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Thornton High
115 First Avenue
Daly City, CA 94014


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  • School Type: High School
  • District: Jefferson Union High
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: B
  • Acheived API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 557
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: 9-12
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 0%
  • English learners: 3%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 5%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 21%
  • Special education within past two years: 14%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.66
(based on the 88% who responded)
Graduate School
 2%
College Graduate
 15%
Some College
 43%
High School
Graduate
 29%
Not a High School
Graduate
 12%

State Rank: None  
API Score:
(2010)
5442
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 35%
White
 23%
Filipino
 16%
Two or More
 7%
African American
 6%
Pacific Islander
 4%
Asian
 3%
American Indian
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 94014:

Related Schools:
Jefferson High rank: 2 in Daly City
Oceana High rank: 7 in Pacifica
Terra Nova High rank: 7 in Pacifica
Thornton High rank: A in Daly City
Westmoor High rank: 8 in Daly City

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2010 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2010.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)