Davis Senior High

Public high school, grades 10 to 12 · Davis, California

Davis Senior High in Davis, California enrolled 1,755 students in 2024-25 with 76.7 full-time teachers, 22.9 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 60% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% (California: 86.2%).

Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%

1,801 students in 2022-23, 1,789 students in 2023-24, 1,755 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 80.8 to 76.7.

Students enrolled at Davis Senior High by school year2022-23: 1,801, 2023-24: 1,789, 2024-25: 1,75505001k1.5k2k2022-231,8012023-241,7892024-251,755
Students enrolled at Davis Senior High by school year2022-23: 1,801, 2023-24: 1,789, 2024-25: 1,75505001k1.5k2k2022-231,8012023-241,7892024-251,755
Students enrolled at Davis Senior High by school year2022-23: 1,801, 2023-24: 1,789, 2024-25: 1,75505001k1.5k2k2022-231,8012023-241,7892024-251,755
Students enrolled at Davis Senior High by school year2022-23: 1,801, 2023-24: 1,789, 2024-25: 1,75505001k1.5k2k2022-231,8012023-241,7892024-251,755
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,80180.822.3
2023-241,78981.222.0
2024-251,75576.722.9

22.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 79 of every 100 California high schools

Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; Davis Senior High 22.9; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherDavis Senior High 22.9state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; Davis Senior High 22.9; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherDavis Senior High 22.9state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; Davis Senior High 22.9; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherDavis Senior High 22.9state median 19.3U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, California high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.0 to 72.2; Davis Senior High 22.9; state median 19.3.1 more above 40.0 →010203040students per full-time teacherDavis Senior High 22.9state median 19.3U.S. 14.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

20 AP courses and one counselor per 298 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Davis Senior High enrolled 1,786 students and had 6.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 16 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses20
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)6.0, one per 298 of the 1,786 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions16
  • Chronically absent20.7% (2022-23)

Who attends

42.3% of students were White, 24.1% Hispanic, 21.1% Asian in 2024-25.

  1. White42.3%
  2. Hispanic24.1%
  3. Asian21.1%
  4. Two or more races8.6%
  5. Black3.1%
  6. Pacific Islander0.5%
  7. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Davis Senior High scored proficient or above: 60% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtCalifornia
Math60%62% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% of the 571 students in Davis Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtCalifornia
Four-year graduation rate95%94%86.2%
Students in the class571734495,492

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Davis

3 public high schools in Davis report 2024-25 enrollment; Davis Senior High is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Davis Senior High1,75522.923.3%
Da Vinci Charter Academy56218.315.5%
King (Martin Luther) High (Continuation)5110.956.9%

All public schools in Davis →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Davis Senior High

  1. King (Martin Luther) High (Continuation)The nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 51 students, 10.9 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  2. Da Vinci Charter AcademyThe next nearest public high school, 1.0 miles away: 562 students, 18.3 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
  3. Compare Davis Senior High with King (Martin Luther) High (Continuation)Students, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Davis Joint Unified spends per student$16,704 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,704
  5. The largest public schools in CaliforniaDavis Senior High is the number 413 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#413 of 2,112
  6. California schools by students per teacher22.9 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.22.9:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Davis Senior High

  1. How many students attend Davis Senior High?
    1,755 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,801 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Davis, CA.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Senior High?
    22.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Davis Senior High a Title I school?
    Davis Senior High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.
  4. How do students at Davis Senior High do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Davis Senior High scored proficient or above: 60% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Davis Senior High?
    95% of the 571 students in Davis Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Davis Senior High in?
    Davis Joint Unified, NCES district ID 0610620. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 061062001176 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22