Arcadia High reports 99.6% graduation rate, most seniors pursue college

Dr. Jorge Munoz, principal of Arcadia High School, presented a data snapshot of the Class of 2026 to the Arcadia Unified School District board, reporting: "We graduated at a 99.6 percent graduation rate." He said the school recorded 717 graduates and that the data reflected students who responded to the postsecondary survey.

Munoz highlighted course-taking and postsecondary choices: more than 80% of students enrolled in one or more AP courses over their high school careers and the average student took about five AP or honors classes. "62 percent of them, about, are going to a 4 year college directly and we're also very proud of the kids that are choosing to go to a 2 year university. It's 34% this year," Munoz said. He added the district documented 6,431 college applications from responding students, an average of roughly nine applications per student from the survey sample (689 respondents referenced in the presentation).

Board members asked for more granular AP-course distribution data; Munoz said the information is tracked on the College Board/AP site and staff can "download that and send it to you." The presentation also noted summer options and support programs: summer bridge and ELOP enrollments were given elsewhere in the meeting as context for summer programming and student supports.

The snapshot included college-application and acceptance details by institution and cross‑tabulations that staff said are available in the slides attached to the agenda. Munoz repeated that the figures come from student self-reports and the responding subset; he cautioned that some acceptance reporting is subject to the students' self-reporting practices.