 In 2009 the high school ranked 41st of western Pennsylvania 11th grades.In 2011 and 2010, the school achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status.According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 28% of California Area School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.