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Northgate High
425 Castle Rock Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 32%
  • English learners: 2%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 10%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 6%
  • Special education within past two years: 6%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 4.18
(based on the 76% who responded)
Graduate School
 39%
College Graduate
 45%
Some College
 11%
High School
Graduate
 5%
Not a High School
Graduate
 0%

State Rank: 9 out of 101
API Score:
(2011)
8552
Student Ethnicity:
White
 67%
Asian
 15%
Hispanic/Latino
 8%
Filipino
 4%
African American
 2%
Two or More
 1%
Pacific Islander
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 94598:

Related Schools:
Bancroft Elementary rank: 9 in Walnut Creek
Eagle Peak Montessori rank: 9 in Walnut Creek
Foothill Middle rank: 9 in Walnut Creek
Indian Valley Elementary rank: 10 in Walnut Creek
Murwood Elementary rank: 8 in Walnut Creek
Northgate High rank: 9 in Walnut Creek
Oak Grove Middle rank: 1 in Concord
Valle Verde Elementary rank: 10 in Walnut Creek
Walnut Acres Elementary rank: 10 in Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek Intermediate rank: 10 in Walnut Creek
Walnut Heights Elementary rank: 10 in Walnut Creek
Woodside Elementary rank: 7 in Concord
Ygnacio Valley High rank: 2 in Concord

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 2011 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 2011.
  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: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)