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Sequoia Union High School District

480 James Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062

8,865 Students | 464 Teachers | 6 Schools

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Carlmont High
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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

4.7x

White students are 4.7 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

White students are 3 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 1.4 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

White students are 3.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Native American or Alaska Native students.

Discipline

15.6x

Black students are 15.6 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 5.6 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 3.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

students of Two or More Races are 3.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

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Students

64% Nonwhite Students

34% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

47% High School Graduation Rate

22% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

1,915 students

0% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

24% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

2,111 students

13% Students Enrolled in Physics

1,191 students

16% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

1,375 students

19% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

1,696 students

38% Students Enrolled in Biology

3,330 students

23% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

2,016 students

10% Students Enrolled in Calculus

868 students

0% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

Teachers & Resources

19.1 Students for Every Teacher

8% Inexperienced Teachers

23% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

13 Average Number of AP Courses per School

4 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

6 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

5 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

0 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

1 School With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

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State

Students

469 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

5% of all students in this district

144 Total In-School Suspended Students

2% of all students in this district

32 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

285 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

2.6Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

18 Total Arrests

3 Average Arrests, per School

22 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

3 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

5 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

2.5 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Jacqueline Mcevoy
(650) 369-1411 x22222
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Jacqueline Mcevoy
(650) 369-1411 x22222
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Deborah Toups
(650) 369-1411 x22538
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Carlmont High	Belmont	50%	11%	49%	2.1x	5.5x
East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto	99%	79%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton	60%	33%	45%	Over 20x	Over 20x
Redwood High	Redwood City	96%	67%	48%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sequoia High	Redwood City	71%	42%	45%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Woodside High	Woodside	66%	41%	51%	2x	17.9x

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Carlmont High	Belmont	50%	11%	49%	1.9x	3.6x
East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto	99%	79%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton	60%	33%	45%	3.5x	Over 20x
Redwood High	Redwood City	96%	67%	48%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sequoia High	Redwood City	71%	42%	45%	0 Not available	2.5x
Woodside High	Woodside	66%	41%	51%	2x	4.5x

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Carlmont High	Belmont	50%	11%	49%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto	99%	79%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton	60%	33%	45%	1.8x	Over 20x
Redwood High	Redwood City	96%	67%	48%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sequoia High	Redwood City	71%	42%	45%	0 Not available	2.7x
Woodside High	Woodside	66%	41%	51%	1.7x	3.5x

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Carlmont High	Belmont	50%	11%	49%	0 Not available	11.8x
East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto	99%	79%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton	60%	33%	45%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Redwood High	Redwood City	96%	67%	48%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sequoia High	Redwood City	71%	42%	45%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Woodside High	Woodside	66%	41%	51%	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Carlmont High	Belmont	50%	11%	49%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
East Palo Alto Academy	East Palo Alto	99%	79%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Menlo-Atherton High	Atherton	60%	33%	45%	.5Less likely	Over 20x
Redwood High	Redwood City	96%	67%	48%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Sequoia High	Redwood City	71%	42%	45%	.5Less likely	3.7x
Woodside High	Woodside	66%	41%	51%	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →