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Tracy High School
About Us
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Tracy High School, located in the city of Cerritos, draws students from
a wide geographic area. Students who experience difficulty in school are
transferred to Tracy. A majority of Tracy High School students come already
"at risk" as potential dropouts since they are 20 or more credits behind
in what is required for graduation or in need of one of Tracy's special
programs. Student applicants are sent to Tracy by district high school
counselors, and a small percentage is transferred by the District Student
Evaluation Committee for disciplinary reasons. Student options include:
remaining until graduation; returning to their referring high school to
graduate, transferring to the Adult School, or transferring to the GED
program. Of our current student population of 441, 51.25 percent is Hispanic,
16.3 percent is Black, 19.5 percent is Caucasian, 7.25 percent is Asian,
and 5.4 percent is comprised of Filipino and Pacific Islanders. Of our
441 students, 67 are identified in ELD classes, 22 are in RSP, 15 are in
SDC. Approximately 26 percent of our student population participate in
the reduced/free lunch program. In addition, we have approximately 74 students
enrolled in the Teen Parenting program.
The total number of
students has fluctuated during the past five years, with the smallest enrollment
in 1995 of 319 students and the largest enrollment in 1997 of 463. Tracy
High School receives it students from the four district high schools and
students who have received interdistrict transfers. The drop of student
enrollment in 1995 occurred due to a 50 percent drop in parenting enrollment.
The growth in student
enrollment during 1996 and 1997 is due to the establishment of Tracy's
afternoon school for students under 16, and Tracy's evening work experience
school for students who work at least 32 hours a week. There was a 20 percent
(65) growth during 1996, and a 21 percent (79) growth during the 1997 year.
The 4.5 percent drop for the 1998-99 school year is accounted for by the
early enrollment count on 10/15/98. At the beginning of the second and
third quarters, there is a marked increase in the afternoon school enrollment
as students begin to fall behind in credits and qualify for enrollment
at Tracy.
Student enrollment in
our vocational education programs (not ROC/P) peaked in 1995 with a 50.5
percent. In 1994, 46 percent of our students were enrolled in vocational
education programs We had a 28 percent enrollment in 1996 which increased
to 36 percent in 1997. This drop was attributed to the term absence of
Tracy's economic/vocational teacher. At the beginning of the second quarter
of the 1998 year, Tracy has approximately 75 percent of the student body
involved in a career development and/or a vocational education program.
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