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Gretchen Whitney High (Top 100, #12)

Abc Unified School District
Los Angeles County

16800 Shoemaker Avenue
Cerritos, California
(562)926-5566

Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index:	2.7
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap:	44.5
College Readiness Index	93.1

For more information on this school, visit the SchoolMatters website.

Grades Served	7-12
Magnet School	No
Charter School	No
Admissions Type	Application - Merit Selection
NCES Locale Type	Mid-Size City
Receives Title I Funding	No

Enrollment	1,023
Minority Enrollment (% of total)	9.9%
Disadvantaged Student Enrollment (% of total)	8.8%

State Test Performance Index	995
Poverty-Adjusted Adjusted Performance Index	2.7

Disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	91.7
Disadvantaged Students Performance Gap	44.5
Non-disadvantaged Students' State Test Proficiency Rate	98.4
Current State Test Achievement Gap	6.8

AP Participation Rate	100.0%
Quality-Adjusted AP Participation Rate	90.8%
Exams Per Test Taker	4.7
Quality-Adjusted Exams Per Test Taker	4.6
AP Pass Rate	89.8%
College Readiness Index	93.1

Criteria for Medals

Gold Medal

Top 100 schools nationally based on College Readiness Index

Silver Medal

all other schools with a college-readiness index of at least 20, but that are not in the top 100 nationally

Bronze Medal

either do not offer AP, or do not achieve a college readiness index of at least 20, but successfully meet other two key performance indicator criteria

Notes