santa Clara Cupertino 646
San Marino Los Angeles San Marino 643
Lowell San Francisco San Francisco 630
Palos Verdes Peninsula Los Angeles Rolling Hills Estates 628
Pacific Collegiate Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 627
Cupertino Santa Clara Cupertino 624
Arcadia Los Angeles Arcadia 623
Oxford Orange Cypress 620
Piedmont Alameda Piedmont 617
Miramonte Contra Costa Orinda 617
La Cañada Los Angeles La Cañada 616
Northwood Orange Irvine 616
Homestead Santa Clara Cupertino 616
Campolindo Contra Costa Moraga 615
Albany Alameda Albany 612
Davis Yolo Davis 611
Beverly Hills Los Angeles Beverly Hills 611
Torrey Pines San Diego San Diego 611
Leland Santa Clara San Jose 611
Acalanes Contra Costa Lafayette 609
Cal. Acad. of Math & Sci. Los Angeles Carson 608
Diamond Bar Los Angeles Diamond Bar 607
Woodbridge Orange Irvine 604
Los Altos Santa Clara Los Altos 602
Sunny Hills Orange Fullerton 600
       
Source: Calif. Dept. of Education, 2006 tests.
       

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College Admissions of Public School Graduates
High School UC CSU CC
Acalanes (Lafayette) 71 67 36
Alhambra (Martinez) 19 41 58
Antioch 20 40 118
California (San Ramon) 106 133 110
Campolindo (Moraga) 58 42 20
Clayton Valley (Concord) 32 62 89
College Park (Pleasant Hill) 40 80 126
Concord 12 30 90
De Anza (Richmond) 14 23 28
Deer Valley (Antioch) 35 83 112
El Cerrito 54 30 39
Freedom (Oakley) 12 53 86
Hercules* NA 24 27
John Swett (Crockett) 8 13 24
Kennedy (Richmond) 10 9 21
Las Lomas (Walnut Creek) 47 77 76
Liberty (Brentwood) 25 100 119
Middle College (CC College, San Pablo) 4 3 1
Miramonte (Orinda) 83 57 15
Monte Vista (Danville) 95 120 50
Mt. Diablo (Concord) 9 19 32
Northgate (Walnut Creek) 81 63 80
Pinole Valley (Pinole) 36 40 51
Pittsburg 20 29 80
Richmond 11 15 49
San Ramon Valley (Danville) 73 108 66
Ygnacio Valley (Concord) 22 37 60
Source: California Department of Education. The chart lists the local public high schools and shows how many students they advanced in the year 2007 to California public universities. The state does not track graduates enrolling in private or out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: UC (University of California system); CSU (Cal State system); CC (Community Colleges). *Hercules High is new; stats not yet available.
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High School Graduates College Choice by County
County UC CSU CC
Alameda 1,770 1,736 4,212
Alpine NA NA NA
Amador 14 18 106
Butte 79 295 567
Calaveras 21 40 94
Colusa 4 28 47
Contra Costa 1,141 1,271 942
Del Norte 9 32 46
El Dorado 125 268 687
Fresno 391 1,483 222
Glenn 6 51 78
Humboldt 57 155 387
Imperial 99 116 544
Inyo 4 16 35
Kern 260 968 2,608
Kings 25 102 117
Lake 18 57 144
Lassen 5 22 67
Los Angeles 7,123 10,507 29,188
Madera 29 131 74
Marin 293 257 323
Mariposa 6 10 60
Mendocino 43 95 312
Merced 117 324 1,196
Modoc 2 9 11
Mono 6 15 21
Monterey 221 389 699
Napa 80 98 240
Nevada 42 91 53
Orange 2,691 3,542 11,611
Placer 269 516 262
Plumas 7 10 60
Riverside 1,154 1,881 4,821
Sacramento 912 1,524 4,758
San Benito 26 97 199
San Bernardino 1,147 2,343 4,632
San Diego 1,833 3,886 8,022
San Francisco 947 627 1,263
San Joaquin 280 629 2,123
San Luis Obispo 145 323 1,038
San Mateo 690 647 1,661
Santa Barbara 266 318 1,557
Santa Clara 2,229 2,044 3,387
Santa Cruz 183 292 516
Shasta 65 102 23
Sierra 1 5 5
Siskiyou 12 39 154
Solano 268 443 1,224
Sonoma 287 468 1,963
Stanislaus 213 672 1,167
Sutter 33 96 236
Tehama 14 43 51
Trinity 4 6 12
Tulare 149 438 1,575
Tuolumne 23 37 138
Ventura 574 797 4,048
Yolo 224 182 465
Yuba 24 76 125
Source: California Dept. of Education, 2006. Number of public and private high-school students moving up as freshmen to a UC or a California State University.
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UCs Chosen by Public School Graduates
School Berk Dav Irv LA Mer Riv SD SB SC Total
Acalanes (Lafayette) 11 25 2 5 3 0 6 9 10 71
Alhambra (Martinez) 4 6 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 19
Antioch 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 15
California (San Ramon) 11 36 12 12 0 0 8 12 15 106
Campolindo (Moraga) 11 12 2 7 0 2 4 8 12 58
Clayton Valley (Concord) 3 11 0 2 3 0 1 2 10 32
College Park (P. Hill) 8 9 7 2 0 0 3 4 7 40
Concord 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 12
De Anza (Richmond) 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14
Deer Valley (Antioch) 5 13 2 0 5 2 1 6 1 35
El Cerrito 14 16 1 7 1 2 2 0 11 54
Freedom (Oakley) 3 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
Hercules* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Swett (Crockett) 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 8
Kennedy (Richmond) 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
Las Lomas (Wal. Creek) 2 16 4 5 2 0 2 2 14 47
Liberty (Brentwood) 4 6 0 2 3 1 1 6 2 25
Middle Col. (San Pablo) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
Miramonte (Orinda) 8 21 2 13 1 2 6 10 20 83
Monte Vista (Danville) 9 28 11 12 0 2 6 19 8 95
Mt. Diablo (Concord) 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9
Northgate (Wal. Creek) 9 24 4 7 3 0 11 11 12 81
Pinole Valley 5 20 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 36
Pittsburg 4 6 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 20
Richmond 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
San Ramon (Danville) 7 16 2 11 2 3 5 21 6
Ygnacio Valley (Concord) 4 6 4 1 0 0 1 3 3 22
Source: California Dept. of Education. The chart shows the University of California choices by local public high school graduates of 2007. The state does not track graduates enrolling in out-of-state colleges. Continuation schools not included in list. Key: Berk (Berkeley), Irv (Irvine), Mer (Merced), Riv (Riverside), SD (San Diego), SB (Santa Barbara), SC (Santa Cruz). *Hercules High opened in 2001; no data yet.
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Tracking Contra Costa Students to UCs and CSUs
Student Sector Graduates To UC To CSU
Public High Schools 9,897 1,141 1,271
Community Colleges NA 632 1,096
UC, CSU Transfer by Community College
Community College To UC To CSU
Contra Costa College 55 139
Diablo Valley College 547 796
Los Medanos College 30 161
Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Note: Enrolling students counted in fall 2006 by UCs and Cal States.
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