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SSB Less Commonly Awarded Languages, 2024-25

Districts Awarding the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) in Less Commonly Awarded Languages for 2024-25.

The languages listed below are languages in which no Advanced Placement Assessment is available. Languages are listed alphabetically with the districts that awarded the State Seal of Biliteracy in that language, organized by county. The counties listed under each language are those that have local educational agencies that requested insignias in that language for the 2024–25 school year.

All the data is self-reported data that was provided to the California Department of Education through the State Seal of Biliteracy Insignia Request Form.

Akan

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Albanian

Los Angeles

  • Whittier Union High

Amharic

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Assyrian

Stanislaus

  • Turlock Unified

Bangali

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Bosnian

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Bulgarian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Riverside

  • Beaumont Unified

San Mateo

  • Jefferson Union High

Stanislaus

  • Modesto City High

Burmese

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Cebuano

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Chaldean

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Czech

Orange

  • Irvine Unified

Danish

San Diego

  • High Tech High

Dari

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Placer

  • Roseville Joint Union High

Sacramento

  • Center Joint Unified
  • Elk Grove Unified
  • Folsom Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep
  • Natomas Unified
  • Sacramento City Unified
  • Sacramento City Unified
  • San Juan Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified

Stanislaus

  • Turlock Unified

Dutch

Contra Costa

  • Acalanes Union High

Santa Clara

  • Palo Alto Unified

Fijian

Yolo

  • Woodland Joint Unified

Finnish

San Diego

  • Classical Academy High School

Greek

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Sacramento

  • Sacramento City Unified

Tulare

  • Monarch River Academy

Gujarati

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Riverside

  • Corona-Norco Unified
  • Hemet Unified

Hungarian

Solano

  • Benicia Unified

Hupa

Humboldt

  • Klamath Trinity Joint Unified

Igbo

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

Ilonggo

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Indonesian

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Riverside

  • Hemet Unified

San Bernardino

  • Fontana Unified

Kannada

Orange

  • Irvine Unified

Santa Clara

  • Milpitas Unified

Kazakh

Yolo

  • Davis Joint Unified

Khmer

Los Angeles

  • Long Beach Unified

Lahu

Tulare

  • Visalia Unified

Lao

Merced

  • Merced Union High

San Diego

  • Classical Academy High

Latvian

Los Angeles

  • California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley

Lithuanian

Los Angeles

  • Larchmont Charter

Luganda

Marin

  • San Rafael City High

Luiseño

Riverside

  • Temecula Valley Unified

Malayalam

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Santa Clara

  • Milpitas Unified

Mayan

San Diego

  • Escondido Union High

Mongolian

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Irvine Unified

Nepali

Alameda

  • Albany Unified

Shasta

  • Shasta Union High

Otomian languages (Mixteco)

Monterey

  • Salinas Union High

San Diego

  • Escondido Union High

Ventura

  • Oxnard Union High

Pashto

Alameda

  • San Leandro Unified

Contra Costa

  • Antioch Unified
  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Sacramento

  • Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep
  • Natomas Unified
  • San Juan Unified
  • Twin Rivers Unified

Stanislaus

  • Ceres Unified
  • Turlock Unified

Patois

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Persian

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Philippine languages

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Polish

Alameda

  • Pleasanton Unified

Contra Costa

  • Liberty Union High
  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Merced

  • Merced Union High

Orange

  • Capistrano Unified

San Diego

  • Coronado Unified
  • Escondido Union High

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Stanislaus

  • Connecting Waters Charter

Pomo

Mendocino

  • Ukiah Unified

Romanian

Humboldt

  • Fortuna Union High

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

San Diego

  • High Tech High

San Mateo

  • South San Francisco Unified

Samoan

Orange

  • Anaheim Union High

Serbo-Croatian

Contra Costa

  • Mt. Diablo Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Sinhala

Yolo

  • Woodland Joint Unified

Sino-Tibetan

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Swahili

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Sacramento

  • Sacramento City Unified

San Diego

  • San Diego Unified

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Swedish

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

San Luis Obispo

  • Lucia Mar Unified

Tamil

Alameda

  • Fremont Unified
  • Pleasonton Unified

Los Angeles

  • ABC Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Unified
  • Irvine Unified

Sacramento

  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified
  • San Juan Unified

San Bernardino

  • Colton Joint Unified

San Joaquin

  • Lammersville Unified

Telugu

Alameda

  • Fremont Unified
  • Pleasonton Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Placer

  • Western Sierra Collegiate Academy

Sacramento

  • Folsom-Cordova Unified
  • Natomas Unified
  • San Juan Unified

San Diego

  • Poway Unified
  • San Dieguito Union High

San Joaquin

  • Lammersville Unified
  • Tracy Joint Unified

Thai

Fresno

  • Clovis Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

San Diego

  • Coastal Academy Charter

Ventura

  • Ventura Unified

Tibetan

Alameda

  • Albany Unified

Tigrinya

Alameda

  • Oakland Unified

Tolowa

Del Norte

  • Del Norte County Unified

Tongan

Alameda

  • San Leandro Unified

Turkish

Contra Costa

  • Pittsburg Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Unified
  • Capistrano Unified
  • Irvine Unified

Placer

  • Roseville Joint Union High

Sacramento

  • San Juan Unified

Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara Unified

Sutter

  • Yuba City Unified

Twi

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Ukrainian

Alameda

  • Berkeley Unified

Humboldt

  • Southern Humboldt Joint Unified

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Orange

  • Anaheim Unified

Placer

  • Placer Union High
  • Roseville Joint Union High

Sacramento

  • Center Joint Unified
  • Elk Grove Unified
  • Futures High
  • San Juan Unified

San Diego

  • Bonsall Unified

Yolo

  • Davis Joint Unified

Urdu

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Uzbek

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Visayan

Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Unified

Yoruba

Merced

  • Merced Union High

Yurok

Humboldt

  • Klamath Trinity Joint Unified
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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, October 07, 2025
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