Demographics on Primary Feeder High Schools

Each fall term, many local high school graduates enroll at Solano Community College. The high schools they graduate from are referred to as “feeder high schools.” Of the 1,052 high school graduates of 2004 who enrolled at Solano Community College (SCC) in the fall, 85.6% (900) of them were from Solano County. Three other neighboring counties make up another 7.5% of the incoming graduates. These counties are Contra Costa (33, 3.1%), Napa (25, 2.4%) and Yolo (21, 2%).

Solano County has twenty-six public schools that graduate students every year. Twelve of these schools each contribute more than one percent of SCC’s incoming graduates. These are the schools that will be included in the following tables. Three of the twelve schools each make up more than ten percent of this population. They are: Will C Wood, Vacaville, and Fairfield High (respectively 10.55%, 11.12%, 12.93%).

The following links contain data collected from the California Department of Education (CDE) website, including the ed-data site (a division of the CDE).

• High School Profiles

• High School Student Demographics

• High School Performance

Each year all California public schools give a standardized test in various subjects. This test is referred to as the STAR test, standing for Standardized Testing And Reporting. The following link contains data on the English-Language Arts and Algebra 1 scores for the major high schools in Solano County. Algebra 1 was chosen as the math level because, as of 2004, completion of this course is a minimum requirement for high school graduation.

• High School STAR Scores

Office of Research and Planning
Robert J. Simas, Director