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Design Tech High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
275 Oracle Pkwy.
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone
(650) 231-2701
District
Design Tech High District
County
SAN MATEO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
545
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Design Tech High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
65%
41%
74%
55%
55%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
23
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 149 27.3%
Grade 10 142 26.1%
Grade 11 128 23.5%
Grade 12 126 23.1%
Total 545 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 50.1% 50.1% 23.2%
Black 0.9% 0.9% 5.1%
Hispanic 16.6% 16.6% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 31.7% 31.7% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 6.1% 6.1% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 6.1% 6.1% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 24.8%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 8.6%
$15,000 or less Unreported 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,628 $3,612,000 40.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $864 $471,000 5.2%
Staff $1,695 $924,000 10.3%
General Administration $347 $189,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,066 $581,000 6.5%
Operation $4,994 $2,722,000 30.3%
Transportation $66 $36,000 0.4%
Other $672 $366,000 4.1%
Total Support $9,705 $5,289,000 58.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $136 $74,000 0.8%
Total Expenditures $16,468 $8,975,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.3%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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