Warner Junior/senior High, Warner Springs CA

Original Research by School Decision on Warner Junior/senior High

Warner Junior/Senior High is a small campus-based school serving grades seven through twelve in the unincorporated rural community of Warner Springs in northern San Diego County. The school sits on a shared campus along State Route 79 that also houses the elementary school and a continuation high school, in a locale with no traditional downtown and limited walkable infrastructure.

The school enrolls roughly one hundred students across its six grades. A large majority qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is diverse: American Indian and Alaska Native students make up nearly a third of enrollment, Hispanic students account for a substantial share, and white students represent a smaller portion. Data on special education and English learner status are not available.

Academic proficiency across the school is low across the board. In English language arts, overall proficiency sits below the midpoint for schools tested in San Diego County. Math proficiency is substantially lower, with seventh graders showing a modest rate and eighth graders falling to about half that level. Science proficiency is the weakest area, with only about one in five students meeting proficiency. These results place the school below the midpoint of the county's districts when proficiency is measured across all tested subjects and grades combined. Only one year of assessment data is available in the system, so trends cannot yet be assessed.

The high school grades carry no publicly reported graduation rate or state test results specific to those grades, which reflects that state assessments at the secondary level are not administered in these grades as a matter of California testing policy. A parent seeking to understand the secondary pathway and outcomes would need to look directly to the school for information on completion rates, course offerings, college readiness, and support for post-secondary transitions.

Warner Springs itself is a dispersed semi-rural community at the foot of Palomar Mountain, with a population of a few hundred residents and a lifestyle organized around ranching, open space, and outdoor recreation rather than commercial density or urban services. Access is via State Route 79 with no public transportation. The community has no traditional downtown, convenience stores, clinics, or pharmacies. Housing values in the zip code are moderate relative to San Diego County benchmarks, and the median household income regionally is in the low-to-mid range. The local economy is small, anchored by the school district itself, the Warner Springs Ranch Resort (currently undergoing a multi-year redevelopment), a tribal reservation, and a CAL FIRE station. Growth is minimal; the area has seen little net population change year over year.

The school's enrollment is stable and small, and its location serves students from a dispersed rural area where most families rely on personal vehicle travel. The proficiency results suggest that academic support and curriculum intervention may be areas a parent would want to discuss directly with the school. A family considering this school should expect a rural, low-density setting with a small peer cohort, limited on-campus services typical of larger schools, and an academic baseline that falls below county averages, paired with a community rooted in outdoor life and self-reliance rather than urban amenities or institutional density.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=50%Cohort of 12 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 41 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.