San Leandro High School's U.S. News Ranking Falls Sharply In 2022

SAN LEANDRO, CA — San Leandro High School's ranking compared to other California high schools fell sharply in the past year from 745 in 2021 to 859 in 2022, according to U.S. News and World Report. Nationally, the school is ranked 6,397 out of more than 17,800 schools that were evaluated.

The 2022 ranking of best high schools was released Tuesday.

U.S. News notes, "San Leandro High School is ranked 859th within California. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework and exams. The AP participation rate at San Leandro High School is 39%. The total minority enrollment is 92%, and 57% of students are economically disadvantaged."

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.